Botswana reports single COVID-19 death, first in four months

GABORONE, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Botswana reported a single COVID-19 death Monday, the southern African country's first in four months, Botswana's health authorities confirmed.

The death occurred in Jwaneng, a mining township about 200 km southwest of Gaborone, the capital of Botswana, which has been the hardest hit by the nationwide resurgence of cases, Christopher Nyanga, the spokesperson of Botswana's Ministry of Health, told Xinhua in a telephone interview.