Four top Bolivian government officials, including the health minister, have tested positive for Covid-19 within days of each other.
- On Sunday, a statement from the health ministry announced that Health Minister María Eidy Roca had tested positive and was in stable condition.
- Also on Sunday, officials announced that Minister of the Presidency Yerko Nunez Negrette had been hospitalized and was receiving treatment for coronavirus.
- On Saturday, Minister of Mines Jorge Fernando Oropeza was also confirmed to have tested positive.
- On June 27, the previous Saturday, the official Bolivian Information Agency confirmed that Gen. Sergio Orellana, the commander of the armed forces, had tested positive and was hospitalized.
As of Sunday night, Bolivia has 38,071 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus and 1,378 virus-related deaths, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.