Mozambique: Thirteen deaths and 1,946 cumulative cases of coronavirus

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Mozambique: Thirteen deaths and 1,946 cumulative cases of coronavirus

10:36 CAT | 03 Aug 2020

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Mozambique on Sunday (August 2) reported its 13th death due to the new coronavirus , a 66-year-old Mozambican man , who died on July 24, one day after being admitted at Maputo Central Hospital with breathing difficulties. He was tested on the day he was admitted to hospital 23/07/2020, MISAU reports, adding that: “the positive result for COVID was reported on 02.08.2020 ”. [You may access the full text of MSAU’s Sunday brief, in Portuguese, HERE]

Still yesterday, Mozambique reported 39 new infections, five of which are children under 5, bringing to 1,946 the cumulative of coronavirus cases registered so far in the country, the Ministry of Health reported .

From Saturday to Sunday, 651 tests were performed in the country. All samples were tested in public sector laboratories. Of these samples tested, three (o3) came from Niassa Province, three (o3) came from Cabo Delgado Province; twenty (20) from Nampula Province; four (04) from Zambézia Province; three (03) from Tete Province; four (o4) from Manica Province; forty five (45) came from Sofala Province; four (04) from Inhambane Province,; thirty eight (38) from Maputo Province; and thirty (30) from Maputo City.

The newly diagnosed cases are distributed as follows:

Five (05) cases in Nampula Province (Nampula City). Of these, two (02) cases are the result of surveillance in health facilities, two (02) cases are the result of active surveillance and one (01) case is the result of tracking contacts of positive cases;

Sixteen (16) cases in Sofala Province. Of these, fifteen (15) in Beira City and one (01) in Dondo District. All cases are the result of surveillance in health facilities;

One (01) case in Maputo Province (Matola city), which results from surveillance at the health unit;

Seventeen (17) cases in Maputo City. Of these, thirteen (13) cases are the result of active surveillance, two (02) of surveillance in health facilities and two (02) of tracking contacts of positive cases.

Of the 39 new cases, twenty-six (66.6%) are female and thirteen (33.3%) are male.

The newly diagnosed cases have the following age distribution:

Five (05) cases are children under 5 years old
One (01) case is a child aged between 5 and 14 years old;
Five (05) cases are teenagers and young people aged between 15 and 24 years old;
Thirteen (13) cases are young people aged between 25 and 34 years old;
Eight (08) cases are persons aged between 35 and 44 years old;
Two (02) cases are persons aged between 45 and 54 years old;
Two (02) cases are persons aged between 55 and 64 years old,
One (01) case is over 65 years old;
Two (o2) cases without age information.

Active cases and recoveries

Regarding those recovered, MISAU announced nine more cases, one from Cabo Delgado province, four from Zambézia, two from Inhambane and two from Maputo province. All those recovered are of Mozambican nationality. Thus, the country has 654 people free from COVID-19 and 1277 active cases.

The current 1.277 active cases of Covid-19 are distributed as follows: