86-Year-old man dies after testing positive for Covid-19

In this Feb. 6, 2020, photo released by the California Department of Public Health, is a demonstration of the equipment and procedures that will be used at the department's Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory lab in Richmond, Calif., to conduct tests for novel coronavirus. This is not an actual test of a novel coronavirus specimen. (California Department of Public Health via AP)

The Ministry of Health has just been informed that an 86-year-old man died after testing positive for Covid-19.

The elderly man was tested positive for Covid-19 on September 14. He continued to be cared for in a nursing home where he lived and died earlier today.

He had further health conditions.

The Ministry of Health, while offering its condolences to the relatives of the elderly, calls on the people to continue to follow the appeals of the Department of Health, including frequent hand washing, id social distance and mask use.