Covid-19: Local transmission predominates in Mozambique, 58% asymptomatic – authorities

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Covid-19: Local transmission predominates in Mozambique, 58% asymptomatic – authorities

2:35 CAT | 28 Jul 2020

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Local transmission is the predominant form of the spread of the new coronavirus in Mozambique, and most of those infected people are asymptomatic, the latest epidemiological analysis by health authorities reveals. [You may access PDF version of the epidemiological analysis HERE]

The analysis is based on the most recent data, released on Monday, according to which the country has, since March 1, accumulated 1,701 positive cases, 11 deaths and 596 recoveries.

“Local transmission is the predominant form of the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Mozambique, which is why it is extremely important to continue adopting preventative measures,” the National Institute of Health warns.

In Mozambique “the number of cases, hospitalisations and deaths due to Covid-19 is growing gradually, but less sharply than in other countries in the region”, it adds.

Of the 1,701 positive cases recorded to date, carriers of the virus without symptoms represent more than half (58%), followed by those who have had only mild symptoms (34%).

There are still 7% with moderate symptoms, and only 1% with severe symptoms.

Men are more commonly infected than women, with the exception of children and young people in the five to 19-year-old age group.

The epidemiological analysis reports 20 coronavirus-related hospitalisations in Mozambique in June, with 18 in July, up to last Monday.

Mozambique will in July record a new record number of tests performed – the number has grown every month – with a total of 23,948 performed by Monday. In the whole of June, 18,639 tests were performed. The latest positivity rate is 3.2%.

The fatality rate is 0.4 per million inhabitants, one of the lowest in southern Africa.

The vast majority of the 1,701 cumulative total cases since the Covid-19 pandemic began have been in four provinces: Cabo Delgado (439) and Nampula (389), both in the north, and Maputo city (326) and province (299), in the south.

The remaining seven provinces have fewer than 50 registered cases between them.