The Ministry of Health has reported 741 new cases of the coronavirus from a sample size of 5,329 tested in the last 24 hours. Total confirmed positive cases are now 311,538 and cumulative tests so far conducted are 3,099,482. The CS said nine patients have succumbed to the disease, all of them being late deaths reported after conducting facility record audits in the last one week. A total of 1,244 patients are currently admitted to various health facilities countrywide, while 26,220 are under the Home-Based Isolation and Care programme. Some 56 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit, 40 of them on ventilatory support while 16 are on supplemental oxygen.

Source: The Star January 09, 2022 19:51 UTC