Coronavirus – Sierra Leone: COVID-19 update (17th August 2020)
18 August 2020 |
6:00 am
Cumulative confirmed positive cases: 1,956 Total number of deaths: 69 Active new cases: 0 Active cases at Isolation Centres: 381 Cumulative recoveries: 1,506 Number currently in quarantine: 547 Number discharged from quarantine: 10,182Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Government of Sierra Leone.
Cumulative confirmed positive cases: 1,956
Total number of deaths: 69
Active new cases: 0
Active cases at Isolation Centres: 381
Cumulative recoveries: 1,506
Number currently in quarantine: 547
Number discharged from quarantine: 10,182
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Government of Sierra Leone.
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