Covid-19: Angola reports 75 new infections, one death, 13 recoveries

 Seventy-five new positive cases of covid-19, one death and 13 recoveries have been reported in Angola since the last update of Monday.

The information was released Tuesday evening in Luanda by the secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda.

Delivering the daily covid-19 update, the Health official said the new infections have been detected in northern Zaire province (14), central Huambo (02), northern Cabinda (08) and Luanda (51).

With the two just registered cases, Huambo joins the Angolan provinces with reported positive cases of covid-19. Northwestern Namibe and southeastern Cuando Cubango are the only provinces of the country with no case of the pandemic.

According to Franco Mufinda, the newly infected persons are aged between one and 69 years. 53 are males and 23 females. The recoveries were reported in Luanda and Benguela with 11 and two respectively. The dead is a Luanda 65-year old patient.

Angola’s current covid-19 statistics indicate 2,729 positive cases, 109 deaths, 1,084 recoveries and 1,536 active patients.