By our reporter| Madagascar recorded its first coronavirus related death on Saturday following the demise of 57-year-old man, who developed complications after testing positive for COVID-19.
The spokesperson for the country’s coronavirus operational command centre, Hanta Vololontiana, who confirmed confirmed the development on Sunday, said two other COVID-19 patients are also down with severe complications and are “still in intensive care”.
Madagascar confirmed twenty-one new cases on Sunday, bringing the total COVID-19 cases to 304, since confirming its first case on March 19, the Malagasy press agency reported.
A breakdown of the 21 new cases showed that out of the 103 tests carried out on Saturday between 8pm and 6am, 15 people tested positive out of the 61 samples collected in Tana, while six persons tested positive out of the 42 samples collected in Taomasina.
According to the country’s press agency, Vololontiana has asked for “strict observation of containment measures, especially for the three regions Analamanga, Atsinanana and Haute Matsiatra”.
Madagascar claims to have a herbal remedy for prevention and cure for COVID-19 and have exported same to several African countries including Nigeria.
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