Tuesday 30 November 2021

The National Control Centre has reported 89 new cases of Coronavirus including one death in the last 24 hours ending Monday, 29 November 2021, increasing the infections  to 35,179 and the death toll to 546.

The new cases were reported in five provinces, with Central recording the highest number of cases of (42), followed by Gulf (40),  Southern Highlands (five), and National Capital District  and Western (one case each).

In its latest COVID-19 updates,  NCC has also  recorded 33,989 recoveries, whilst the number of delta variant cases remains at 298.

The update also included the following cumulative cases  for  the 22 provinces:

• NCD – 9202 cases, 8960 recoveries, 102 deaths, 112 delta cases;
• Western – 3610 cases, 3571 recoveries,33 deaths, 32 delta cases;
• Western Highlands – 2707 cases, 2596 recoveries, 79 deaths, two delta cases;
• Morobe – 2484 cases, 2456 recoveries, 27 deaths, 59 delta cases;
• Eastern Highlands – 2137 cases, 2039 recoveries, 90 deaths, eight delta cases;
• East New Britain – 2090 cases, 1928 recoveries, 22 deaths, one delta case;
• Madang – 1260 cases, 1215 recoveries, 29 deaths, four delta cases;
• West New Britain – 1203 cases, 1197 recoveries, six deaths;
• Milne Bay – 1131 cases, 1088 recoveries, five deaths;
• Chimbu – 1058 cases, 1047 recoveries, 11 deaths, one delta case;
• Enga – 1037 cases, 1027 recoveries, six deaths, three delta cases;
• Southern Highlands – 1029 cases, 925 recoveries, 53 deaths;
• Central – 806 cases, 729 recoveries, two deaths, four delta cases;
• Autonomous Region of Bougainville – 772 cases, 688 recoveries, eight deaths;
• West Sepik – 762 cases, 746 recoveries, 13 deaths, 56 delta cases;
• Hela – 742 cases, 699 recoveries, six deaths, 13 delta cases;
• New Ireland – 726 cases, 713 recoveries, nine deaths, one delta case;
• East Sepik – 666 cases, 652 recoveries, eight deaths;
• Manus – 618 cases, 595 recoveries, eight deaths, two delta cases;
• Jiwaka – 418 cases, 373 recoveries, 29 deaths;
• Gulf -364 cases, 315 recoveries;
• Northern – 362 cases, 348 recoveries.

Globally, the  number of confirmed cases is 261,435,768, including 5,207,634 deaths.