Staff Reporter
SEVEN Covid-19 deaths were reported on 12 January and another 14 between 7 and 11 January.
Four people died at home, of which two are from the Oshakati district and one each from the Opuwo and Okakarara districts.
None of the deceased were vaccinated.
This was announced by the Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula, in the latest 24-hour update.
“The number of active cases is 10 291 and 333 cases are currently hospitalized across all the 14 regions,” the Minister said.
“Six of the hospitalized cases have received one dose of the vaccine, 30 are fully vaccinated, while 297 are not vaccinated constituting 89.2% of all hospitalized cases.”
Dr Shangula said 34 cases are in Intensive Care Units (ICUs), of which two cases are fully vaccinated and 32 are not, representing 94.1% of all cases in ICUs.
From 2 775 test results, 373 new cases were reported which represents a 13.4% positivity ratio.
“Out of the total confirmed cases, 358 are new cases and 15 cases are re-infections,” the Minister said.
The ages range from 13 days to 109 years.
“We are reporting cases from all the regions, with the Omusati region recording the highest number of cases (63) of which one is a re-infection, constituting 16.9% of the total cases, followed by Khomas region with 44 cases, of which two are re-infections, accounting for 11.8% of the total reported cases,” Dr Shangula said.
Among the confirmed cases are 43 learners, nine teachers, five health care workers and three students.
Six cases have received one dose of the vaccine, 47 are fully vaccinated of which three received a booster dose, and four of the vaccinated cases did not specify the number of doses received.
Of the total confirmed cases, 316 cases are not vaccinated, accounting for 84.7%.
“We are reporting 673 new recoveries from nine regions,” the Minister said.
By 12 January, a total of 409 821 people aged 18 years and older have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, representing 27.8% of the adult target population.
A total of 108 207 have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, while 241 286 adults have received two doses of other vaccine types.
“Therefore, 349 493 adults have completed their vaccination, translating to 23.7% of the target population,” the Minister said.
A total 2 634 children aged 12 to 17 years have received at least one dose of the Pfizer vaccine, representing 0.8% of the target population (307 298). Of these, 496 are fully vaccinated.
Therefore, the cumulative number of people vaccinated with the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine for both adults and children is 412 455, of which 349 989 are fully vaccinated, translating to 19.7% of the total target population, while 9 365 people have received a booster dose.
