The number of positive cases of Covid-19 in Angola has risen in the last 24 hours to 17,149, the Health authorities announced Saturday evening in Luanda.
This is after 50 new infections have been reported in the same period, including 55 recoveries and three deaths.
Delivering the daily Covid-19 update briefing, the secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda, said of the overall number of infections, from March to December this year, 774 are active cases, 976 recoveries and 399 deaths.
The official stated that the active cases include three in critical condition, five in grave 78 in moderate, 107 in light and 6,581 asymptomatic cases.
The newly infected people include 26 from Luanda, 14 from northern Zaire province, six from northern Malanje, two from central Bié, one from northern Cuanza Norte and one from northern Uíge, with their ages ranging from six months to 55 years, 35 males and 16 females.
The source added that the number of recoveries in the period in respect reached 37 from Luanda, 14 from northeastern Lunda Sul and four from Uíge, with ages from 17 to 65 years.
The deaths have occurred in Zaire (02) and Luanda (01), all three Angolan nationals with ages from 53 to 81 years, two males and one female.
The country’s labs conducted in the last 24 hours 940 RT-PCR tests, which detected 50 infections, a daily infection rate of 5,3 percent.
From March this year to the latest update of Saturday evening, Angola conducted 302,787 RT-PCR tests, with 17,149 positive results, representing an overall infection rate of 5,7 percent.
Currently, the treatment centres are looking after 193 patients.
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