Caxito - At least 105 cases of malaria were recorded in the last seven days in Caxito, northern Bengo province, Angop  learnt.

According to a note from the local "Abel dos Santos" hospital, another 36 cases of trauma, acute respiratory diseases (25), dermatitis (21), and 20 of acute diarrhoea, were also diagonosed.

In the same period,  21 cases of injuries were also recorded,  plus 19 cases of typhoid, 18 of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), dental caries (16), gastritis (16), high blood pressure (13),  haemorrhoid (07) and tuberculosis (03) out of a total of 315 patients, against 292 of the previous period.

The  "Abel dos Santos" hospital  has the  capacity to admit 20 patients.