Covid-19: Angola records 81 new infections and three deaths

Eighty-one new positive cases of covid-19 have been detected in the last 24 hours in Angola, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 1.280.

The information was released Monday evening in Luanda by the secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda, who said the country reported three deaths and 15 recoveries in the last 24 hours.

Delivering the daily covid-19 update briefing, Franco Mufinda said the new infections include six persons in northern Cabinda province and one in Bengo and Uije (north).

According to the official, the patients have ages from four to 93 years, 60 males.

Angola’s current covid-19 statistics show 1.280 positive cases, 58 deaths, 476 recoveries and 746 active patients.

Angola with fewer critically ill patients

The number of patients in critical condition in Angola dropped by four on Monday, a day marked by 15 patients recovered from Covid-19.

Until Sunday, the country had 12 cases of patients in critical condition.

In contrast to critically ill patients, those in serious condition increased two more, with number standing at 20.

Releasing the health statistics,  the Secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda, said patients in moderate coition increased to another four (27) in the last 24 hours.

There are  still 27 patients in moderate clinical condition, in a total of 746 active patients (against 684 on Sunday), most of whom have no symptoms of the pandemic (asymptomatic).

Infection numbers also rose by a total of 81 cases, bringing the overall statistic to 1,280 confirmed positive cases, setting the newest daily record of the cases of infection with the novel coronavirus, surpassing the 79 of the previous July 29.
 Cabinda with six more cases, Bengo (in the Dande region) and Uíge, with one each, joined Luanda.

 The general statistics point to an accumulation of 1,280 positive cases, with 58 deaths, 476 recovered and 746 active, of which 20 are in serious condition, four are critical and 27 are moderate.

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 Eight suspected cases detected in Lunda Norte's Cuango municipality

Eight suspected cases of covid-19 have been detected in northeastern border province of Lunda Norte?s Cuango municipality, where the first infection of the disease was reported in the region.

The information was released Monday in Lunda Norte province’s capital Dundo by the spokesperson for the Multi-sector Commission for Covid-19 Response in the region, Filomena Simão, who said the eight suspected cases were detected after the testing of 48 people.

The official identified the cases as contacts of a 41-year old Cape Verdean national who tested positive on 28 July after skipping the Luanda sanitary cordon.

According to the official, the eight specimens have been sent to Luanda for molecular testing, with the suspects serving an institutional quarantine in Lunda Norte, awaiting their results, joining another 61 with the same status.

Cuango municipality has thus adopted exceptional measures to handle the pandemic, the spokesperson said.

Lunda Norte province borders with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Angola’s current covid-19 statistics show 1.280 positive cases, 58 deaths, 476 recoveries and 746 active patients.Angola’s covid-19 statistics show 1.199 positive cases, 58 deaths, 476 recoveries and 746 active patients.