At least 2,527 people from a total of
40,484 screened had contact with the Sars-Cov-2 virus in Angola
(reactive cases), according to National Director for Public Healt.
Speaking at usual covid-19 data
update press conference on Thursday, Helga Freitas said 6.2 out of 100
individuals are exposed to Covid-19 in the country.
She said that
the samples of the reactive cases are being forwarded to the
laboratories to be confirmed or ruled out through the RT-PCR method.
The
results from the rapid tests are provisional and should be confirmed or
discarded by the RT-PCR molecular biology exam which is the most
indicated to diagnosis the Covid-19, according to the health official.
The
rapid testing campaign under way since last July is intended to assess
the real situation of the virus circulation into the communities, mainly
in Luanda province, which records the bulk of those infected.
In
addition to the rapid test, the molecular biology laboratories, through
the RT-PCR method, have processed a total of 27,297 samples, from which
1,483 were positive and 25,814 negatives.
However, with the
confirmation of the new recorded cases of 88 infected, 14 recovered and
two deaths reported in the latest 24 hours, the country has a total of
1,483 positive cases, 64 deaths, 520 recovered and 899 actives.
From
the total of actives, two of them are in critical condition, 18 in
serious condition, 25 in modest condition and four with mild symptoms
and 850 asymptomatic.
