Monday 16 May 2022
Papua New Guinea registered 95 new cases of COVID-19 as of midday today, (Monday 16 May 2022), increasing the total number of infections to 44, 276.
The National Capital District recorded 94 cases , while Central Province reported one case..
According to the National Control Centre, the number of recovered cases has increased to 43,606 while the death toll remains at 651.
There have been no new cases of the Delta and Omicron variants in the same reporting period, however their cases still remain at 741 and 508 respectively.
In the meantime, the cumulative figures for Covid-19 cases in some provinces have increased , while others have remained the same, for the past weeks.
– NCD – 12,196 cases, 12,087 recoveries, 102 deaths;
– Western – 3746 cases, 3712 recoveries, 33 deaths;
– Western Highlands – 3139 cases, 3057 recoveries, 79 deaths;
– Eastern Highlands – 2745 cases, 2625 recoveries, 120 deaths;
– Morobe – 2606 cases,2554 recoveries, 52 deaths;
– East New Britain – 2393 cases, 2359 recoveries, 31 deaths;
– Madang – 1789 cases, 1756 recoveries, 33 deaths;
– Milne Bay – 1585 cases, 1579 recoveries, five deaths;
– Southern Highlands – 1304 cases, 1251 recoveries, 53 deaths;
– Central – 1276 cases, 1270 recoveries, two deaths;
– West New Britain – 1244 cases, 1238 recoveries, six deaths;
– Enga – 1239 cases, 1232 recoveries, seven deaths;
– Autonomous Region of Bougainville – 1201 cases, 1182 recoveries, 19 deaths;
– New Ireland – 1188 cases, 1175 recoveries, 13 deaths;
– Chimbu – 1183 cases, 1169 recoveries, 14 deaths;
– Hela – 1074 cases, 1060 recoveries, 14 deaths;
– Manus – 904 cases, 893 recoveries, 11 deaths;
– West Sepik – 881 cases, 868 recoveries, 13 deaths;
– East Sepik – 758 cases, 750 recoveries, eight deaths;
– Northern – 657 cases, 651 recoveries, six deaths;
– Gulf – 645 cases, 645 recoveries;
– Jiwaka – 523 cases, 493 recoveries, 30 deaths.