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Covid-19: Gambia registers 2 new cases

Oct 16, 2020, 12:01 PM

The Gambia has registered 2 new positive covid-19 cases, taking the total number of covid-19 cases confirmed in the country to 3,644. 

This is according to the 170th national situation report since the confirmation of the first case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in The Gambia, on the 16th March 2020.

No new covid-19 related death was recorded while 50 new covid-19 patients recovered and got discharged.

No new person was taken in to quarantine, while zero new persons were also discharged from quarantine.

The country currently has zero persons in quarantine, 881 active cases and a crude case-fatality ratio of 3.2%.

Meanwhile, the Senegalese Ministry of health reported 17 new positive cases yesterday, bringing its total positive cases to 15,348 with 13, 637 recoveries, 316 deaths while 1, 394 are under treatment.

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