Covid-19: Tunisia coronavirus cases jump by about 50 percent

A general view of Habib Bourguiba Avenue in downtown Tunis, deserted on the first day of a general lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus [Zoubeir Souissi/Reuters]

Tunisia has confirmed 59 new cases of the coronavirus, Health Minister Abdelatif el-Mekki said in a televised news conference, taking the total number to 173.

Tunisia has instituted a curfew at nights and a lockdown during the day in which people are only allowed out to buy food or medicine or work in some key sectors.

Estonia records its first death: Report

Estonia has recorded its first coronavirus death, when an 83-year-old patient died in Tallinn, the daily newspaper Postimees reported, citing a hospital spokesman.

Estonia has so far recorded 404 infected people, according to official statistics