Posted: Friday, April 10, 2020. 7:55 am CST.
By BBN Staff: Reports reaching our newsdesk are that patient 10 passed away early this morning.
Minutes ago, the Ministry of Health issued a statement confirming to the nation that patient 10 had been diagnosed with COVID-19.
The confirmation test came out positive late last night (April 9th).
The Ministry said that the test was from a set of 30 samples tested, some of which were from frontline workers as part of routine surveillance.
The case is that of a male who was previously hospitalized at a private institution and was transferred to the KHMH for further care.
The contact tracing for patient #10 started last night.
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