Angola reports first two deaths from COVID-19
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LUANDA, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Angola registered the first two deaths caused by COVID-19, Health Minister Silvia Lutucuta announced at a press conference here on Sunday.
According to the minister, the two patients both died on Saturday, one being a 59-year-old man, who regularly resided in Portugal and returned to Angola on March 12, and the other a 37-year-old Angolan man, who returned to Angola on March 13.
Angola registered the first two positive COVID-19 cases on March 21, followed by the third on March 23, the fourth and fifth on March 26 and 28, most of whom are Angolan citizens from Portugal.
Angola now has seven positive cases of COVID-19.
The country has since March 27 been under a state of emergency. Enditem
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