Liberia recorded its first case of COVID-19 confirmed on March 16, 2020 with the response efforts lasting more than 450-days. To date, more than 120,000 COVID-19 tests conducted with a total of 2,290 confirmed cases to date as of June 6, 2021. According to NPHIL, 564 of the confirmed in 2021, there are 266 active cases as of June 6, 2021 and 88 confirmed COVID-19 deaths. There are currently 12 cases, four confirmed and eight suspects in treatment unit while 33 cases are being managed in home based care. Another study in the U.K., using self-reported data from the COVID Symptom Study app, demonstrated no changes in reported symptoms or disease duration associated with the B.1.1.7 variant.

Source: Front Page Africa June 09, 2021 07:46 UTC