68 new COVID-19 cases reported : PNG’s total at 10,670

Papua New Guinea has recorded 68 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours ending 12 midday on Saturday April 24, raising the country’s   total number of cases to 10,670, while the  Covid-19 death toll remains at 102.

The cases were reported from 15 districts in 11 provinces. They include: National Capital District (NCD), with 16 new cases; Central, 2; Gulf, 1; Madang, 5; Eastern Highlands, 2; Jiwaka, 1;  Enga, 29; Manus 2; East New Britain, 1; West New Britain, 5;  and Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB), 4.

Commissioner of Police and Controller of the National Pandemic, David Manning, said, of the 68 new cases, 42 were males and 24 females, with two whose gender was not stated. The oldest was 86 and the youngest, one. Thirty-nine of them showed signs of COVID-19 whilst 29 were asymptomatic. Fourteen of the 68 had contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case. The National Control Centre has so far completed 86,619 tests for COVID-19 from which a total of 10,670 cases were confirmed, including 102 deaths.

Mr Manning added that as of Saturday April 24, a total of 8,369 people have recovered from COVID-19, and a total of 2,199 cases remain active in the last 14-day period. A further 674 samples are pending laboratory tests.
The cumulative figures of cases in the 22 provinces , including the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB) are:

  • NCD -4327  (65 deaths)
  • Central -170
  • Gulf – 29
  • Western -2348 (2 deaths)
  • Milne Bay -82 (5 deaths)
  • Northern -21
  • Morobe -513 (3 deaths)
  • Madang -155
  • East Sepik -121 (2 deaths)
  • West Sepik -408 (3 deaths)
  • Eastern Highlands -480 (8 deaths)
  • Simbu -114
  • Jiwaka -94 (5 deaths)
  • Western Highlands -408 (3 deaths)
  • Southern Highlands -92
  • Enga -159 (1 death)
  • Hela -41
  • Manus -29
  • East New Britain -379
  • West New Britain -345 (4 deaths)
  • New Ireland -134 (2 deaths)
  • AROB -221

Globally, the total confirmed cases of COVID-19 is 144,358,956 including 894,043 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. The global death toll for the same period is 3,066,113 including 14,151 new cases reported in the last 24 hours.

PNG COVID-19 statistics for the last 24 hours up to 12 midday, Saturday April 24, 2021.

 

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