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Another death and 48 new cases in Cape Verde raise total to 2,631
One more person died in Cape Verde because of covid-19, increasing the total number of deaths to 26, with another 48 positive cases, with the cumulative number rising to 2,631 infections, the Ministry of Health announced today.
In a statement, that Cape Verdean ministry said that the country's virology laboratories had analyzed 430 samples in the last 24 hours, having found 48 new positive cases.
Most of the new cases were diagnosed on the island of Santiago (44), distributed by the municipalities of Praia (35), Santa Cruz and Tarrafal (2 each), Ribeira Grande and S?o Miguel (1 each) and S?o Salvador do Mundo (3) .
The remaining four cases were recorded on the islands of Sal (3) and Ribeira Brava, in S?o Nicolau (1).
Also according to the Ministry of Health, the country recorded yet another death associated with the new coronavirus in the city of Praia, increasing the total number of deaths in the country to 26.
In the last 24 hours, the country has counted 19 more recovered patients, increasing the total of people discharged to 1,930 so far.
The country started to count an accumulated of 2,631 positive cases accumulated since March 19, of which two foreign patients transferred to their countries and has 673 active cases at this moment.
In Africa, there are 20,630 confirmed deaths in more than 970,000 infected in 55 countries, according to the most recent statistics on the pandemic in that continent.
The covid-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 694,000 deaths and infected more than 18.3 million people in 196 countries and territories, according to a report by the French agency AFP.
The disease is transmitted by a new coronavirus detected in late December in Wuhan, a city in central China.
Another death and 48 new cases in Cape Verde raise total to 2,631
One more person died in Cape Verde because of covid-19, increasing the total number of deaths to 26, with another 48 positive cases, with the cumulative number rising to 2,631 infections, the Ministry of Health announced today.
In a statement, that Cape Verdean ministry said that the country's virology laboratories had analyzed 430 samples in the last 24 hours, having found 48 new positive cases.
Most of the new cases were diagnosed on the island of Santiago (44), distributed by the municipalities of Praia (35), Santa Cruz and Tarrafal (2 each), Ribeira Grande and S?o Miguel (1 each) and S?o Salvador do Mundo (3) .
The remaining four cases were recorded on the islands of Sal (3) and Ribeira Brava, in S?o Nicolau (1).
Also according to the Ministry of Health, the country recorded yet another death associated with the new coronavirus in the city of Praia, increasing the total number of deaths in the country to 26.
In the last 24 hours, the country has counted 19 more recovered patients, increasing the total of people discharged to 1,930 so far.
The country started to count an accumulated of 2,631 positive cases accumulated since March 19, of which two foreign patients transferred to their countries and has 673 active cases at this moment.
In Africa, there are 20,630 confirmed deaths in more than 970,000 infected in 55 countries, according to the most recent statistics on the pandemic in that continent.
The covid-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 694,000 deaths and infected more than 18.3 million people in 196 countries and territories, according to a report by the French agency AFP.
The disease is transmitted by a new coronavirus detected in late December in Wuhan, a city in central China.