Senegal's COVID-19 cases surpass 11,000


  • World
  • Sunday, 09 Aug 2020

DAKAR, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Senegalese Ministry of Health and Social Action reported this Saturday 116 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections to 11,003 cases in this West African country.

According to the spokesperson of the ministry Mamadou Ndiaye, among the 1,576 tests carried out in the past 24 hours, 116 came back positive, including 63 follow-up contact cases and 53 community transmission ones.

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