Mozambique reports four Covid-19 deaths and 949 new cases

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Mozambique reports four Covid-19 deaths and 949 new cases

8:45 CAT | 31 Jan 2021

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The Ministry of Health reported on Sunday [January 31] that a further four patients have died with Covid-19, three Mozambicans and one foreigner, three in Maputo city and one in Cabo Delgado province. Of these, three deaths were declared yesterday and one was declared today.

The Ministry of Health also reported 949 newly diagnosed cases,bringing the cumulative number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Mozambique since the outbreak to 38.654,.

The ages of the 949 new cases reported today today are as follows:

17 cases diagnosed in children under 5;

35 cases in patients between 5 and 14 years old;

138 cases in patients aged between 15 and 24 years old;

229 cases in patients aged between 25 and 34;

208 cases in patients aged between 35 and 44;

135 cases in patients aged between 45 and 54;

98 cases in patients aged between 55 and 64;

51 cases in patients over 65; and

38 cases with no information

Of the 949 newly diagnosed cases, reported this Sunday, 942 are Mozambicans, five are foreigners and the nationalities of two others are yet to be determined; 527 (55.5%) are women or girls and 422 (44.5%) are men or boys . All the new cases reported today are local transmissions.

The city of Maputo registered 417 new cases, corresponding to 43.9% of the total cases reported today in the country. It was followed by the province of Maputo, with 211 cases (22.2%].

MISAU reports that, in the last 24 hours, a further 37 patients were hospitalised and 48 were discharged.

There are currently 305 hospitalised patients in the country, of whom 227 (74.4%) are in Maputo city, 19 in Sofala, 17 in Maputo province, 17 in Tete province, nine in Zambézia, seven in Gaza, three in Manica province, two in Inhambane province, two in Nampula and two in Cabo Delgado .

The number of recoveries rose to 23.955 (62%), with 10 more reported today.

Mozambique has so far reported a cumulative number of 38.654 confirmed cases of Covid-19, since the outbreak was first detected in the country, in March 2020. Of these, 38.338 are of local transmission and 316 imported.

The country currently has 14.328 active cases, of which

7.367 in Maputo city;

2.138 in Maputo province;

754 in Manica province;

752 in Gaza;

730 in Sofala;

687 in Niassa;

636 in Inhambane province;

542 in Zambézia;

309 in Nampula province;

209 in Cabo Delgado; and

204 in Tete province.

Until Sunday [January 31] Mozambique reported 367 Covid-19 deaths, of which 291 occurred in Maputo city, 23 in Maputo province, 11 in Nampula province, eight in Gaza, eight in Tete province, seven in Zambézia, six in Sofala, five in Manica province, five in Inhambane province, three in Cabo Delgado.