Main highlights
For the 12th August 2014, a total of 26 new samples were received by the Kenema Laboratory: Kenema (21), Port Loko (3)and Bo (2).Eleven (11) of these samples are positive from Kenema (9) and Port Loko (2).Four (4) of the remaining samples are negative from Kenema (3) and Port Loko (1) while 11 samples arrive late and are recorded as pending Lab. result.(see table 1)
The 4 previous Lab. pending results from Kenema(3) and Tonkolili (1) are all negative
The cumulative number of Laboratory confirmed cases are 717 whiles confirmed death is 264 with a Case Fatality Rate (CFR) based on confirmed cases of 36.8%.
Fifty-three (53) patients are currently admitted at the Kenema Isolation Unit with no report received from Kailahun Isolation Unit. Cumulative discharge is191
Data cleaning is on-going, therefore the figures in table 1 will keep on changing as the cleaning continues