Maputo — The general director of Mozambique's National Health Institute (INS), Ilesh Jani, announced on Sunday that a third person has died from the Covid-19 respiratory disease.
Speaking in Maputo at the daily press briefing on the Covid-19 situation, given by the Health Ministry, Jani said the victim was an 84 year old man who died at his home in the northern city of Nampula.
14 of the new cases are from Nampula, eight from Maputo city, three from Cabo Delgado, three from Zambezia, one from Inhambane and one from Maputo province.
As of Sunday, the breakdown of positive Covid-19 cases by province was as follows: Cabo Delgado, 191; Nampula, 179; Maputo City, 91; Maputo Province, 61; Tete, 16; Sofala, 15; Inhambane, 12; Niassa, six; Zambezia, five; Gaza, four; Manica, three.
Although, in absolute terms, the number of Covid-19 cases in Mozambique remains small, Jani noted that he epidemic is speeding up.
