The supreme national emergency committee for Covid-19 reported Monday evening five cases of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) infection, including one death, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in theareas areas held by Yemeni internationally-recognized government to 56 cases, including 9 deaths and one recovery.
The committee stated on its account in "Twitter" that the five cases were recorded in the city of Mukalla in the Hadhramawt governorate in eastern Yemen, noting that the new cases are stable and is receiving medical care in the health isolation center in Mukalla.
The Houthi health ministry has so far registered two cases in the capital Sanaa, a Somali who died from the virus in a hotel last week. The second case was a person who arrived in Sanaa from Aden, the ministry reported on Friday.