South Sudan has registered its first Coronavirus death as 28 more people tested positive on Thursday.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 231 with three recoveries and one death.

“The Hon Minister informed the taskforcse that the Public Health Laboratory on Thursday 14th May 2020 released 214 test results. Of these, 28 cases, 27 South Sudanese and one Kenyan, were confirmed positive including one death,” said a communique of the Covid-19 taskforce on Thursday evening.

“Of the confirmed cases, two were contacts, five alerts, one suspect and 20 from Juba zones.”

The taskforce does not give details of the death but urged private hospitals and clinics to share information or report suspects of Covid-19 to the relevant health officials.

It says the remains of victims shall not be transported to ancestral homes for burial as they will be buried under “strict protocols and guidelines by especially trained healthcare workers.”