Papua New Guinea reported four new cases of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours increasing the country’s total cases to 823. Two cases were reported in West New Britain and a case each reported in New Ireland Province and the National Capital District respectively.   In West New Britain, a 35 year old female and a 12 year old male were both reported positive. Both cases did not show symptoms of COVID-19 but swab samples returned positive. In the National Capital District, a 63 year old male who lives in North-east electorate is the latest to be confirmed positive. In New Ireland province, a 53 year old male who lives in Lihir, Namatanai is the latest to be confirmed positive. He was identified though contact tracing. The country’s COVID-19 cases as a result now stands at 823 with 9 known deaths. Sixteen provinces including the Autonomous Region Of Bougainville have reported cases. The distribution of the cases is as follows: Provinces Cases NCD 365 Western Province 212 West New Britain 147 East New Britain 30 New Ireland 17 Eastern H/lands 13 Western H/lands 10 Central 10 Morobe 6 East Sepik 3 Enga 3 Milne Bay 2 West Sepik 2 Southern H/lands 1 AROB 1 Hela Province 1 TOTAL 823 Globally, the total confirmed cases of COVID-19 has reached 89,048,435 including 664,574 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. The death toll is 1,930,265; of which 11,139 were reported in the last 24 hours