Covid-19: Angola reports 21 new cases, 3 recoveries

Luanda - Health authorities reported, this Saturday, the registration of 21 new infections and the recovery of 3 patients, in the last 24 hours.

Of the new cases, of which 15 are male and 6 female patients, aged between 2 and 76 years, 15 were diagnosed in Luanda, 3 in Moxico, 2 in Benguela and 1 in Cuanza Norte.

In the last 24 hours, 957 samples were processed by RT-PCR, with a positivity rate of 1.8 percent.

Among those recovered, two reside in Luanda and one in Moxico.

Angola has a cumulative total of 65,244 confirmed cases, of which 211 are active, 1,735 have died and 63,298 have been recovered.

Of the active cases, 3 are severe, 9 moderate, 18 mild and 181 asymptomatic.

In the treatment centres, 30 patients are hospitalised, while 57 citizens are serving institutional quarantine and 81 contacts of positive cases are under medical surveillance.