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.
Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters Minister James F.P. Gomez has debunked claims that certain fishing vessels entered the creeks of The Gambia and were engaged in indiscriminate fishing.
The Office of The Chief Justice has announced that the Supreme Court of The Gambia will on 6th of July 2020 start commencing a new session at the law court complex in Banjul. The session will last until the 17th of July.
The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment has announced the lifting of the prohibition on export and re-export trade of essential commodities with immediate effect.
Samba Doro Bah, an inmate at the State Central Prison yesterday alleged the former prisons director, David Colley and Azziz Tamba, a brother to former President Yahya Jammeh's conspired and killed Baba Jobe.
