Luanda - The health authorities registered, in the last 24 hours, another 17 positive cases, increasing to 113 the number of infected in the country.

According to the Minister of Health, Sílvia Lutucuta, who was speaking at the usual data update session, these are cases involving citizens recently from Russia who were in institutional quarantine.

The patients concerned, according to the minister, are admitted to the Covid-19 Campaign Hospital for Treatment located in the Special Economic Zone (ZEE), in Viana.

Two more recoveries were recorded in the last 24 hours, increasing the number of covid-19 free patients to 40.

The statistics indicate, so far, 113 positive cases (51 imported and 62 of local transmission), of which four deaths, 40 recovered and 69 active.