COVID-19 cases reported by the Health Ministry continue to increase with 309 new cases confirmed in the latest update.
115 new cases were recorded on Tuesday and 194 new cases in the last 24 hours ending at 8am yesterday.
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says in the past 7 days until the 28th of this month, 85 cases were recorded in the Central division, 74 new cases in the Western division, 1 new case in the Eastern Division and 316 new cases in the Northern Division.
He says the Central Division cases constitute 71% of the cumulative total cases nationally with the Western division making up 27%, 1% in the Northern Division and 1% in the Eastern Division.
Of the 194 cases recorded in the last 24 hours, 136 cases were recorded in the Northern Division; 6 cases were recorded in the Western Division including 4 cases from border quarantine, 46 cases recorded in the Central Division and 6 cases recorded in the Eastern Division.
There were 271 tests reported for December 28th, 2021.
Doctor Fong says the 7-day daily test average is 301 tests per day or 0.3 tests per 1,000 population.
He confirms the national 7-day average daily test positivity is 31.5%.
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