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7 new COVID cases, 31 recover

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The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory identified seven new positive cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, comprising three men and four women.

Thirty-one people recovered and were discharged from isolation and there are currently 112 people in isolation.

Since March last year, the island recorded 3 659 confirmed cases of the virus – 1 761 females and 1 898 males.  A total of 3 506 people recovered and the death toll from COVID-19 is 42.

The public health laboratory has so far conducted 141 529 tests.

To date, 63 728 vaccinations – 26 337 men and 37 391 women – were administered as part of the National Vaccination Programme for COVID-19. (BGIS)

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