By NONDUDUZO KUNENE | 2020-05-27
HEALTH Minister Lizzie Nkosi yesterday announced five confirmed COVID – 19 cases. Manzini region, which is the epicentre and declared a red zone, recorded one case.
The five cases are people between the ages of 26 to 37 and all of them are males. Two of the cases are from the Shiselweni region, two from Hhohho region and only one from Manzini region.
The five cases, Nkosi said, were confirmed from138 test results that were received by the ministry of health yesterday from the laboratory of which 133 tested negative while five were positive for coronavirus. From March 14 till yesterday, there are 261 people who have been confirmed to have contracted COVID-19.
The minister further announced six new recoveries. The total number of people who have recovered from COVID-19 are 164, which means the country has only 97 active cases of COVID-19. Notably in the past two weeks there have been a significant number of recoveries, especially those wo are under home care.
However, Nkosi said the recoveries may be influenced by a lot of factors, which includes results turnaround time. Out of the 97 active cases, Nkosi stated that 74 are admitted in government treatment centres.
The treatment centres at the moment include Lubombo Referral Hospital and Mavuso Sport Centre, which is a centre that only admits asymptomatic patients.
The minister added that 16 are under home care while the newly confirmed five are undergoing registration for care.
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