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Covid-19: Angola announces 202 more cases, seven deaths and 376 recoveries

Angola recorded over 202 cases of covid-19, seven deaths and 376 people considered to have recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours, the health authorities announced this Monday.

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According to the Secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda, 148 infections were diagnosed in Luanda, 21 in Huambo, seven in Cabinda, six in Cuanza Sul, five in Zaire, four in Cuanza Norte, three each in Benguela, Cuando Cubango and Huíla, and one each in Bié and Malanje, aged between 7 months and 83 years, 94 males and 108 females.

Seven people died from the disease, three men and four women, between 18 and 85 years old, and 376 people, between 1 and 92 years old, recovered from the disease.

Angola accumulates 61,580 cases, of which 1629 deaths, 49,977 recovered from the disease, 9974 active, of which 24 in critical condition and 34 in serious condition, with 282 patients being hospitalized.

The laboratories processed 2803 samples for a total of 1,050,635 tests.

Since March 2 until this Monday, 4,297,062 doses of vaccine have been administered, revealed the Secretary of State for Health, adding that the vaccine from AstraZeneca is currently not available, whose 'stock' will only be replenished on November 1st.

The Secretary of State also warned that citizens should only go to vaccination centers with a registration made, and appealed to mothers not to take their children.

Since the update of the decree concerning the state of calamity due to covid-19, which requires the presentation of a vaccination certificate to access public places from 15 October, Luanda has seen huge floods in vaccination centers, with queues of kilometers, which has already forced the intervention of the authorities in some posts due to the disturbances.

Covid-19 has caused at least 4,847,904 deaths worldwide, among more than 237.74 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 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.

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