Health officials say that the 14 deaths did not occur in a single day as sampling dates spanned from the 14th to the 17th August (14th- 6 samples; and 4 samples apiece for the 15th and 17th).
“Samples of all the 14 (13 males and 1 female) were collected posthumously. The maiden age, at death, of the cases (12 positives and 2 undetermined) is 61 years (range: 26 to 90 years),” according to the ministry.
The ministry added that 172 new cases were registered, taking the total confirmed covid-19 cases to 2,288. The ministry explains that this represents a 33% test positivity rate (172 out of 524 total tests performed)
“The median age of the new cases is 36 years (range: 2 months to 94 years). Twenty new discharges effected from the treatment centres, bringing the cumulative number of recoveries to 435 (19.0% recovery rate).”
Health officials confirmed the 524 (five hundred and twenty-four) new laboratory test results received from MRCG and NPHL, noting that of these, 11 new tests returned indeterminant.
They added that whereas 5 persons were newly taken into quarantine, 14 new discharges were made.
The country currently has 302 people in quarantine, 1,776 active cases, 198 probable cases and a crude case-fatality ratio of 3.4%.
In a related development, the World Bank Group has provided laptops, printers and other gadgets to the NPHL to support the implementation of e-surveillance.
Meanwhile, the Senegalese Ministry of Health of yesterday reported 141 positive cases of covid-19, bringing total number of infections to 12,446; with 43 in serious condition, 7,877 recoveries, 258 deaths and 4 ,310 under treatment.
The 195 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 has indicated that no new COVID-19 related death was recorded.
The National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC) has announced that Karpowership was from yesterday Sunday replacing its current ship with a new one and new generator sets.
Lamin Manjang, the fourth prosecution witness in the case involving Yakumba Jaiteh and Yusupha Jaiteh who were charged with assault and obstruction, testified yesterday before Principal Magistrate Isatou Janneh-Njie of the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court.
The Gambia has registered four new coronavirus recoveries that were discharged.
