First coronavirus victim in Macedonia


Macedonia recorded the first victim of the Coronavirus disease. A 57-year-old woman from Kumanovo is the country’s first coronavirus victim, macedonian health minister Venko Filipce said on Sunday.

Late on Saturday, after she passed away, the competent authorities determined that the woman had been infected with the coronavirus. She was tested three times and the tests did not show. She was in quarantine with her 37-year-old son, the Health Minister said speaking at a news conference.

According to the Health Ministry, 29 cases of coronavirus infection were confirmed overnight (from saturday to sunday), bringing the country's total to 114 cases.

UPDATE: 136 Coronavirus cases in Macedonia - Two patients died