32 new cases of Covid-19 detected on Saturday in 4 provinces of DRC

Kinshasa, November 14^th, 2022 (CPA).- 32 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 were detected on Saturday in four provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), out of 353 samples tested, including 15 cases in Kongo Central, 14 in Kinshasa, 2 in Nord Kivu and 1 in Haut Uele, reports the daily bulletin of the technical secretariat of the multisectoral committee for the response to Covid-19, which reached CPA on Monday.

Since the start of the epidemic declared in DRC on March 10^th, 2020, the cumulative number of cases is 93,799 cases, including 93,797 laboratory confirmed and 2 probable cases. In total, there were 83,580 people cured and 1,362 deaths. The Covid-19 test is free in the DRC, except for unvaccinated travelers who will have to pay 30 US dollars.

All 26 provinces of DRC are affected by this epidemic as follows: Kinshasa (50,160 cases); Nord Kivu (10,699 cases); Haut Katanga (6,805 cases); Kongo Central (6,071 cases); Lualaba (5,729 cases); Sud Kivu (3,990 cases); Haut Uele (1,670 cases); Tshopo (1,583 cases); Ituri (1,443 cases); Kasai Oriental (957 cases); Sud Ubangi (899 cases); Equateur (612 cases); Kasai Central (553 cases); Kasai (486 cases); Maniema (354 cases); Lomami (341 cases); Nord Ubangi (289 cases); Kwilu (220 cases); Mongala (207 cases); Tshuapa (154 cases); Mai-Ndombe (129 cases); Kwango (127 cases); Bas-Uele (108 cases); Haut-Lomami (91 cases); Tanganyika (62 cases); Sankuru (58 cases).  ACP/