4 additional COVID-19 deaths in the community

The Coroner’s Office has reported there were four additional COVID-19 related deaths in the community, within the past two weeks.

As such, the COVID-19 death toll is now 489.

In addition, the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory identified 384 new COVID-19 cases (161 males and 223 females) from the 1,013 tests carried out on Tuesday, July 26th.

Of the positive cases, 55 people are under the age of 18, and 329 are 18 years and older.

There were 64 people in isolation facilities, while 2,959 were in home isolation.

The public health laboratory has conducted 725,254 tests since February 2020, and recorded 90,934 COVID-19 cases (41,425 males and 49,509 females).

Under the National Vaccination Programme for COVID-19, the total number of people with at least one dose is 162,911 (71.3 per cent of the eligible population). The total number of fully vaccinated people is 153,941 (56.8 per cent of the total population or 67.4 per cent of the eligible population). The eligible population represents those who are 12 years and older.

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