According to the epidemiological bulletin of the health entity, the province of Luanda registered the highest number of new cases (417), followed by Huambo (44), Cuanza Norte (18), Cuanza Sul (15), Malanje (14), Uíge (14), Huíla (10), Cabinda (seven), Zaire (six), two cases in the provinces of Cuando-Cubango, Cunene and Namibe, and Bengo and Bié with one case each.
The 11 deaths were reported in the provinces of Luanda (eight), Huambo (two) and Malanje with one death.
During this period, the laboratories processed 7404 samples by RT-PCR with a daily positivity rate of 7.5 percent. The cumulative points to 1,035,718 processed samples with a positivity rate of 5.8 percent.
Angola, which has been living in a situation of public calamity for over a year, totals 60,448 positive cases, 1598 deaths, 48,748 recoveries, and 10,102 active cases, namely 26 in critical condition, 33 serious, 171 moderate, 87 mild and the remaining asymptomatic.
Covid-19 has caused at least 4,813,581 deaths worldwide, among more than 235.76 million infections by the new coronavirus registered since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the most recent report by the Agence France-Presse.
The respiratory disease is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, detected at the end of 2019 in Wuhan, a city in central China, and currently with variants identified in several countries.
