You active cases of Covid-19 in Cape Verde fell again for the second week in a rownow by more than half, going from 926 to 452in a period in which the country registered three more deaths caused by the disease.
According to the epidemiological bulletin released this Monday by the Ministry of Health, in the last 24 hours, of a total of 401 samples analyzed, 46 new cases of infection by SARS-CoV-2 were detected, with a positivity rate of 11.5 %. and 129 more people were reported as recovered.
Since the start of the pandemic, the archipelago has registered a total of 61,669 accumulated positive casesof which 60,753 recovered and there it is 452 active cases.
In the last week, the country registered three more deaths from complications associated with Covid-19, bringing the total to 409 dead since the start of the pandemic.
According to the Ministry of Health, there are currently 11 people hospitalized in Cape Verde hospitals due to Covid-19, of which one (9%) is in serious condition, with a hospitalization rate of 12.1%.
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In the analysis of the last 14 days, from June 27 to July 10, the Cape Verdean authorities reported that a total of 8,955 samples (average of 640 days) were analyzed and 2,066 new cases were identified.
At that time, the national cumulative incidence rate was 363 cases per 100,000 population, the transmissibility rate (Rt) was 0.58, and the positivity rate was, on average, 23.1%.
Regarding vaccination, until july 03Cape Verde had used 744,351 (71.1%) vaccine dosesbeing that 320,004 (98.2%) adults have already taken the 1st dose, 278,341 (85.4%) have already been fully vaccinated and a total of 96,436 (29.6%) had already taken the booster dose.
As to adolescents from 12 to 17 years old, 46,606 (86.7%) have already taken the 1st dose Y 38,967 (72.5%) are already fully vaccinatedadded the same source.
Thursday, the government of cape verde extended the alert situation throughout the country for another three monthsafter evaluating the epidemiological situation that “confirms an increase in the number of active cases” of Covid-19 in the archipelago.
COVID-19. Cape Verde extends alert situation for another three months
The country returned to the alert situation on March 6, the least serious of three levels, currently maintaining a “minimum” level of restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, The use of a mask on public roads is no longer mandatory and, at the end of April, also in closed spaces.
In mid-June, the Prime Minister of Cape Verde, Ulisses Correia e Silva, ruled out a return to restrictive measures, such as the mandatory use of a mask in closed spacesdue to the increase in cases of Covid-19, but recommended self-protection.
Source: Observadora
