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Drammen: One person dies after being infected with corona

A person living in Drammen Municipality has died after being infected with corona, NTB reports.

Drammen: One person dies after being infected with corona
Photo: Cornelius Poppe / NTB

This is the first time in four and a half months that the Municipality has reported a death linked to the coronavirus. 

Vestre Viken reported that an elderly person died at Drammen hospital after being infected with the coronavirus. The Municipality confirmed that the person was a resident of Drammen.

“I send my warmest thoughts to the relatives,” Mayor Monica Myrvold Berg stated in a press release.

She added that the corona-related death is a reminder of the seriousness of the pandemic.

Source: © NTB Scanpix / #Norway Today / #NorwayTodayNews

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