The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday reported four more COVID-19 deaths along with 179 new cases of the virus – 134 of them in Region Nine.
This was disclosed in a MoH press release which informed that the four deaths occurred over a period of three days. On July 2, a 75-year-old woman from Region Four succumbed while on the following day, an 82-year-old man from Region Five died. On July 4 a 71-year-old man from Region Ten and an 81-year-old man from Region Five died.
The ministry noted that these persons died while receiving care at a medical institution.
Meanwhile, the new cases that were reported have now pushed the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 20,568. These cases came after some 1,193 more tests which increased the total number of tests done to 194,775.
Most of the new cases were reported in Region Nine which recorded 134 new cases. Two new cases each were reported in regions One and Ten, seven new cases in Region Three, 22 cases in Region Four, and 12 in Region Six.
There are now 1,606 active cases, of which 96 are in institutional isolation and 1,510 are in home isolation. Fourteen persons are now patients at the COVID-19 ICU while 112 more persons have recovered, lifting the total number of recovered cases to date to 18,466.
