Two more COVID-19 fatalities were yesterday reported along with 57 new cases of the virus.
The Ministry of Health in a press release stated that the country’s total number of COVID-19 deaths increased to 535. The latest fatalities were identified as a 65-year-old man from Region Four and a 67- year-old woman from Region Six. They both died while receiving care at a medical institution.
Meanwhile, the country’s total number of cases has increased to 22,372. These cases came after some 1,326 tests were done, thus increasing the total number done to date to 223,187.
According to the regional distribution of confirmed cases, new infections were recorded in nine of the country’s ten administrative regions, with Regions Four, Three and Five reporting the highest number of cases being 27, 10 and eight respectively. With the new cases recorded, Region Four has surpassed 10,000 since the beginning of the pandemic.
There are now some 848 active cases, 62 of whom are in institutional isolation while another 786 are in home isolation. There are 15 persons in the ICU.
