COVID-19: Guam confirms Pacific's first death

Guam's government says a 68-year-old woman died of COVID-19 early this morning, the first coronavirus-related death in the Pacific.

The 68-year-old woman died at Guam Memorial Hospital this morning.

The woman was a relative of a person who recently returned to the territory with COVID-19.

The woman had multiple complications including end-stage renal disease, which compromised her immune system.

There are 15 confirmed cases of the virus in Guam, with the government declaring a major disaster.

Five of the first 14 confirmed cases had recent travel, most of which is linked to the Philippines.

With 15 cases, Guam is the country or territory in the Pacific with the most number of people affected by Covid-19.

[Source: RNZ]