PNG reported ten new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours increasing the country’s total cases to 955.
The latest cases were reported in four provinces, West Sepik, Madang, East New Britain and in the National Capital District.
In NCD, two adult male, aged 45 year and 49 year who reside in the Moresby South electorate have been tested positive. They both were experiencing fever, muscle aches and cough at the time of testing.
East New Britain and Madang reported a case each whilst West Sepik reported six new cases.
A 36 year old female is the latest to be confirmed positive in the East New Britain province. She was experiencing cough, fever and headache at the time of testing.
In Madang, a 52 year old female is the latest to be confirmed positive. She was not showing symptoms of the COVID-19 virus but swab samples returned positive.
West Sepik recorded six positive cases of which five are health care workers. All six cases, three male and three female, ages ranging from 30 to 62 years old have been detected through contact tracing.
The country’s Covid 19 cases now stands at 955 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 376
Western Province 233
West New Britain 194
East New Britain 31
Madang 29
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 955
Globally, the total confirmed cases of COVID-19 has reached 108,153,741 including 300,530 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. The death toll is 2,381,295 of which 7,776 were reported in the last 24 hours.