Coronavirus: North Al Batinah registers first death

Muscat: North Al Batinah governorate has registered the first case of death due to COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to data from the Ministry of Health.

Statistics made available on Tarassud, the coronavirus monitoring app launched by the ministry, showed that the death occurred in Sewaiq, also the first outside Muscat governorate.

North Al Batinah has a third of the total COVID-19 cases with Muscat governorate and South Al Batinah governorate ahead of it. Overall, 13 patients have died so far of COVID-19 across the Sultanate with 2735 cases registered so far.