A total of 311 people, 146 males and 165 females, were diagnosed with COVID-19 from the 871 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory on Wednesday, July 13.
The cases consisted of 62 persons under the age of 18, and 249 who were 18 years and older. The number of people in isolation facilities was 36, while 1,781 were in home isolation. As at July 13, there were 479 COVID-19 related deaths.
The public health laboratory has conducted 714,126 tests since February 2020, and recorded 87,002 COVID-19 cases (39,781 males and 47,221 females).
Under the National Vaccination Programme for COVID-19, the total number of persons with at least one dose is 162,789 (71.3 per cent of the eligible population).
The total number of fully vaccinated persons is 153,773 (56.7 per cent of the total population or 67.3 per cent of the eligible population). The eligible population represents those persons who are 12 years and older.