Covid-19: Mozambique reports 31 new cases, two of them are children under 5

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Covid-19: Mozambique reports 31 new cases, two of them are children under 5

11:35 CAT | 09 Jul 2020

File photo: Lusa

Over Tuesday and Wednesday (July 8), Mozambique recorded 31 more cases of infection with the new coronavirus, bringing the total to 1,071, the Ministry of Health announced yesterday.

In the previous 24 hours, 556 samples had been tested: 219 from Cabo Delgado, 25 from Nampula, two from Zambézia, 28 from Tete, 33 from Manica, seven from Sofala, 87 from Inhambane, 111 from Maputo province and 44 from Maputo city.

“The new cases reported today [Wednesday] are all of Mozambican nationality. They are the result of surveillance in health units and the tracking of contacts of positive cases,” the Ministry of Health statement reads.

The newly diagnosed cases were registered in the provinces of Cabo Delgado (24), Inhambane (06) and Maputo city (1).

The new patients, two of whom are under the age of five, are all in isolation and the authorities are trying to identify their contacts, the statement added.

Of the total 1,071 cases recorded in Mozambique, 988 are locally transmitted and 83 imported, with eight deaths, five hospitalised and 337 reported to have recovered.

The province of Nampula continues to record the highest number of active cases, with 245 infections, followed by Cabo Delgado, with 177, all from northern Mozambique.

The city and province of Maputo follow with 100 and 76 cases respectively, while the remaining seven provinces in the country register less than 30 cases between them.

As of Wednesday, the 724 active cases in the country were distributed as follows: Niassa province – 12; Cabo Delgado – 177; Nampula – 245; Zambezia – 26; Tete – 15; Manica – 15; Sofala – 18; Inhambane – 25; Gaza – 13; Maputo province – 76; and Maputo city – 100.

Of the more than one million citizens screened, Mozambique has tested 35,696, of whom 20,907 have been quarantined. A total of 2,311 continue to be monitored by health authorities.

The Covid-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 544,000 deaths and infected more than 11.85 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.

Source: Lusa / O País