Papua New Guinea reported nine new cases of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Thursday 18 February increasing the country’s total cases to 970.
The latest cases were reported in East New Britain, Madang and in the National Capital District.
In East New Britain, a 26 year old and a 40 year old female both residing at Vunabuk area have confirmed positive. They both did not show symptoms of the COVID-19 virus at the time of testing but swab samples returned positive.
In Madang, a total of five cases were reported. Five female and a male, ages ranging between 31 and 59 years have tested positive. All five cases showed symptoms of COVID-19 virus at the time of testing.
Two cases were reported in the National Capital District. A 40 year old and a 61 year old female who reside in the Moresby North West electorate tested positive. They both were showing symptoms of COVID-19 at the time of testing.
The country's COVID-19 cases as a result stands at 970 with 10 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 383
Western Province 233
West New Britain 194
East New Britain 34
Madang 34
New Ireland 22
West Sepik 16
Eastern Highlands 13
Central 11
Western Highlands 10
Morobe 9
East Sepik 3
Enga 3
Milne Bay 2
AROB 1
Hela Province 1
SHP 1
TOTAL 970
Globally, the total confirmed cases of COVID-19 has reached 109,217,366 including 348,150 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. The death toll is 2,413,912 of which 8,251 were reported in the last 24 hours.
