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Cape Verde reviews 335 cases and increases recovered patient
The Cape Verde Ministry of Health today revised the cumulative total of covid-19 cases in the country to 335 and recovered patients to 85, maintaining the number of eight new infected people announced this Tuesday.
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19/05/20 13:51 ‧ 5 hours ago by Lusa
In a statement released this morning, the Ministry of Health had announced an accumulated total of 336 cases of covid-19 and 84 recovered patients.
In the municipality of Praia, of the 80 samples analyzed (103 in a total of six counties) at the Virology Laboratory of the National Institute of Public Health, eight gave a positive result for covid-19, bringing the total of the Cape Verdean capital to an accumulated of 269 cases, of which 30 recovered and two deaths.
According to the statement, these data are for the May 16 samples, given that in the last two days, due to the maintenance of the test equipment, no analyzes were carried out in that laboratory.
Since March 19, when the first case of the disease was diagnosed in the archipelago - a 62-year-old English citizen who would eventually die days later - Cape Verde has added 335 cases of covid-19. Of these, three ended up dying, two infected foreign tourists returned to their countries of origin and 85 are reported to have recovered.
Thus, 245 cases of covid-19 remain active in the country. "The majority of patients with active infection remain in isolation and have a favorable evolution, except for two who inspire differentiated care", reaffirms the statement.
The island of Santiago, the only one that remains in a state of emergency, at least until midnight on May 29, there is an accumulation of 276 cases of covid-19.
On the island of Boa Vista, where the first outbreak of the disease was recorded in the archipelago, out of 56 cases of covid-19, only two remain active, while on the island of S?o Vicente the only record is of three people from the same family who contracted disease, but which were recovered in April.
The new coronavirus responsible for the current covid-19 pandemic was detected in China in December 2019 and has already infected more than 4.7 million people worldwide, of whom more than 316,000 died. More than 1.7 million have already been recovered.
Cape Verde reviews 335 cases and increases recovered patient
The Cape Verde Ministry of Health today revised the cumulative total of covid-19 cases in the country to 335 and recovered patients to 85, maintaining the number of eight new infected people announced this Tuesday.
? Lusa
19/05/20 13:51 ‧ 5 hours ago by Lusa
In a statement released this morning, the Ministry of Health had announced an accumulated total of 336 cases of covid-19 and 84 recovered patients.
In the municipality of Praia, of the 80 samples analyzed (103 in a total of six counties) at the Virology Laboratory of the National Institute of Public Health, eight gave a positive result for covid-19, bringing the total of the Cape Verdean capital to an accumulated of 269 cases, of which 30 recovered and two deaths.
According to the statement, these data are for the May 16 samples, given that in the last two days, due to the maintenance of the test equipment, no analyzes were carried out in that laboratory.
Since March 19, when the first case of the disease was diagnosed in the archipelago - a 62-year-old English citizen who would eventually die days later - Cape Verde has added 335 cases of covid-19. Of these, three ended up dying, two infected foreign tourists returned to their countries of origin and 85 are reported to have recovered.
Thus, 245 cases of covid-19 remain active in the country. "The majority of patients with active infection remain in isolation and have a favorable evolution, except for two who inspire differentiated care", reaffirms the statement.
The island of Santiago, the only one that remains in a state of emergency, at least until midnight on May 29, there is an accumulation of 276 cases of covid-19.
On the island of Boa Vista, where the first outbreak of the disease was recorded in the archipelago, out of 56 cases of covid-19, only two remain active, while on the island of S?o Vicente the only record is of three people from the same family who contracted disease, but which were recovered in April.
The new coronavirus responsible for the current covid-19 pandemic was detected in China in December 2019 and has already infected more than 4.7 million people worldwide, of whom more than 316,000 died. More than 1.7 million have already been recovered.
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