Franco Mufinda, who this Monday took stock of the epidemiological situation regarding covid-19, detailed that 15 of the infected citizens are Angolans and another is African, aged between 1 and 62 years.
Among the 16 confirmed cases there are two deaths, while two other patients have already recovered, remaining 12 active cases.
According to the government, Luanda remains the only province in the country to register positive cases of covid-19. The executive also revealed that the two new cases are a 19-year-old and a 25-year-old adult.
There are currently 1,634 people in quarantine, of whom 673 are in institutional quarantine.
A further 166 people have since been released from quarantine centres.
In the coming days, according to Franco Mufinda, the aim is to broaden the testing base using other, faster methodologies.
