Papua New Guinea reported ten new cases of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours increasing the country’s total cases to 833. A total of nine cases were reported in West New Britain whilst New Ireland province reported one positive case. In Talasea district in West New Britain, five female and four male, ages ranging between 19 to 53 have been tested positive. All nine cases did not show symptoms of COVID-19 but swab samples returned positive. In New Ireland province, a 51 year old male who lives in Lihir, Namatanai district is the latest to be confirmed positive. The 51 year old was not showing symptoms of COVID-19 at the time of testing but results from swab samples returned positive. The country’s COVID-19 cases as a result now stands at 833 with 9 known deaths. Sixteen provinces including the Autonomous Region Of Bougainville have reported cases. The distribution of the cases is as follows: Provinces Cases NCD 365 Western Province 212 West New Britain 156 East New Britain 30 New Ireland 18 Eastern H/lands 13 Western H/lands 10 Central 10 Morobe 6 East Sepik 3 Enga 3 Milne Bay 2 West Sepik 2 Southern H/lands 1 AROB 1 Hela Province 1 TOTAL 833 Globally, the total confirmed cases of COVID-19 has reached 89,707,115 including 566,186 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. The death toll is 1,940,352; of which 9, 371 were reported in the last 24 hours.