Mozambique: October saw ‘relative stabilisation’ of epidemic; patient numbers up

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Mozambique: October saw ‘relative stabilisation’ of epidemic; patient numbers up

3:04 CAT | 03 Nov 2020

File photo: Lusa

The epidemiological situation relative to the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19 showed a “relative stabilisation” in October in Mozambique, according to the latest analysis published by the National Institute of Health (INS), which includes data collected up until Monday.

“In Mozambique, the month of October was characterised by a relative stabilisation of the Covid-19 epidemic in relation to the month of September, albeit more accelerated than in August,” the document reads.

The three weeks with the most cases were in September – with the record being 1,497 cases in one week – while in the four weeks of October the figures ranged from 795 to 1,188 cases.

The monthly total of registered new cases fell from 4,812 in September to 4,141 in October and the number of deaths fell from 38 to 31, with the latest lethality rate at 0.7%.

The epidemic is concentrated in the capital, Maputo; in the last week of October most of the country’s 154 districts had fewer than 28 cases per 10,000 inhabitants.

The number of patients in hospital with Covid-19 reached a new peak of 194 in October, also concentrated in the capital, Maputo.

The country has had a cumulative total of 13,130 cases – 79% of which are now deemed to have recovered – and 94 deaths.

Since the start of the pandemic, Mozambique has carried out 191,353 tests on suspected cases, with the total number of tests increasing each month, to 56,743 in October.

Mozambique is among the members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) with the lowest number of cases per million, at 513.9, and death rate, at 3.67 per million

The country is in a state of calamity but restrictions have been progressively eased since August, with face-to-face classes resuming in schools, the resumption of sports activities and the issuing of tourist visas once more.

However, the authorities still recommend the use of masks in public spaces indoors and out, and compliance with other protective measures, such as physical distancing and frequent hand-washing.

Source: Lusa