as well. 6 august: cases rose to 2,652. cases were mainly from the erongo region, however cases were also detected in other parts of the country, especially in the northern parts and in the capital, windhoek. one week later, the total number of confirmed covid-19 cases increased with almost 1,000 new cases, with the 3,000 mark reached on 10 august. as of 14 august, there was a total of 3,726 confirmed cases in the namibian territory. although most of the cases arose from walvis bay and swakopmund, both cities which are experiencing a current outbreak, the capital also recorded a high spike in cases. during a national covid-19 media conference, the president described the situation in windhoek as 'clustered community transmission'. on 14 august 2020, presidential advisor inge zaamwani-kamwi tested positive for covid-19. as a precaution, presidential press secretary alfredo tjiurimo hengari said president hage geingob undertook a precautionary covid-19 test which the results came out negative. cases continued to rise in the khomas region, while a downward trend was noticed mid-august in erongo region. in the month of august, cases jumped from 2,500 to almost 7,500 – an increase in approximately 5,000 cases. september 2020 september started off with 7,692 cases of covid-19. although cases were still increasing exponentially, a slight decrease was observed in the preceding week. on 2 september, khomas and erongo regions both had 3,400+ cases. during the period of 2 september—12 september 2020, khomas had 897 new cases, while erongo only had 181 new cases. !karas region had 100. by this time, it has already been established that the khomas region; in particular windhoek, the capital, was the hotspot of the country with the most cases and most deaths. the 10,000-mark was reached on 17 september 2020. recoveries timeline before june 2020 cumulative figures during this period are not considered as re-infections occurred. at the beginning of april 2020, 3 recoveries, two of which were thought to be the first cases, were erroneously announced by the ministry. "though the two have recovered from all signs and symptoms they have not been cleared yet by their second test results". this made the 2 recoveries obsolete and only one recovery was confirmed. the romanian couple, which formed part of the first 2 cases, tested positive and negative on different occasions throughout april and may and only fully recovered 79 days after their infection. their respective recoveries were registered, but then revoked as they tested positive again. on 16 april, another recovery was announced. by 18 april 3 new recoveries were announced. 23 april marked another recovery. on 26 april, another recovery was announced. 7 may marked another recovery. this marked the start of the period where no confirmed cases were registered for about 44 days. on 9 may, the recovery of case number 10 was announced. on 10 may, case number 9 also fully recovered according to the ministry of health and social services. on 14 may, case number 13 fully recovered. case number 7's recovery was announced on 15 may 2020. on 20 may, just before a spike in cases, the supposed recovery of case number 1 was announced. case number 1 tested positive after this again. on the first of june, the final recovery of the romanian couple (case number 1 & 2) was announced. this brought the recoveries to 16 - everyone infected before the "spike" in infections (i.e. 20 may) have recovered. during & after june 2020 cumulative figures after this period are considered as no re-infections occurred. by 10 june, a total of 17 recoveries were registered. one new recovery - that of case number 28 - was announced on 16 june. the total at this stage was 18 recoveries. on 17 june 2020, case number 26 has recovered and was sent home. the total recoveries was 19. 22 june 2020: 2 new recoveries were announced. they were case number 23 and 25. this brought the total recoveries to 21. on 26 june 1 new recovery was announced - that of case number 31. at this stage, total number of recoveries rose to 22. 28 june: 2 new recoveries were registered. case number 22 and 30 have recovered. case number 22, the patient whose condition was severe, recovered. the total number of patients recovered rose to 24 recoveries. on 3 july 1 new recovery was registered. case number 24 has recovered. the 26th recovery was announced on 12 july. case number 17 (!karas region) has recovered. 2 new recoveries were registered on 13 july. they were case number 21 and 43. on 14 july, the recovery of case 38 was announced. case number 33 and 186's recoveries were announced on 15 july. the total recoveries rose to 32 when another recovery was announced on 17 july. case 210 has recovered. 19 july: 3 new recoveries were announced by the health ministry. case number 130, 196 & 331 have all recovered. 7 new recoveries (case numbers 89, 103, 143, 166, 169, 179 & 244) were registered on 20 july. 15 new recoveries were announced on 21 july. the total recoveries rose to 64 on 22 july after 7 new recoveries were announced. 23 july: 5 new recoveries. 3 new recoveries were announced on the 24th of july. 26 july: another 3 recoveries tallied the total recoveries to 75. 26 new recoveries were registered on 27 july. on the 28th, another 3 were registered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 104. 60 new recoveries were announced on 30 july. as of 1 august, total recoveries stood at 171. on 4 august, the total number of people recovered was 211. by 6 august, the number of recoveries spiked significantly after the implementation of the new quarantine protocols. after the changed quarantine and isolation protocols announced by the health minister took effect, the number of recoveries spiked drastically. the week of 10 august brought about close to 1,500 new recoveries. as of 14 august, the total number of recovered patients stood at 2,342. recoveries continued to increase following the new recovery protocols. as of 1 september 44% of confirmed cases have recovered – which turns out on 3,454 total recoveries. during the period of 2 september—12 september 2020, the most recoveries were announced in khomas region; 1,265. erongo region had 722 new recoveries while the other regions had less than 100 new recoveries. cumulative covid-19 deaths in namibia per region. updated 29 september 2020. 50+ 30+ 1–5 none july 2020 on 10 july 116 days after the arrival of covid-19 in namibia, the first death was reported. a 45-year-old man from walvis bay, erongo region, presented to a health facility on 5 july with complaints of dizziness, cough and difficulty in breathing. his condition deteriorated quickly and he died on 8 july. after a positive confirmatory result of covid-19, his death was announced on 10 july by dr. kalumbi shangula, the minister of health and social services. the second death was announced on 14 july. a patient with pre-existing medical conditions (diabetes mellitus) died and a subsequent test confirmed that the deceased had covid-19. the patient was a 44-year-old male from walvis bay. 19 july: one new death has been announced by the health ministry. the deceased, a 45-year-old man with a chronic illness, died at his home. he did not turn up for work on monday, 13 july. he did, however, complain of a headache the previous day. after calls to him were left unanswered, the police was informed. his body was discovered and transported to the local mortuary. a positive covid-19 test confirmed his probable cause of death. another death was announced on 20 july. the patient was managed at a private hospital in walvis bay. 3 new deaths were announced on 21 july. all 3 were from walvis bay. an 8th death due to covid-19 was announced on 26 july. this case, like all the others, originated from walvis bay where a current epidemic of local transmission is happening. the deceased, a 47-year-old man, had underlying health conditions and died in a private health setting. one more death was announced on 29 july. a 44-year-old woman with pre-existing conditions presented to a public hospital on 21 july. her condition became worse and she died on 28 july 2020. the first death of windhoek in the khomas region was announced on 30 july. the deceased, a 41-year-old male, presented to hospital on 27 july, but died one day later. he had underlying medical conditions. august 2020 the first day of august brought about another death; a 53-year-old male from swakopmund in the erongo region. like all the previous 10 deaths, the patient had pre-existing health conditions. another death was announced on 3 july. the patient died in windhoek central hospital. he was 49 years old and had pre-existing medical conditions. the total deaths at this time stood at 12. 3 new deaths - 2 from swakopmund and 1 from walvis bay were announced on 6 july. 2 people were aged in their 70s and the other in her 50s. 2 had underlying medical conditions. a death in windhoek, the capital, was announced on 7 august. the deceased was an 84-year-old female with "multiple co-morbidities". with close to 800 new cases reported in the span of 5 days, the number of deaths also started to increase sharply. most of the deaths originated from walvis bay with ages ranging from 40 and above. swakopmund and windhoek also reported a few deaths. in 90% of new deaths announced, a pre-existing health condition such as hiv or diabetes was present. as of 14 august, the total number of deaths stood at 31. more deaths were reported in windhoek than before. on 15 august 3 deaths were registered from the capital, where cluster local transmission is currently present. deaths continued to rise in khomas region, while a downward trend was noticed in erongo region. september 2020 as of 2 september, khomas was leading with the highest number of deaths. in the preceding weeks, each day brought about at least one new death. the total number of deaths at this stage was 82. on 3 september, khomas became the region with the most covid-19 cases and deaths. this follows after sporadic community transmission was confirmed in windhoek, the capital. during the period of 2 september—12 september 2020, khomas had 7 deaths, while erongo only had 1 new death. !karas region had 2 more deaths. by this time, it has already been established that the khomas region; in particular windhoek, the capital, was the hotspot of the country with the most cases and most deaths. the 100-mark was reached on 13 september 2020. notable deaths 14 august 2020: sofia asino; sister of founding president sam nujoma 18 august 2020: jeff mbako; advisor to president hage geingob from 2015 to 2018 26 august 2020: dirk mudge; namibian politician 19 june 2021: vekuii rukoro, ovaherero chief statistics cumulative confirmed cases a graph showing the cumulative number of covid-19 cases in namibia since initial day of infection. note: as of 29 september 2020. confirmed new cases per day cumulative confirmed deaths a graph showing the cumulative number of covid-19 deaths in namibia since initial day of infection. note: as of 29 september 2020. figures per region all 14 regions are known to have covid-19 positive patients. a table showing cumulative covid-19 figures per region region total confirmed cases deaths recovered khomas region 9,237 87 7,637 erongo region 4,641 44 4,273 hardap region 856 7 793 !karas region 1,021 7 703 otjozondjupa region 712 7 442 oshana region 1,060 12 827 oshikoto region 538 1 476 ohangwena region 252 2 234 kavango east 253 3 208 omaheke region 189 5 155 zambezi region 90 0 82 omusati region 121 1 90 kunene region 231 3 114 kavango west 8 1 7 unknown/unallocated 0 0 0 total 19,299 180 16,041 note: data as of 21 december 2020 15:00 (local time). testing data a map showing the cumulative number of covid-19 tests carried out per region. updated 23 july 2020. 6,000+ 1000-5999 500-999 1-499 no data testing for covid-19 is done by two entities (one public and one private) throughout namibia. state testing is done by namibian institute of pathology (nip) while private testing is done by pathcare. erongo region, which is the region