Sunday 5 March 2023

One case of  Coronavirus (Covid-19) was reported in the Gulf Province on  Tuesday 28 February , increasing the total number of  cases  in Papua New Guinea to  46,825, including 670  known deaths.

According to the latest Covid-19 update from   the National Control Centre, there have been  a total of 46,135 recovered cases, with  Delta  variant cases  remaining   at 741, while the Omicron variant cases have increased to  680.

In the meantime, a  provincial  summary of the  cumulative  cases of   Covid-19 is further highlighted below:

– NCD – 12,981 cases, 12,879 recoveries, 102 deaths;

– Western – 3770 cases, 3737 recoveries, 33 deaths;

-Western Highlands – 3317 cases, 3223 recoveries, 94 deaths;

– Eastern Highlands – 2890 cases, 2769 recoveries, 121 deaths;

– Morobe – 2674 cases, 2621 recoveries, 53 deaths;

– East New Britain – 2467 cases, 2436 recoveries, 31 deaths;

– Madang – 1869 cases, 1836  recoveries, 33 deaths;

–  Milne Bay – 1692 cases, 1681 recoveries, five deaths;

– Enga – 1563 cases, 1549 recoveries, seven deaths;

– New Ireland – 1464 cases, 1451 recoveries, 13 deaths;

– Central – 1416 cases, 1413 recoveries, two deaths;

– Southern Highlands – 1377 cases, 1324 recoveries, 53 deaths;

– West New Britain – 1260 cases, 1254 recoveries, six deaths;

– Chimbu – 1216 cases, 1202 recoveries, 14 deaths;

–  Autonomous Region of Bougainville – 1202 cases, 1183 recoveries, 19 deaths;

– Hela – 1180 cases, 1166 recoveries, 14 deaths;

– Manus – 947 cases, 936 recoveries, 11 deaths;

– West Sepik – 884 cases, 871 recoveries, 13 deaths;

– East Sepik – 779 cases, 771 recoveries, eight deaths;

– Northern – 670 cases, 663 recoveries, seven deaths;

– Gulf – 673 cases, 667 recoveries; 0 deaths

– Jiwaka – 534 cases, 503 recoveries, 31 deaths.

Meanwhile, globally, as of  28 February 2023, there have been 758,390,564 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,859,093 deaths, while at the same time,  a total of 13,228,728,467 vaccine doses have been administered.