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Cape Verde with 13 more confirmed cases of Covid-19
Cape Verde confirmed 13 more people infected with the new coronavirus, all in the city of Praia, bringing the cumulative number of cases since March 19 to 567, while 266 were reported as recovered, the Ministry of Health announced today.
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06/08/20 15:09 ‧ 4 hours ago by Lusa
In a statement, the ministry said that a total of 141 samples from four counties on the island of Santiago were processed in the virology laboratories of the National Institute of Public Health.
Of the samples from the Cape Verdean capital, 13 were positive for covid-19, while 71 were negative.
With this record, Cape Verde now counts 567 accumulated cases of covid-19, of which 294 are still active, being hospitalized and in isolation.
"Patients with active infection remain in isolation and have a favorable evolution at the moment," added the statement.
From the history of the disease caused by the new coronavirus in the country, five people ended up dying and two foreign tourists diagnosed with covid-19 on the island of Boa Vista returned to their countries of origin.
Of the nine inhabited islands in the archipelago, four have already reported cases of the disease: S?o Vicente (09), Sal (08), Boa Vista (57) and Santiago (493, of which 474 in Praia).
The covid-19 pandemic has already caused more than 403,000 deaths and infected more than seven million people in 196 countries and territories, according to the balance made by the French agency AFP.
Cape Verde with 13 more confirmed cases of Covid-19
Cape Verde confirmed 13 more people infected with the new coronavirus, all in the city of Praia, bringing the cumulative number of cases since March 19 to 567, while 266 were reported as recovered, the Ministry of Health announced today.
? Lusa
News to the Minute
06/08/20 15:09 ‧ 4 hours ago by Lusa
In a statement, the ministry said that a total of 141 samples from four counties on the island of Santiago were processed in the virology laboratories of the National Institute of Public Health.
Of the samples from the Cape Verdean capital, 13 were positive for covid-19, while 71 were negative.
With this record, Cape Verde now counts 567 accumulated cases of covid-19, of which 294 are still active, being hospitalized and in isolation.
"Patients with active infection remain in isolation and have a favorable evolution at the moment," added the statement.
From the history of the disease caused by the new coronavirus in the country, five people ended up dying and two foreign tourists diagnosed with covid-19 on the island of Boa Vista returned to their countries of origin.
Of the nine inhabited islands in the archipelago, four have already reported cases of the disease: S?o Vicente (09), Sal (08), Boa Vista (57) and Santiago (493, of which 474 in Praia).
The covid-19 pandemic has already caused more than 403,000 deaths and infected more than seven million people in 196 countries and territories, according to the balance made by the French agency AFP.