Algeria reports 19 COVID-19 deaths, imposes curfew in capital

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Algeria on Tuesday said the death toll of the novel coronavirus reached 19 while confirmed infections hit 264.

"The health authorities reported two new deaths from COVID-19, a 75-year-old man who contracted the virus from his daughter, and another 72-year-old man," Djamel Fourar, the chairman of the COVID-19 Detection and Follow-up Commission, told reporters.

Both victims just returned from France for family visits, he added.

Thirty-four new infections have been confirmed in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of infected patients to 264.

Also on Tuesday, Algeria started imposing a curfew in the capital Algiers from 7 p.m.-7 a.m. and a full lockdown in neighboring province Blida, which will last for 10 days. 


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