Luanda – The health authorities announced this Friday the occurrence of 198 new infections by Covid-19, as well as the recovery of 84 patients and the registration of three deaths in the last 24 hours.
According to the secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufunda, among the new cases 55 were recorded in Cunene Province, 38 in Luanda, 37 in Lunda Norte, 22 in Huila, 18 in Huambo, 6 in Bie, 6 in Cuanza Norte, 3 in Benguela, 2 in Cabinda, 2 in Moxico, 2 in Zaire and 1 in Lunda Norte.
The ages of the new patients, informed the source, vary from 3 months to 84 years of age, of whom 61 are male and 137 female.
The deaths were recorded in Moxico (2) and Huila (1).
Of those recovered, 39 reside in Luanda, 15 in Cunene, 10 in Huambo, 6 in Zaire, 5 in Lunda Norte, 5 in Huila, 3 in Namibe and 1 in Benguela.~
In the referred period, local labs processed 4,615 samples.
The authorities also announced that 185 citizens are in institutional quarantine, while 2,071 others are under epidemiological surveillance.
The general picture shows now 39.791 positive cases, 928 deaths, 34,169 recoveries and 4,679 active cases.
The updated on Covid-19 also shows that of the active cases 12 are in critical state, 14 serious, 41 moderate, 14 with mild symptoms, and 4,698 asymptomatic.
Source: Angola Press News Agency