MASERU
The government of Lesotho has announced the registration of its first Covid-19 case on Wednesday 13 May 2020. “The confirmed positive case “was imported from the Middle East and the patient has no signs and symptoms”.
The first positive case appears a week after the country lifted its national lockdown started on 30 April .
MALABO
Meanwhile, Equatorial Guinea also registered 61 positive cases of covid-19, bringing the country’s total to 583, 13 recovered, 7 deaths.
See full COVID-19 Situation update for the WHO African Region, Report (14 May 2020)
Over 72,000 confirmed #COVID19 cases on the African continent – with more than 25,000 recoveries & 2,400 deaths. The first case in Lesotho🇱🇸 was confirmed in the past 24hrs.
View country figures & more with the WHO African Region COVID-19 Dashboard: https://t.co/V0fkK8dYTg pic.twitter.com/ifL2vn62uJ
— WHO African Region (@WHOAFRO) May 14, 2020
