COVID-19: 195 NEW CASES, 102 RECOVERIES AND 4 DEATHS

 

Luanda – Angola reported 195 new infections, 102 recoveries and 4 deaths in the last 24 hours.

According to the daily report, 122 were diagnosed in Luanda, 33 in Huambo, 9 in Benguela, 7 in Cunene,  Huíla and Uíge, 6 in Namibe, 1 in Cabinda, Cuanza Sul Malanje and Moxico, respectively.

With ages ranging from 2 months to 85 years, the list included 103 male and 92 female patients.

Of those recovered patients, 85 live in Luanda, 7 in Huambo, 5 in Malanje, 3 in Huíla and 2 in Cuene provinces.

Deaths were reported in 2 in Cabinda, 1 in Huíla and Benguela.

The country has a total of 37,289 positive cases, 851 deaths, 31,105 recoveries and 5,333 active cases.

HANDBALL: ANGOLA WIN 14TH AFRICAN WOMEN TITLE

Luanda – Angola won their 14th African Women’s Handball Championship title today in Yaounde, after beating host Cameroon 25-15 in the final of the 24th edition of the competition.

Angola’s national team of handball made to the final of the 2021 African Women Handball Championship, after beating Cabo Verde (39-14) and Congo Brazzaville (29-24) in the group stage of the competition.

In the quarter finals, the Angolan young ladies beat their counterparts from the Democratic Republic of Congo (29-20) and Tunisia (27-23) in a tough semi-final match extra-time.

Natália Bernardo was the best national team’s scorer with five goals, followed by Azenaide Carlos who scored four and Magda Cazanga with three.

Tunisia beat Congo Brazzaville (22-17) today and finished in the third position of the championship.

The first four teams will be representing Africa in the world handball championship in December this year in Spain.

African Union Documenting Stories and Contributions of African Female Leaders.