Ivory Coast’s health minister announced the country’s first confirmed coronavirus death during a daily briefing Sunday on the outbreak there.
Eugene Aka Aouele gave no details on the victim’s age or sex, but said the diagnosis had been made “post-mortem”.
Aouele also announced another 25 cases of the virus had been recorded, bringing the official total in the country to 165.
President Alassane Ouattara declared a state of emergency last Monday to tackle the outbreak, imposing a curfew between 9:00 pm and 5:00 am, and shutting the country’s borders.
He also banned movement in and out of the economic capital Abidjan, and closed bars, restaurants and schools.
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(AFP)