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December 14th, 2021

The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory identified 85 new COVID-19 cases (36 males and 49 females) from the 1,052 tests conducted on Monday, December 13th.

Of the new cases, 20 people are under the age of 18, and 65 are 18 years and older.

Patients in isolation facilities numbered 228, while 1,631 were in home isolation.

The public health laboratory has carried out 453,093 tests since February last year, and recorded 26,949 cases (12,820 males and 14,129 females) of COVID-19.

Under the National Vaccination Programme for COVID-19, the total number of people with at least one dose is 154,565 (67.7 per cent of the eligible population).

The total number of individuals who are fully vaccinated is 140,080 (51.7 per cent of the total population or 61.3 per cent of the eligible population).

The eligible population represents those 12 years and older.

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