Malawi registers 45 new COVID-19 cases

Malawi has registered 45 new COVID-19 cases, one new recovery, and no new deaths.

Of the new cases, twenty-six work within the health system (twenty-five are from Lilongwe and one is from Blantyre), four more cases were reported in Lilongwe and they are all under investigation to ascertain the source of infection similarly three cases that have been reported from Mzuzu and one case from Mzimba South are also under investigation.

Two cases have reported from Salima (contacts of a confirmed case) and one case in Mulanje (contact of a confirmed case) and eight were identified through the routine screening exercise being conducted at Mwanza border and these are from Mangochi (four cases) and one case each from Machinga, Balaka, Chikwawa and Blantyre.

Cumulatively, Malawi has recorded 848 cases including 11 deaths. Of these cases, 259of the total cases have now recovered bringing the total number of active cases to 578.

The average age of the cases is 32 years, the youngest case is aged 1 year, the oldest is 78 years and 70% are male. The country has so far conducted 11,174 COVID-19 tests in 34 COVID-19 testing sites.