Maputo — Mozambique on Monday recorded its first death from the Covid-19 respiratory disease, a 13 year old girl from the northern city of Nampula.
Until last week, Nampula, which is the most populous province in the country, had recorded no cases of Covid-19.
Two positive cases came from the central city of Beira - a man and a woman, both in the 15-24 age bracket.
In the Gaza district of Mandlakaze, two people tested positive who were contacts of a Covid-19 positive case who had recently returned from South Africa.
The breakdown by province of the 209 positive cases is as follows: Cabo Delgado, 116; Maputo city, 43; Maputo province, 22; Sofala, 12; Nampula, six; Tete, three; Inhambane, three; Gaza, three; Manica, one.
