The information was advanced by the Secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda, on the sidelines of the update of the epidemiological data this Sunday, which did not reveal new cases in the last 24 hours.
The official explained that the international organization estimates the recovery rate of each country affected by the pandemic at 26 percent, taking into account the number of confirmed infections and recoveries.
Angola has 11 recovered, 22 active cases and two deaths, with the recovery rate standing at 31.4 percent.
For the person responsible for public health, these indicators mean that the country is "on the right track". Cited by Angop, Franco Mufinda said that the numbers are a gain, constituting "an important indicator for the recovery of most patients".
Also according to the Secretary of State, the crude mortality rate in the country due to infection caused by the new coronavirus is around 5.7 percent.
A comparison was also made with some neighboring countries in Angola, in the southern region of the African continent, specifically with Congo Brazzaville. The country has 229 confirmed cases, with a recovery rate of 10.9 percent and a mortality rate of 3.9 percent.
In a tour of the continent, in order to contextualize this reality, it is known that DRCongo recorded 604 cases with 11.1 percent recovered and 4.8 percent mortality. Namibia has 16 cases with a 50 percent recovery rate, with no deaths to date.
Zambia, on the other hand, has 109 cases of covid-19 with 62.9 percent recoverers and 2.4 percent morality rate.
South Africa remains the most affected territory on the continent with 6336 cases. It has a recovery rate of 37.5 percent and a mortality rate of 1.9 percent.
Worldwide, in the last 24 hours, recovery rates were around 31.1 percent, while mortality rates were 7.12 percent.
