COVID-19 Case Update

In the last 14 days, 113 people were, with a cumulative 706 Delta cases. The death toll remains at 597.

So far there has been 35,838 recoveries from 36,548 confirmed cases, with only one cumulative case of Omicron.

Meanwhile vaccination rates are still way below expectation with total doses administered at 391, 266. Persons with at least one dose is at 292, 091 which is 15.6 per cent of the expected target, while the number of persons fully vaccinated is 230, 848 which is only 12.3 per cent of the expected target.

Reports of those patients showed they had symptoms of respiratory conditions; 5 cases in NCD, 2 cases in Central/Gulf, one case in Lae, 2 in Kokopo and in Kundiawa. During the same period, St John Ambulance emergency team attended to 40 cases in all its call centres.

At the Nightingale Taurama Aquatic Centre, the new admissions as at 6pm on 13^th November, had two cases who were not on oxygen, one on oxygen and 25 mild cases who were not on oxygen. There were 30 moderate cases who were on oxygen as well. There was one severe case on oxygen.