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| The Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, seniors and Children, Ummy Mwalimu |
By Our
Correspondent, DODOMA Tanzania
Tanzania government said Tuesday a male patient who tested
positive for the novel coronavirus and who was suffering from other undisclosed
disease has passed away, marking the country’s first confirmed death from the
disease.
The 49-year-old Tanzanian national, who was being treated at
Mloganzila medical facility in Dar es Salaam, was among the country’s 19
confirmed cases.
The Ministry of Health,
Community Development, Gender, seniors and Children, Ummy
Mwalimu, said he died Tuesday morning in the covid-19 treatment centre.
“I regret to announce the first death of COVID-19 patient in
Tanzania, which occurred today at dawn at our Mloganzila medical facility.” The
Minister confirmed.
She said that the current report shows that the country has 19
confirmed COVID-19 cases, one death and one recovered patient.
After first appearing in Wuhan, China last December, the novel
coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, has spread to at least 177 countries
and territories, according to data compiled by U.S.-based Johns Hopkins
University.
More than 787,269 cases
have been reported worldwide, with the death toll over 37,846 and more than 165,935 recoveries. - Africa
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