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Health

Qatar confirms first coronavirus death

Qatar on Saturday recorded its first death from the coronavirus, a Bangladeshi resident, and 28 more cases to take its total to 590 infections, the health ministry said.

The 57-year-old Bangladeshi national was suffering from a previous chronic disease, state news agency QNA reported.

The majority of cases in Qatar have been diagnosed among migrant laborers, and authorities have locked down a large section of an industrial zone where many live and work.

(Reporting by Ahmed Tolba; Writing by Ghaida Ghantous; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)

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