COVID-19 UPDATE: Two new cases; two recoveries

​Two visitors have gone into isolation after being diagnosed with COVID-19.

They are a 41-year-old female, and a 37-year-old male, who arrived yesterday via American Airlines. Both were asymptomatic.

​They were the only two positive cases recorded out of the 238 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory yesterday.

​As a result, the number of confirmed cases has moved to 278 – 143 females and 135 males, while there are now 16 people in isolation.

​Meanwhile, two persons will leave isolation today, pushing the number of recoveries to 255.

​To date, the Laboratory has conducted 47,649 tests.(BGIS)