Kanagawa – Japan’s Health Minister confirmed the country’s first Covid-19-related death on February 13, Thursday.

Through a news conference held on Thursday evening, Health Minister Katsunobu Kato announced the death of a woman in her 80s living in Kanagawa prefecture who has been infected with the virus.

“This is the first death of a person who tested positive,” noted the minister. Although it remains unclear if the death of the patient was caused by the virus.