COVID-19: Update by President Lionel Aingimea - Thursday 7 July 2022
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circulation of President Aingimea's COVID update on Thursday, 7
July. We were experiencing a system error. Please find enclosed
Thursday's update.
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
by
His Excellency President Lionel
Aingimea, MP
Thursday, 7 July 2022
In today's update, the accumulative
statistics as at end of Wednesday, 6 July, are as follows:
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56 new cases
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4,138 active cases
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942 recovered cases
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343 tests done yesterday (Wed, 6 July)
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13,137 tests done this outbreak
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942 cases recovered
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9 cases admitted to the hospital Acute Care Unit with an additional
3 carers
- 1 patient with comorbidities
- 1 patient in her late 40s
- 1 child responding well to treatment
- 2 patients in moderate condition, and
- others with mild or no COVID symptoms. All patients are
closely monitored.
- 1 death (accumulative)
- 0 critical cases
- 0 ventilation
- 353 houses on lockdown with 3,189
residents.
- 77 occupants in the quarantine
facility (Budapest)
Yesterday's testing recorded 16 per
cent or approximately one in six results returned positive, the
first since community transmission was detected. Overall tests done
this outbreak reported 33 per cent are positive results.
You are urged to continue
practicing good hygiene - hand washing, wear a mask, keep your
distance and keep your house well ventilated.
The Nauru National COVID-19
Taskforce advises that the one-in-six positive results or 16 per
cent of all tests yesterday (6 July) being positive indicates a
slowing down of the community transmission; the first time since
COVID was detected in the community.
The outbreak of COVID is still
being monitored and the public is urged to get tested and register
results - both positive and negative.
President Lionel Aingimea
acknowledges Floral Catering & Bakery Service for its donation
of 5,574 packets of assorted biscuits and breakfast crackers to the
Taskforce and will go towards the government's support of
households currently under lockdown.
The donation consists of family
assorted biscuits, assorted cookies, breakfast crackers, and
chocolate biscuits.
Yesterday, 88 children aged five to
11 years received their first dose taking the total to 893. Parents
and guardians are encouraged to bring in their children to get
vaccinated.
Testing and vaccination stations
for this group are open at the Aiwo Boulevard.
The public is urged to get tested
and register results. Drive-through testing stations are always
open. If you are unable to reach these testing sites please call
191 for home testing.
If you are self-testing, please
register your result - both positive and negative. Go online to
register your result at
https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/0c233d5e98a44d7b942fbeb161c245df