A third man died from coronavirus in Switzerland. To date, 476 cases have been confirmed officially, the Federal Office of Public Health said in a statement, Report informs, citing TASS.
"We have received information about a third death in Switzerland: it is a woman over 80 years old from the canton of Ticino," OSHAS report says. However, the "infection of 476 people has been confirmed."
Twenty cantons and half-cantons out of 26, including Berne, Geneva, Zurich, and Ticino, officially registered a disease. Earlier in Switzerland, a 74-year-old woman and a 76-year-old man died of coronavirus.
According to the government's decision, Swiss authorities prohibited mass events involving more than 1,000 people until March 15, inclusive. The official authorities invited the army to participate in the antiviral activities. The health of people over 65, as well as those with poor health, requires particular attention.
The first case was confirmed in Switzerland on February 25.