Kinshasa, February 24, 2023 (ACP) - The epidemiological curve of Covid-19 in the Democratic Republic of Congo is still descending at the end of week 7 of the year 2023, learned Friday the ACP from the Ministry of Public Health , Hygiene and Prevention.
According to the source, the number of new confirmed cases is down compared to week 6, from 49 to 30 cases, a decrease of 38 8%.
The province of Lualaba, with 13 cases, was the main focus of the epidemic, with mainly three Health zones active in the mining squares, namely Kanzenze with 8 cases, Dilala with 3 cases and Manika with 2 cases The number of active provinces and Health zones did not change substantially between week 6 and week 7.
Moreover, unlike the same period during the year 2022, the number of new cases reported fell by just over half, from 71 to 30, a drop of 57 7%.
However, no case of Covid-19 has been confirmed among travelers entering the national territory or in the prison environment The source also informs that there is a decrease of 8.
3% in the number of alerts recorded between week 6 with 6,287 and week 7 with 5,766 Since the start of operations, 1,026,532 (one million twenty-six thousand five hundred thirty-two) samples have been analyzed for SARS-CoV-2, of which 1,019,812 (one million nineteen thousand eight hundred and twelve ) taken from suspected cases of Covid-19.
95,748 samples were confirmed positive for the virus, i e.
9 4% Positivity Rate
At the end of the 7th week 2023, 5 new recoveries were reported, which brings the cumulative number of people cured of Covid-19 in the country to 84,321, i e.
a recovery rate of 88 1% (84,321 people cured/95,748 confirmed cases).
It should also be noted that until February 15, 2023, the results of vaccination in the DRC report 12,271,210 (twelve million two hundred and seventy-one thousand) first-time vaccinated, i e.
22 73% Compared To The Target And 10
27% compared to the general population and 9,761,981 (nine million seven hundred and sixty-one thousand nine hundred and eighty-one) people fully vaccinated, i e.
18 08% vaccination coverage compared to the target of 53,984 .
584 and 8 18% coverage out of the total population of 119,343,036.
Five new cases notified on Wednesday in 2 provinces Five (5) new cases of Covid-19 were recorded on Wednesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including five cases in Haut-Katanga and one in North Kivu, out of 709 samples tested, reported Thursday the daily bulletin of the technical secretariat of the response to Covid-19 sent to the ACP The source recalls that the Covid-19 test is free for everyone in the DRC except for travelers who will have to pay 30 US dollars.
All provinces are affected by this epidemic as follows: Kinshasa (50,872 cases); North Kivu (10,768 cases); Haut-Katanga (7,005 cases); Kongo Central (6,534 cases); Lualaba (6,107 cases); South Kivu (4,058 cases); Haut-Uélé (1,705 cases); Tshopo (1,583 cases); Ituri (1,444 cases); Kasai Oriental (957 cases); South Ubangi (903 cases); Ecuador (615 cases); Kasai Central (561 cases); Kasai (493 cases); Maniema (354 cases); Lomami (341 cases); North Ubangi (292 cases); Kwilu (230 cases); Mongala (207 cases); Tshuapa (154 cases); Mai-Ndombe (129 cases); Kwango (127 cases); Bas-Uélé (108 cases); Haut-Lomami (91 cases); Tanganyika (62 cases); Sankuru (58 cases) Since the start of the epidemic declared on March 10, 2020, the cumulative number of cases is 95,764, including 95,762 laboratory-confirmed cases and 2 probable cases.
In total, there have been 84,321 people cured and 1,464 deaths so far CPA/.
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