Coronavirus – Sierra Leone: COVID-19 update (24th August 2020)
25 August 2020 |
12:02 am
Cumulative confirmed positive cases: 1,997 Total number of deaths: 69 Active new cases: 5 Active cases at Isolation Centres: 371 Cumulative recoveries: 1,557 Number currently in quarantine: 523 Number discharged from quarantine: 10,458Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Government of Sierra Leone.
Cumulative confirmed positive cases: 1,997
Total number of deaths: 69
Active new cases: 5
Active cases at Isolation Centres: 371
Cumulative recoveries: 1,557
Number currently in quarantine: 523
Number discharged from quarantine: 10,458
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Government of Sierra Leone.
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