Good morning, Fellow Namibians.
COVID-19 continues to be a grave public health threat to our country. Despite some
reprieve, we cannot afford to let our collective and individual guards down. However, the
last 31 days have offered our country and communities some respite. The country has
now recorded a cumulative number of one-hundred-and-twenty-six-thousand-three-
hundred-and-forty-one (126,341) confirmed COVID-19 cases.
Of these, 96 percent have recovered and 2,7 percent of cases lost their lives. During the
period under review, the death rate declined by 85 percent, nationally. However, the case
fatality ratio in Omaheke region remains high at 6.3 percent, which is two times the
national case fatality rate.
These numbers represent lives of mothers, fathers, wives, husbands, children, spiritual,
traditional, business, public and community leaders and members. Our country has lost
some of its best brains, productive citizens and nation-builders. We have also lost and
continue to lose a generation of elders, who possess cultural and indigenous knowledge
and wisdom. A vacuum has been left by COVID-19 which we must all now endeavour to
fill.
The positivity ratio has declined from 24 percent to 10 percent. The regions which
recorded the highest reduction in new infections are Kavango East by 91 percent, Zambezi
by 87 percent, Khomas by 82 percent and Erongo region with a 78 percent drop in new
cases, respectively. This notable descent on the Incidence Curve must remain everyone’s
priority and responsibility. We must all work together in order to suppress further
transmission
of
the
virus
in
our
country.
Testing continues to be an important and effective pillar in our national response,
enabling the early detection of clusters and community transmission and appropriate
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