Coronavirus – Eswatini: COVID-19 update – 21 April 2020

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The Ministry of Health informs the public of seven (7) additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country. This is out of a total of 72 results received today. This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases to thirty-one (31).

The details on the newly confirmed cases are:

The 25^th case is a 51 year old male residing in the Manzini Region. He presented with mild illness and has been undergoing treatment in one of the private hospitals in the country. He has no history of travel or contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19.

The 26^th case is a 29 year old male, residing in the Hhohho Region, who presented with mild symptoms of the disease. He has no history of travel but is a contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case #17.

The 27^th case is a 28 year old male, residing in the Hhohho Region. He presented with no symptoms but tested as a contact with case #17. He has no history of travel.

The 28^th case is a 27 year old female who resides in the Hhohho Region. She presented with a mild disease with no history of travel, but is a contact with COVID-19 case #21.

The 29^th case is a 39 year old male, a clinician, residing in the Manzini Region. He presented with mild symptoms, which have subsequently improved while Isolated He is a contact to COVID-19 case #30

The 30^th case is a 38 year old female, residing in the Manzini Region. She presented with a mild disease and she is a contact to COVID-19 case #29.

The 31^st case is a 34 year old male, who lives in the Manzini Region and presented with a mild disease.

Contact tracing has begun for all confirmed cases.

A total of thirty-one (31) cases of COVID-19 have been confirrned in the country.

• Ten (10) cases have been treated and confirmed negative
• Thirteen (13) are undergoing treatment
• One (1) died
• Seven (7) are undergoing admission processes

The Ministry of Health wishes to emphasize the importance of cooperating with health advice as follows:

1. The public is advised to wash hands with soap and running water or use a hand sanitizer and to cover the mouth when coughing or sneezing and preferably use a face mask.
2. All suspected and confirmed cases of COVID-19 should wear a rnask as advised by health practitioners and isolate themselves from others.
3. A Mask should be worn properly, covering the nose and mouth and be kept in place until when it is changed for a fresh one.
4. Al patients that have been confirmed positive have a duty to comply with the expectation to be registerod for care with the COVID-19 Case Management Team of the Ministry of Health.
5. The public is requested to cooperate with Rapid Response Teams as they go about their duties finding contacts of positive cases.

The Ministry of Health wishes to report the following summary of confirmed COVID-19 cases as of 21st April 2020:

DATE	CASE NO.	GENDER	AGE	TRAVEL HISTORY	NATIONALITY	CLINICAL CONDITION
08 04-20	011	M	44yrs	No history of travel, under investigation	USwati. Manzini	Mild disease, recovering and awaiting results
Q8-C4-20	012	F	36yrs	No history of travel, contact with RSA traveller	USwati, Manzini	Mild disease, recovenng and awaiting results
11-04-20	013	M	37yrs	No history of travel, contact with RSA traveller	USwati. Manzini	Mild disease, recovenng and awaiting results
11-04-20	014	M	14yrs	No history of travel, contact w:th a positive case	USwati. Manzini	Mild disease, recovering and awaiting results
13-04-20	015	M	59yrs	No history of travel, investigating contacts	USwati. Manzini	Deceased
15-04-20	016	F	25yrs	No history of recent travel	USwati. Hhohho	Mild disease, and recovenng
16-04-20	017	M	36yrs	No history of recent travel	USwati. Hhohho	Moderate to severe disease, stable and recovering
17-04-20	018	F	35yrs	No history of travel	USwati Hhohho	Mild disease, recovenng
17-04-20	019	F	3Syrs	No history of travel	USwati. Shiselwem	Mild disease, recovenng
18-04-20	020	M	53yrs	No history of travel or contact	LiSwati. Manzini	Mild disease, recovenng
18-04-20	021	M	31yrs	No history of travel, contact with case #17	USwati. Hhohho	Mild d.sease. recovenng
18-04-20	022	M	44yrs	No history of travel or contact	LiSwati. Manzini	Mild disease, recovering
20-04-20	023	F	6Cyrs	No history of travel or contact	LiSwati. Manzini	Moderate to severe disease, stable
20-04-20	024	M	33yrs	No history of travel or contact	LiSwati. Manzini	Mild disease, recovenng
21-04-20	025	M	51yrs	No history of travel, or contact	LiSwati. Manzini	Mild disease, admission ongoing
21-04-20	026	M	29yrs	No history of travel, contact with case #17	LiSwati. Hhohho	Mild disease, admission ongoing
21-04-20	027	M	28yrs	No history of travel, contact with case #17	LiSwati. Hhohho	Mild disease, admission ongoing
21-04-20	028	F	27yr	No history of travel, contact with case #21	USwati, Hhohho	Mild disease, admission ongoing
21-04-20	029	M	39yrs	No history of travel, contact with case #30	Expatnate Manzini	Mild disease, admission ongoing
21-04-20	030	F	38yrs	No history of travel, contact with case #29	Expatnate Manzini	Mild disease admission ongoing
21-04-20	031	M	34yrs	No history of travel or contact	USwati. Manzini	Mild disease, admission ongoing

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