Coronavirus - Sierra Leone: COVID-19 update (17th August 2020) FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, August 18, 2020/APO Group/ -- Cumulative confirmed positive cases: 1,956 Total number of deaths: 69 Active new cases: 0 Active cases at Isolation Centres: 381 Cumulative recoveries: 1,506 Number currently in quarantine: 547 Number discharged from quarantine: 10,182 Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Government of Sierra Leone.