The Ministry of Health (MoH) this afternoon confirmed the deaths of nine more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), taking the country’s death toll from the pandemic to 816.
Eight of the deceased were unvaccinated while the other was partially vaccinated.
The MoH said the patients were admitted with ‘COVID-19 like symptoms” but died while receiving care at its medical facilities. Samples were taken at the time of admission which subsequently returned positive tests.
Two of them died in August, while the others all died this month. No explanation was given for the over one-month long delay in the confirmation of the COVID status of those who died in August.
