Luanda - Angolan health authorities Tuesday announced the notification of 220 new cases, three deaths and six recovered.

According to the Secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda, updating on the pandemic, 156 were registered in Luanda, 21 in Cabinda, 23 in Huíla, nine in Benguela, four in Kwanza Norte, the same number in Malanje , two in Namibe and one in Uíge.

Franco Mufinda said that of this number 143 are male and 77 female, whose ages vary between five months and 85 years.

The deaths, according to Mufinda, involve three patients (two men and one woman) aged seven, 53 and 56 years old, two of whom reside in Luanda and one in Benguela.

Of the six recovered, he said, five are from Luanda and one from Benguela, aged between one and 51 years.

Angola has 8,049 positive cases, with 251 deaths, 3,037 recovered cases and 4,761 active cases.

Of the active people, nine are in critical condition with invasive mechanical ventilation, 19 severe, 112 moderate, 443 with mild symptoms and 4,168 asymptomatic.