Bolivia's Health Minister María Eidy Roca has tested positive for COVID-19 though is in stable condition, the ministry said on Sunday, as a sharp rise in cases of the novel coronavirus strain hospitals and cemeteries in the South American country.
Bolivia's Health Minister Eidy Roca is seen during a ceremony at the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia May 28, 2020. Roca tested positive for coronavirus disease on July 5, 2020. Courtesy of Bolivian Presidency/Handout via REUTERS.
The landlocked Andean nation of over 11.5 million people has registered some 38,000 confirmed cases of the disease and 1,378 deaths. Its daily burden of cases make Bolivia currently one of the worst affected countries per capita in the world.
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