The Senegalese Ministry of Health yesterday reported the registration of 285 new positive cases, bringing its total cases ever confirmed since March to 27, 365.
It also reported the registration of 7 new deaths.
Meanwhile, it has registered 22, 599 recoveries, 648 deaths while 4, 117 are currently under treatment.
In January there were 228 deaths representing 35% of total deaths since March 2020.
The minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, on Tuesday 6 October met his Nigerian counterpart, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, in his office in Abuja, Nigeria.
Over 30 Senegalese fishing boats were on Monday set on fire by a mob at Sanyang, forcing hundreds of its nationals to flee the community. The incident followed the alleged killing of a 32-year-old native Gibriel Ceesay, by a Senegalese citizen.
The founding father and the former president of the Supreme Islamic Council (SIC) Sheikh Alhagie Banding Drammeh has passed away at his home in Brikama on Thursday after suffering from a long illness.
