Gambia clocks 70 years of multiparty elections
Nov 3, 2021, 1:37 PM
It is exactly 70 years since The Gambia held her first multiparty elections.
This is according to the 155th national situation report since the confirmation of the first case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in The Gambia.
5 new positive cases were registered, taking the total of COVID-19 cases ever confirmed in the country to 3,569.
The country recorded 100 new COVID-19 recoveries. While 6 new people were taken into quarantine, 79 discharges were made.
The country currently has 6 people in quarantine, 1,297 active cases and a crude case-fatality ratio of 3.1%.
Meanwhile, the Senegalese Ministry of Health yesterday reported 40 new cases of covid-19, bringing the number to 14,960; with 12, 113 recoveries 308 deaths, 2,487 under treatment.
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