By Abdulrazzak Abdullah
ALGIERS (AA) – Algeria's Health Ministry confirmed a fifth death from the novel coronavirus in the country on Tuesday.
A ministry statement said a 50-year-old man from Blida province, south of capital Algiers, died from the disease.
On Monday, Algerian authorities reported 60 confirmed cases of coronavirus.
The disease, known as COVID-19, emerged in Wuhan, China last December, and has spread to at least 146 countries and territories. The World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic.
Out of over 183,500 confirmed cases, the death toll now exceeds 7,100, while more than 79,900 have recovered, according to Worldometer, a website that compiles new case numbers.
The current number of active cases is more than 96,500, with 94% in mild condition and 6% in critical condition.
* Bassel Ibrahim contributed to this report from Ankara