The country also registered five (5) new COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total to 301.
Twenty-one (21) cases are currently on oxygen therapy.
Ten (10) cases were newly discharged from treatment centres, while 174 got discharged at least 10 days from the day they tested positive but evaded institutional isolation.
No new contacts were traced and monitored.
As of 20th August 2021, 132,756 and 4,388 people received their single dose of Janssen & Janssen and 1st dose of Sinopharm vaccine respectively.
Imam Baba Leigh, a commissioner at the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has apologised to all Gambians, saying he had never and will never ask or advise President Adama Barrow to protect the rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) persons in the country.
Lamin L.K. Mboge, the lawyer for the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Monday explained to the media the logic behind the High Court judgment on the party’s 2018 congress that led to Papa Njie’s leadership.
"Our attention has been drawn to an incident involving one Ebrima Sanneh of Brikama and the Commander of Anti-Crime Unit of The Gambia Police Force, Goorgie Mboob.
Legendary Gambia football Alhagie Njie Biri Biri passed away on Sunday in Dakar, Senegal after losing a battle with a long illness.
