#BREAKING: 80-year-old citizen succumbs to COVID-19, Oman’s death toll now 17

Oman’s Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed the 17th death in the country as a result of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus.

In a statement issued online today [Saturday, May 9], the MoH said that an 80-year-old female Omani citizen has succumbed to complications related to the virus.

The MoH has extended its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased.

(Also read: COVID-19: 106 healthcare workers infected in Oman, 14th patient succumbs to virus, says Minister of Health.)

The #Ministry_of_Health (MOH) announces the death of a 80-year-old #Omani female with coronavirus (COVID-19), which raises the number of COVID-19 deaths registered in the #Sultanate to (17).
MOH extends its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased. pic.twitter.com/HLwXyNoSNG

— وزارة الصحة – عُمان (@OmaniMOH) May 9, 2020

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