4-year-old child dies of COVID-19 in Jamaica

A four-year-old child in Jamaica, who was tested positive for the novel coronavirus, has died.

Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the child died at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in St James Thursday evening.

He did not immediately provide details.

This is the seventh COVID-19 patient to die in Jamaica and the second for this week.

So far there have been 257 confirmed cases of the virus in Jamaica.