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2,032 cases; 27 deaths: https://covid19.who.int/region/afro/country/gw
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Guinea-Bissau with 56 new cases and over 1,000 recovered
Guinea-Bissau recorded 56 new infections with the new coronavirus last week, bringing the cumulative total to 2,088 cases, including 1,015 recovered, the High Commission for Combating Covid-19 said today.
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10/08/20 20:05 ‧ 25 mins ago by Lusa
"There are 2,088 accumulated chaos, 1,015 recovered, 1,038 active and 29 deaths," said Magda Robalo, high commissioner of the fight against covid-19, at the weekly press conference to update the data related to the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus.
According to Magda Robalo, between August 3 and 9, 56 new cases of covid-19 were detected.
"Bolama and Bijag?s are the two regions where positive cases have not yet been detected," he said.
The former Minister of Health said that the country is increasing its capacity to test the population and that last week the regions of Quinara and Bafat? started to carry out tests, which, until now, have only been done in two laboratories in Bissau, capital of the parents.
"In principle, our ability to test the population will increase and cases should also increase," he said.
Magda Robalo insisted on the need for the population of Guinea-Bissau to wear a mask and comply with social distance to reduce the number of contagions.
Guinea-Bissau recorded the first cases of covid-19 in March, with Guinean President Umaro Sissoco Embal? decreed a state of emergency.
Since then, the state of emergency has been prolonged several times, the last of which until August 24...Comment
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17.08.2020 at 15:45
Covid-19: Guinea-Bissau records 61 new cases and increases fatalities to 33
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Last week, Guinea-Bissau recorded 61 new infections with the new coronavirus, increasing the total accumulated cases to 2,149 and the number of fatalities to 33
Last week, Guinea-Bissau recorded 61 new infections with the new coronavirus, increasing the total accumulated cases to 2,149 and the number of fatalities to 33, said today the entity responsible for combating the covid-19 pandemic.
In the week between 10 and 15 August, 1,415 samples were taken and 61 new cases were recorded, said the high commissioner for combating covid-19, Magda Robalo, at the weekly press conference to update the country's pandemic data.
According to the former Minister of Health, Guinea-Bissau records 2,149 accumulated cases, of which 1,006 are still active.
Regarding the fatalities, Magda Robalo said that 33 deaths were registered.
"In total, 39 deaths were recorded, of which 33 are deaths from covid-19 and six from people who died from other causes, but were also positive for covid-19", he stressed.
The covid-19 pandemic has already claimed at least 770,429 deaths and infected more than 21.7 million people in 196 countries and territories, according to a report by the French agency AFP.Comment
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