Thursday 13 January 2022
The National Capital District recorded three new cases of Coronavirus on Wednesday 12 January 2022, increasing the total number of cases in the country to 36,432.
NCD was the only province to register three new cases.
In its latest COVID-19 update, the National Control Centre (NCC) has also reported a total of 35,775 people have recovered from the virus, while the death toll stands at 595 and Delta cases remain at 706.
At the same time, a summary of the vaccination coverage has indicated, the total number of vaccine doses being administered has reached 388,803, with 290,348 people having received at least one dose while 228,574 have been fully dosed .
NCC has further clarified that the vaccines currently used in the country are AstraZeneca (239,293 people vaccinated), Johnson and Johnson (130,119) and Sinopharm (19,391).
In the meantime, the COVID-19 tests conducted so far have reached 283,183.
Meanwhile, a daily summary of the COVID-19 cases in the 22 provinces is shown below:
– NCD – 9412 cases, 9289 recoveries, 102 deaths, 200 delta cases
– Western – 3610 cases, 3577 recoveries, 33 deaths,43 delta cases;
– Western Highlands – 2725 cases, 2645 recoveries, 79 deaths, four delta cases;
– Morobe – 2491 cases,2444 recoveries, 48 deaths, 84 delta cases;
– East New Britain – 2221 cases, 2177 recoveries, 31 deaths, 28 delta cases;
– Eastern Highlands – 2156 cases, 2066 recoveries, 90 deaths, 22 delta cases;
– Madang – 1268 cases, 1239 recoveries, 29 deaths, four delta cases;
– West New Britain – 1238 cases, 1232 recoveries, six deaths, 44 delta cases;
– Milne Bay – 1214 cases, 1208 recoveries, five deaths, three delta cases;
– Chimbu – 1058 cases, 1047 recoveries, 11 deaths, 14 delta cases;
– Enga – 1049 cases, 1041 recoveries, seven deaths, four delta cases;
– Southern Highlands – 1040 cases, 986 recoveries, 53 deaths, 43 delta cases;
– Autonomous Region of Bougainville – 931 cases, 909 recoveries, 17 deaths,15 delta cases;
– New Ireland – 851 cases, 837 recoveries, 11 deaths, 33 delta cases;
– Central – 833 cases, 824 recoveries, two deaths, 10 delta cases;
– West Sepik – 775 cases, 762 recoveries, 13 deaths, 70 delta cases;
– Hela – 768 cases, 761 recoveries, six deaths, 35 delta cases;
– East Sepik – 701 cases, 693 recoveries, eight deaths, 27 delta cases;
– Manus – 646 cases, 631 recoveries, 11 deaths, 11 delta cases;
– Northern – 528 cases, 522 recoveries, four deaths;
– Gulf – 496 cases, 494 recoveries, 10 delta cases;
– Jiwaka – 421 cases, 392 recoveries, 29 deaths, two delta cases;
There have been urgent calls for Papua New Guineans to get tested to minimise the spread of the virus.