A total of 400 people, 140 males and 260 females, were diagnosed with COVID-19 on Wednesday, July 20, from the 1,016 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory.
The cases comprised 69 persons under the age of 18, and 331 who were 18 years and older. There were 53 people in isolation facilities, while 1,957 were in home isolation. As at July 20, there were 480 COVID-19 related deaths.
The public health laboratory has conducted 719,662 tests since February 2020, and recorded 88,965 COVID-19 cases (40,600 males and 48,365 females).
Under the National Vaccination Programme for COVID-19, the total number of persons with at least one dose is 162,858 (71.3 per cent of the eligible population).
The total number of fully vaccinated persons is 153,865 (56.8 per cent of the total population or 67.4 per cent of the eligible population). The eligible population represents those persons who are 12 years and older.