DAKAR, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Senegalese Ministry of Health and Social Action announced 59 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total number of positive cases to 1,492 in the country.
During the daily briefing of the pandemic, Senegalese Director General of Public Health Doctor Marie Khemesse Ngom Ndiaye said Senegal had carried out 1,027 tests in the past 24 hours, among which the health authorities detected 59 positive cases, including 51 follow-up contact cases and 8 community transmission cases.
According to her, a record of 69 patients have been declared negative and cured, while six patients are in intensive care units of two hospitals in Dakar.
Another death related to COVID-19 was confirmed by local health authorities, bring the death toll to 13.
Among the 1,492 confirmed cases in the country, 1,433 are follow-up contact cases, 86 are imported cases and 140 are community transmission cases. Senegal has reported 13 deaths and 562 recovery cases since March 2.
Senegal has suspended all its international flights since March 20. President Macky Sall extended last Saturday night Senegal's state of emergency and the curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. as part of the measures taken against COVID-19. Enditem
