The Ministry of Health further said that the new covid-19 cases represented 37% positive test rate (131 out of the 350 total tests performed), adding that the maiden age of the new cases is 35 years (range 6 to 77 years)
“Three hundred and fifty (350) new laboratory test results received from MRCG and NPHL. Of these, 20 new tests returned in-determinant and 131 new tests were positive for covid-19,” says health ministry.
According to health officials, a new guideline for quarantine, isolation and testing has been developed and validated to address the challenges brought about by the sudden surge in the number of covid-19 cases.
“Twenty new discharges effected from the treatment centres, bringing the cumulative number of recoveries to date to 227(15.4%). Whereas 6 persons were newly taken into quarantine, no new discharges were made.”
The country currently has 341 people in quarantine, 1,197 active cases, 165 probable cases and a crude case-fatality ratio of 2.2%.
Meanwhile, the Senegalese Ministry of Health yesterday registered 207 positive cases, bringing total number of infections in the country to 11,587; recoveries 7,532 with 242 deaths and 3,821 are receiving treatment.
Work on a multi-million dalasi mosque project being sponsored by the Gambia Angola Holding Group (GACH) under the leadership of its Chief Executive Officer Abubakary Jawara is near completion after 75% of the work on the mosque has been done.
Senegalese Ministry of Health yesterday reported 518 positive cases of covid-19 with 18 deaths.
The former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF), Rtd. Lt-Gen. Lang Tombong Tamba in continuation of his testimony at the TRRC, revealed that he was very disappointed at former President Yahya Jammeh for ordering the killings of Daba Marena, Ebou Lowe, Malafi Corr, Alieu Bah and Massin Jammeh without having them tried by a court of law.
Health Minister Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh has given a rare insight into the country’s Health Ministry, citing a string of abnormalities due to the bad system inherited by the current government.
