Namibia recorded a total of 8932 Covid-19 cases in the past 7 days. Erongo region reported the highest number of Covid-19 cases during the week under review ,reporting a total of 1423 cases, followed by Khomas region with 1307 cases in 7 days. Kavango West reported the least number of cases ,reporting 98 cases in 7 days. See figure 2 below.
The number of Covid-19 cases reported declined by 9% when compared to the previous week. On average a total of 1276 Covid-19 cases were reported per day for the past 7 days. Additionally, a total of 456 Covid-19 deaths were reported in the past 7 days, which translates to 114 deaths reported on average per day. Covid-19 deaths reported increased significantly by 48% when compared to the previous week. During the past 7 days 5149 people recovered from Covid-19 with the recovery rate of 1287 people on average per day, which is 35 % lower than the recovery rate for the previous week. See figure 1 below
Figure 1 : COVID-19 SITUATION FOR NAMIBIA FOR THE PAST 7 DAYS(7 July 2021-13 July 2021)
Figure 2: Weekly Covid-19 cases per region(7 July 2021-13 July 2021)