Bolivia’s Health Minister María Eidy Roca has tested positive for Covid-19 though she is in stable condition, Reuters reported, quoting the country's health ministry.

A sharp rise in cases of the novel coronavirus has strained hospitals and cemeteries in the South American country.

The landlocked Andean nation of over 11.5 million people has registered some 38,000 confirmed cases of the disease and 1,378 deaths. Its daily burden of cases makes Bolivia currently one of the worst affected countries per capita in the world.

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