Papua New Guinea has recorded two new COVID-19 deaths and eight new cases in the last 24 hours ending 12 midday on Tuesday June, increasing the total number of deaths to 167 and total cases to 16,799.
Manus province recorded its first COVID-19 death. The death of a 72-year-old male and a 60-year-old female both with underlying comorbidities were reported as Manus’ first recorded deaths.
Also in the last 24 hours ending 12 midday on Tuesday 15, the country recorded eight new COVID-19 cases. Morobe recorded four cases, Southern Highlands three and Jiwaka a single case.
Of the eight cases reported, four are males and four females. Their ages range from six to 65 years.
To date, 129,533 people have been tested for COVID-19. The country’s COVID-19 cases now stands at 16,799 with 167 known deaths. A total of 16,130 people have recovered from COVID-19.
All 22 provinces including the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB) have reported cases. The distribution of the cases are as follows:
· NCD – 5,117;
· Western Province – 2,387;
· Morobe – 1,182;
· East New Britain – 1,126;
· Western Highlands – 1,019;
· West New Britain – 1,009;
· Eastern Highlands – 710;
· New Ireland – 527;
· West Sepik – 445;
· AROB – 423;
· Madang – 399;
· Central – 268;
· Enga – 272;
· East Sepik – 231;
· Manus – 468;
· Simbu – 229;
· SHP – 199;
· Oro – 196;
· Jiwaka – 153;
· Milne Bay – 202;
· Hela – 122; and
· Gulf – 115.
Globally, the total confirmed cases of COVID-19 has reached 177,021,662 including 301,544 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. The death toll stands at 3,827,510 including 6,745 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.