Haiti records one more death from COVID-19

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Jul 28, CMC – The number of persons testing positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Haiti jumped to 7,340 cases after the country recorded 25 new cases on Monday.

The Ministry of Public Health said that the death toll had also increased to 158 after another death was recorded in the south Department.

The Ministry said that men continue to be the main victims of the virus that was first detected in China last December and linked to 654,000 deaths and the infection 16.5 million others worldwide.

Haiti recorded its first case on March 19.

It said that the number of persons who have recovered stood at 4,365, while active cases are 2,817, an increase of 24 since Sunday.

Haitian health authorities said that since March 19, they have investigated 17,748 cases of the coronavirus.

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