Mozambique Covid-19 cases surpass 800; recovered patient dies – MISAU

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Mozambique Covid-19 cases surpass 800; recovered patient dies – MISAU

7:02 CAT | 26 Jun 2020

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Mozambique this afternoon reported 28 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative total from 788 to 816 positive cases,announced the Ministry of Health on Friday (June 26).

The country tested 919 suspected cases in the last 24 hours – from Thursday (June 25) to Friday (June 26).

Of the newly diagnosed patients, 27 are Mozambicans and one is South African, said the national director of Public Health, Rosa Marlene, who was speaking at the press conference to update data on the pandemic at the Ministry of Health in Maputo.

The new COVID-19 cases reported today come from the provinces of Cabo Delgado (16), Nampula (08), Niassa (03) and Sofala (01).

Patients are in isolation at home and the process of identifying their contacts is underway.

Of the 816 infections recorded in Mozambique so far, 746 are locally transmitted and 70 are imported.

Meanwhile, 223 patients are reported as recovered.

The country has, as of this Friday, 586 active cases, of which eight are hospitalised, added the national director of health.

The provinces of Nampula and Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique, are the ones that register the highest number of infections with the new coronavirus, with 235 and 145 cases, respectively.

The health authorities also announced the death of a person who was said to have recovered from the infection by the new coronavirus, considering that the victim died of other diseases.

According to the authorities, the 88-year-old man was admitted to a health unit on the 15th, and tests were performed on the 22nd and 24th, with negative results.

“We performed two tests and both came back negative and, therefore, according to the World Health Organisation criteria, he was already recovered”, said Rosa Marlene.

@SaudeMisau anuncia que um moçambicano que teve #covid19 e recuperou faleceu

— Verdade Democracia (@DemocraciaMZ) June 26, 2020

@SaudeMisau actualiza que nas últimas 24h foram testados +919 casos suspeitos do novo #CoronavirusMOZ 28 amostras revelaram se positivas elevando para 816 o cumulativo de positivos #covid19 #Moçambique

— Verdade Democracia (@DemocraciaMZ) June 26, 2020

This is the second case in which an individual who has been infected with the novel coronavirus dies due to associated diseases, according to Mozambican authorities.

Since the announcement of the first case of Covid-19 in Mozambique, on March 22, the country has performed 27,123 tests for suspected cases, having screened more than 1 million people.

20,264 people suspected of Covid-19 were placed under home quarantine and 2,337 continue to be monitored by health authorities.

Mozambique has been in a state of emergency since April 1, twice extended until June 29.

Various restrictions are in place: all schools are closed, spaces for entertainment and leisure are also closed, all types of events and crowds are prohibited, and the population is recommended to stay at home if they do not have essential matters to attend to.

The Covid-19 pandemic has already claimed nearly 487,000 lives and infected more than 9.6 million people in 196 countries and territories, according to a report by the French agency AFP.

Source: Lusa / A Verdade / INS