Mozambique: Covid-19 is a Maputo disease – By Joseph Hanlon

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Mozambique: Covid-19 is a Maputo disease – By Joseph Hanlon

4:54 CAT | 24 Nov 2020

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Covid-19 appears to have become a largely Maputo disease. Cases have remain constant at between 90 and 100 a day since the beginning of November. More than half of the total cases have been in Maputo, and but Maputo accounts for two-thirds of new cases and remains very high risk

Cases in Mozambique:

+ peaked in late September at 215 new cases per day, (all seven day averages)

+ fell to 109 in early October,

+ peaked again at 169 on 24 October,

+ fell to around 100 in early November

+ and have remained constant between 90 and 100 since then.

Maputo cases follow a similar pattern, however in September Maputo cases were only half of Mozambican cases, but since the October peak Maputo has two thirds of all Mozambican cases.

Mozambique had 1699 active Covid-19 cases on 20 November, of which 1510 (89%) were in Maputo city. Of 154 new cases reported that day, 125 (81%) were in Maputo city.

Testing is also highest in Maputo (69% of tests). Only 37 people are currently hospitalised, of which 34 (92%) are in Maputo city, which has the best hospital facilities. There have been 121 total deaths from Covid-19 in Mozambique, of which 93 (77%) have been in Maputo city.

In the week to Thursday 19 November, there were 16 deaths – the highest so far – and total deaths are 120, but this will reflect the higher number of cases three weeks ago.

By 20 November, Mozambique had recorded 14,877 cases. Of those, 7,678 (52%) were in Maputo. The 1699 active cases on 20 November were distributed: Cidade de Maputo: 1,510; Provincia de Maputo: 34; Cabo Delgado: 34; Gaza: 34; Sofala: 28; Nampula: 25; Manica: 21; Niassa: 5; Inhambane: 4; Zambezia: 2; and Tete: 2.

Below we include a table comparing Mozambique and Maputo to other countries and to Lisbon, which shows Mozambique’s rates very low, but Maputo’s rate relatively high.

The Ministry of Health posts very good weekly tables and charts on https://www.misau.gov.mz/index.php/relatorio-situacional-semanal

And thanks to Miguel do Brito who keeps a very good Covid-19 scorecard.