Coronavirus: Mozambique reports 36 new cases, cumulative total rises to 352

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Coronavirus: Mozambique reports 36 new cases, cumulative total rises to 352

8:00 CAT | 04 Jun 2020

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Mozambique recorded 36 more confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours , bringing the cumulative total to 352, with two deaths and 114 recoveries, announced today (June 4) the director of Public Health, Rosa Marlene .

Between Wednesday (June 3) and Thursday (June 4) 529 tests were performed in the country.

Of the new cases, 33 are Mozambican nationals and three are foreigners, 11 of whom are asymptomatic and 25 with mild to moderate symptoms. They were registered in, Nampula (26), Maputo (five), Cabo Delgado (four) and Tet (one).

There are seven children among the 36 new cases.

Active cases currently stand at 238.

“People are in isolation at home and the process of mapping contacts is currently underway,” she added.

Of the 352 cases so far reported in Mozambique, 325 are locally transmitted and 27 are imported.

Of the total cases registered so far in Mozambique, 150 were in Cabo Delgado province, five in Niassa 87 in Nampula, two in Zambézia, five in Tete, one in Manica , 12 in Sofala, three in Inhambane , three in Gaza, 60 in Maputo City and 24 in Maputo province.

The death toll in Africa due to Covid-19 rose to 4,601 today, up 108 in more than 162,000 confirmed cases in 54 countries, according to pandemic data on the continent.

According to the African Union’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the death toll rose from 4,493 to 4,601 (+108), while that of infected people rose from 157,322 to 162,673 (+5,351).

Among African countries that have Portuguese as their official language, Guinea-Bissau leads in number of infections (1,339 cases and eight deaths), followed by Equatorial Guinea (1,306 cases and 12 dead), São Tomé and Príncipe (484 cases and 12 dead), Cape Verde (502 cases and five deaths), Mozambique (352 cases and two dead) and Angola (86 infected and four dead).

Globally, according to a report by the AFP news agency, the Covid-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 382,000 lives and infected more than 6.4 million people in 196 countries and territories.

More than 2.7 million patients were considered cured.