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A complete of 345 folks, 144 males and 201 females, examined optimistic for COVID-19 from the 1 057 checks performed on Tuesday, August 16, by the Greatest-dos Santos Public Well being Laboratory.
The instances consisted of 58 folks beneath the age of 18, and 287 who have been 18 years and older.
There have been 67 folks in isolation amenities, whereas 3 311 have been in residence isolation.
As at August 16, there have been 525 COVID-19 associated deaths.
The general public well being laboratory has performed 745 649 checks since February 2020, and recorded 98 622 COVID-19 instances (44 581 males and 54 041 females).
Below the Nationwide Vaccination Programme for COVID-19, the variety of folks with at the very least one dose is 163 082 (71.4 per cent of the eligible inhabitants). The variety of totally vaccinated is 154 208 (56.9 per cent of the overall inhabitants or 67.5 per cent of the eligible inhabitants). The eligible inhabitants represents those that are 12 years and older.
