COVID-19: ANGOLA REPORTS 292 NEW CASES, 10 DEATHS

Luanda - At least two hundred and ninety-two new cases, ten deaths and three recovered patients is the statistical balance of the last 24 hours, announced this Sunday by the health authorities.

The health bulletin indicates the diagnosis of 229 cases in Luanda, 41 in Huíla, 9 in Huambo, 4 in Namibe, 3 in Cabinda, 3 in Cunene, 1 in Bengo, 1 in Benguela and 1 in Lunda Sul.

Of the new cases, whose ages range from 11 months to 86 years, 166 are men and 126 women.

Of the deaths, of which nine were Angolans and one Brazilian citizen, nine occurred in Luanda and one in Huambo province.

Those recovered, according to the report, reside in Luanda province.

At the treatment centres 271 patients are hospitalised, 44 citizens are in institutional quarantine, whilst 2,302 citizens in contacts of positive cases are under surveillance by the health authorities.

Laboratories have processed, in the last 24 hours, 8,887 samples.

The general picture indicates 32,441 positive cases, with 725 deaths, 26,778 recovered and 4,938 active. Of the active, 11 critical, 47 severe, 184 moderate, 29 mild and 4,667 asymptomatic.