DILI, may 7, 2021 (TATOLI) – Health authorities today registered 95 more cases of the covid-19 in Dili, while 147 recoveries with the country currently have 1,365 active infections.
The Coordinator of the Task Force for the Prevention and Mitigation of the Covig-19 Outbreak of the CIGC, Rui de Araújo, revealed, among the infections announced today, composed of 57 men and 38 women.
Araújo added that the proportion of those infected with symptoms is 11.5%. The proportion of these cases has increased from 8.8% to 15.1% in the past seven days.
Thus Timor-Leste reports so far 2,965 confirmed cases, four deaths, and 1,596 recoveries since the beginning of the outbreak in Timor-Leste.
“Yesterday, The National Health Laboratory (NHL) carried out 846 laboratory tests, 30 were performed through the sentinel surveillance, 50 via contact screening, 585 through random screening, 157 tests were performed following the request for traveling authorization, 13 tests were performed following the request for international traveling s and 11 in quarantines. In addition, on May 6, 416 tests were carried out in the municipalities.
Araújo said, 37 patients are under the treatment at the Vera Cruz Isolation Center.
“Of the 37 – 14 in the area of stable obstetrics, 18 in internal medicine, four of whom are in severe conditions and 14 with moderate conditions and five in pediatrics, one considered a serious condition and four moderates conditions,” Araújo said.
Journalist: Felicidade Ximenes
Editor: Cipriano Colo
