Senegal on Saturday reported 119 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total in the country to 2,429 cases since March 2.
The spokesperson of the health ministry Alyose Waly Diouf said the country had carried out 989 tests in the past 24 hours, among which 119 came back positive.
A total of 108 follow-up contact cases were reported, along with 11 community-transmission ones, he said.
According to him, 59 more patients have recovered, while seven patients remain in intensive care across the country.
So far, 949 COVID-19 patients have recovered in Senegal, and 25 lost their lives.
On Monday, President Macky Sall announced the easing of some of the COVID-19 restrictions, but said the government is preparing for the virus to circulate in the country “until August, or even September.”
From Tuesday, the curfew hours, originally from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., were shortened to between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m.
All markets and other businesses were allowed to resume their normal opening hours, except one day per week when they have to be closed for disinfection and sanitizing.
Senegal has since March 20 suspended all international flights till at least May 31. President Sall extended the state of emergency and dusk-to-dawn curfew, which was declared on March 24, to June 2.
