COVID-19: ANGOLA REGISTERS 292 NEW INFECTIONS AND 182 RECOVERIES

Luanda – The Angolan health authorities announced, this Monday, 292 new infections, 182 recoveries and 6 deaths in the last 24 hours.

According to the secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda, there are 197 cases diagnosed in Luanda, 22 in Cabinda, 20 in Huambo, 14 in Cuando Cubango, 12 in Namibe, 9 in Benguela, 6 in Huíla, 5 in Bié, 3 in Moxico, 2 in Uíge, 1 in Cuanza Norte and Malanje, respectively.

With ages ranging from 1 to 85 years, the list included 164 male and 128 female patients.

The deaths, according to Franco Mufinda, were registered in Bié, with 3, Luanda with 2 and Benguela with a single one.

Among those recovered, 134 reside in Luanda, 15 in Huambo, 10 in Namibe, 7 in Benguela and Huíla, 5 in Bié and 4 in Moxico.

In the last 24 hours, the labs processed 2,736 samples, with a 10.6% positivity rate.

About 282 patients are hospitalized in the treatment centers, while 199 citizens are in institutional quarantine and 1,881 contacts of positive cases are under epidemiological surveillance.

The country´s overall registers 50,738 cases, of which 1,345 death, 44,834 recoveries and 4,559 active.

Of the current cases there are in 25 critical conditions, 45 severe, 149 moderate, 63 mild and 4,277 asymptomatic.

Source: Angola Press News Agency