Covid-19: 111 more cases in Mozambique, with no deaths for second consecutive day

Login

Register

http://www.clubofmozambique.com/

Covid-19: 111 more cases in Mozambique, with no deaths for second consecutive day

3:05 CAT | 07 Dec 2020

File photo: Lusa

Mozambique’s Ministry of Health yesterday reported 111 more cases of infection with the new coronavirus, with no record of deaths for the second consecutive day. Except for one Nigerian, all the newly diagnosed patients are Mozambican nationals, and all cases are local transmissions.

The total number of cases increased to 16,244, with 89% of patients considered fully recovered (14,416 recoveries) and the total number of deaths steady at 133.

Most of the infections announced yesterday were registered in the city of Maputo (64), followed by the province of Gaza, in the south of the country, with 22 cases.

“Of the 111 new cases reported today, 54% are male, and 46% female. Among the new cases reported today are six under 5 years of age and five over 65 years of age. The 35-44 year-old age group registered 30 cases, corresponding to 27% of the total cases reported today,” the MISAU bulletin reads.

There are currently 43 patients in Covid-19 inpatient centres and hospital units in Mozambique, 83.7% of them in Maputo city.

Since the start of the pandemic, Mozambique has tested 238,362 suspected cases, 954 in 24 hours over Saturday and Sunday.

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused at least 1,529,324 deaths worldwide among the more than 66.4 million cases of infection recorded, according to a report from the French AFP press agency.

In Africa, there have been 53,543 confirmed deaths among the more than 2.2 million people infected in 55 countries, according to the latest statistics. The disease is transmitted by a new coronavirus detected in late December 2019 in Wuhan, a city in central China.