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Eritrea reports first COVID-19 death – information ministry

The African MirrorDecember 25, 20201 Min Read

FILE PHOTO: Volunteers from the National Muslim Covid-19 Response Committee, wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), carry the body of Abdullahi Adan, 52, who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the separated section of the muslim cemetery in Nairobi, Kenya August 6, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

ERITREA has reported its first death from COVID-19, its information ministry said.

The ministry said in a statement on its website late on Wednesday its total confirmed cases of the coronavirus stood at 877, while recoveries were 599.

It gave no more details on the death.

Eritrea reported its first coronavirus case on March 21.

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