Monrovia – Five new confirmed cases reported from Montserrado County took Liberia’s cumulative COVID-19 cases to 81 Saturday as healthcare workers continue to take a toll from the killer virus.
According to the latest situation report from the National Public Health Institute (NPHIL), there is also twelve new suspected cases with the death toll increasing to seven.
Not much detail is being released on the seventh death which according to the report took place outside the Treatment Unit.
The new suspected cases also give rise to the number of health workers with 18 new cases documented as of Saturday.
According to the report, the age range among confirmed cases is 1 month to 74 years with median age of 41 years. Seven of the confirmed cases transferred to the recovery Precautionary Observation Center(POC) of which, three have been discharged
The report notes that one thousand two hundred eighty-six (1286) contacts including 223 health workers have been documented. A total of 837(65%) contacts have completed 14 days since exposure
The National Public Health Institute is working with Montserrado, Nimba, Grand Kru, and Margibi County Health Teams to identify additional contacts
Besides Montserrado County, NPHIL is continuing to monitor the situation in NImba, Grand Kru and Margibi. In Nimba, contact tracing is still ongoing in affected districts whiie in Grand Kru, the Buah Health Center has been identified for then management of all suspect cases. NPHIL says it is following up ongoing contacts in Margibi.
