Sílvia Lutucuta said that the total number of cases in the last 24 hours, aged between 2 months and 84 years, of which 159 are male and 88 female, are divided by Luanda (139), Cuanza Sul (65), Cabinda ( 22), Benguela (9), Cunene (4), Huambo (4), and Bié, Namibe, Huíla and Uíje (1).
The cases in the province of Cuanza Sul, said the minister, are related to the sanitary fence of the National Petroleum School.
"We have to regret a death in Luanda, of a male, 61 years old and Angolan," said the minister, pointing to the recovery of 28 patients in the period in question.
At the laboratory level, the total of processed samples is 1733, which represents a positivity rate of 14.3 percent.
At this time, Angola has a cumulative picture of 12,680 cases, 308 deaths, 5927 recovered and 6445 active.
In the total number of processed RT-PCR samples, the data indicate 176,576 samples processed by this molecular biology technique, with an average positive rate of 7.2 percent, with sample collections being strengthened in Luanda's health units.
The official reiterated that the country continues with the decree of the state of public calamity in force, reason why, all the measures in the document, which are fundamentally aimed at cutting the transmission chain, must be complied with.
According to the minister, the number of cases has been increasing exponentially since October, "and it has been the worst month of all time".
"It is also important to emphasize here that in October alone we had 52 percent of the total cases of covid-19 registered in our country," said Sílvia Lutucuta, urging that we continue to "take action against this invisible and deadly enemy. ".
