Papua New Guinea reported one new case of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours increasing the country’s total cases to 835.
The latest case was reported in Western Province. A 42 year old male mine worker who resides in Tabubil, North Fly district is the latest to be tested positive.
He was not showing symptoms of COVID-19 at the time of testing but swab samples returned positive. The country’s COVID-19 cases as a result now stands at 835 with nine known deaths.
A total of 40,697 people have tested for COVID-19. Seven hundred and ninety people have recovered whilst 16 samples are pending at the laboratories. Thirty-six active cases are in isolation. Sixteen provinces including the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB) have reported cases.
The distribution of the cases is as follows:
Provinces Confirmed Cases
NCD 365
Western Province 214
West New Britain 156
East New Britain 30
New Ireland 18
Eastern Highlands 13
Western Highlands 10
Central 10
Morobe 6
East Sepik 3
Enga 3
Milne Bay 2
West Sepik 2
Southern Highlands 1
AROB 1
Hela Province 1
TOTAL 835
Globally, the total confirmed cases of COVID-19 has reached 92,596,811 including 688,015 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. The death toll is 2,001,773; of which 14, 718 were reported in the last 24 hours.