Papua New Guinea reported 87 new cases of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, increasing the country’s total cases to 1,670.
The latest cases were reported in four provinces: West Sepik with 12; Morobe with 20; Eastern Highlands with nine; and 46 in the National Capital District.
For the NCD 21 of the latest cases are males whilst 25 are females, all between the ages of seven to 68 years. Twenty-nine cases showed symptoms of COVID-19 whilst 17 were asymptomatic at the time of testing.
West Sepik reported 12 new cases of which one is a male and 11 females. Eleven cases showed symptoms of COVID-19 whilst one was asymptomatic at the time of testing. Nine out of the 12 cases came into contact with previous known cases. Morobe reported 20 new cases of which eight are males and 12 females between the ages of 20 to 57 years. Seventeen out of the 20 cases have come into contact with previous known cases.
Nine cases were reported in the Eastern Highlands of which five are males and four females between the ages of 29 to 65 years. Seven cases were showing symptoms of COVID-19 at the time of testing.
The country’s COVID-19 cases as a result stands at 1,670 with 16 known deaths. Seventeen provinces including the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB) have reported cases. The distribution of the cases is as follows:
Provinces Confirmed Cases
NCD 704
Western Province 325
West New Britain 196
West Sepik 174
Morobe 48
AROB 39
East New Britain 38
Madang 35
Eastern Highlands 24
New Ireland 23
Western Highlands 18
Central 15
East Sepik 13
SHP 3
Enga 3
Milne Bay 2
Hela 1
TOTAL 1,670
Globally, the total confirmed cases of COVID-19 has reached 115,653,459 including 353,528 new cases reported in the last 24 hours.
The global death toll is 2,564,823 of which 7,192 were reported in the last 24 hours.