Skopje reports second death case from coronavirus epidemic

NEWS 23.03.202014:15
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The second death case from COVID-19 virus was registered in North Macedonia, the country’s Health Minister Venko Filipce said, adding the total number of confirmed infected people in the country was 136, the Beta news agency reported.

The second victim of coronavirus was a 63-year-old man, who was hospitalised on March 17, “without fever, but with dependence on oxygen,” and whose health suddenly deteriorated.

Earlier, a woman, 57, died from the same virus.