Coronavirus: Gabon Records First Death, Second Death In Sub-Saharan Africa

Gabon, on Friday, recorded its first death from coronavirus. The patient was a 50-year-old man who had recently returned from France, another country facing the coronavirus pandemic, with over 10,000 recorded cases.

According to a member of the Gabon's coronavirus team, Guy Patrick Obiang Ndong, the patient died as a result of "complications arising from diabetes and acute respiratory distress syndrome.”

In an effort to curb the spread in the country - Gabon currently has 3 recorded cases of coronavirus infections - the Government of the Central African country has put measures in place to restrict international travels, also shutting down schools and prohibiting the congregation of more than 30 people.

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Africa now has a total of 881 cases of coronavirus, straggling behind other continents that have fast rising cases of infections.

Africa's first recorded death from the virus was a 62-year-old lawmaker from Burkina Faso who was sick with diabetes.