(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica has reported its first death from COVID-19.
The 79-year-old male patient, who is from Lionel Town, Clarendon and recently returned from New York, died at an isolation facility at Mandeville Regional Hospital this afternoon.
Chief Medical Officer Dr Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie tells a press conference that the deceased patient presented at the Lionel Town Hospital on March 16 and was tested on March 17.
The test returned positive today, the same day of his death.
It was disclosed that he had diabetes and hypertension.
Meanwhile, Jamaica has now recorded 15 confirmed cases of the virus.
To date, six test results are outstanding.
