Another death, 52 more COVID cases confirmed

The Ministry of Health (MoH) on Saturday reported the death of another person from COVID-19 in addition to 52 more cases.

The latest fatality was identified as a 71-year-old man from Region Four. The death toll now stands at 207.

Meanwhile, as a result of the new cases, the total number in the country to date has risen to 9,121. The positive cases were detected from 793 tests done.

According to the COVID-19 dashboard, 28 of the new cases are from Region Four, 12 from Region Three, 5 from Region Five, 4 from Region Seven, and 1 each from regions One, Six and Ten.

Based on the dashboards released from last Sunday to yesterday, 349 new cases were confirmed from 5,226 tests.

The dashboard also indicated that 5 persons are in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 32 in institutional isolation, 591 in home isolation and 8 persons are institutional quarantine. Some 8287 persons who were infected with the virus have recovered while 206 persons have died.