Infographics

by Tatenda Chimbwanda

04 August 2020 — Seven (7) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3072 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to two thousand and ninety-nine (2099). To date, one thousand, two hundred and twenty-two (1222) patients have recovered and been discharged, including fifty-three (53) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is eight hundred and seventy-two (872) and five (5) deaths. 

03 August 2020 — Thirty (30) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3491 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to two thousand and ninety-two (2092). To date, one thousand, one hundred and sixty-nine (1169) patients have recovered and been discharged, including twenty-five (25) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is nine hundred and eighteen (918) and five (5) deaths. 

02 August 2020 — Twenty (20) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2633 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to two thousand and sixty-two (2062). To date, one thousand, one hundred and forty-four (1144) patients have recovered and been discharged, including twenty-five (25) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is nine hundred and thirteen (913) and five (5) deaths. 

01 August 2020 — Twenty (20) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 5862 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to two thousand and forty-two (2042). To date, one thousand, one hundred and nineteen (1119) patients have recovered and been discharged, including thirteen (13) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is nine hundred and eighteen (918) and five (5) deaths. 

31 July 2020 — Twenty-eight (28) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3374 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to two thousand and twenty-two (2022). To date, one thousand, one hundred and six (1106) patients have recovered and been discharged, including twenty-one (21) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is nine hundred and eleven (911) and five (5) deaths. 

One of the challenges being faced worldwide is the rate of infection of health professionals while treating COVID-19 patients.  2016 statistics show the following picture of Rwanda’s health sector: 1/50,505 ground ambulance / population Ratio; 1/10,055 Doctor/population ratio; 1/1,094 Nurse/population ratio; 1/10,500 Laboratory technicians /population ratio.
Although Rwanda is on track to meeting most of the required quota, the country cannot afford the set back that a pandemic like COVID-19 among health professionals would cause. 

To mark the commemoration of the World Hepatitis Day 2020, the World Health Organization has called for a global and united effort to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030. More than 1.3 million people die annually as a result of Hepatitis B and C. Zambia has therefore joined the global community to commemorate World Hepatitis Day under the theme “Hepatitis free future”. The theme highlights the importance of preventing mother-to-child transmission of Hepatitis B and scaling-up prevention, testing and treatment to control hepatitis B and cure hepatitis C.

30 July 2020 — Thirty-one (31) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 4086 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-four (1994). To date, one thousand and eighty-five (1085) patients have recovered and been discharged, including forty-nine (49) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is nine hundred and four (904) and five (5) deaths.