NSTworld: An elderly HongKong man who contracted the new coronavirus died on Wednesday, authorities announced. Covid19
“A 70-year-old male patient who was infected with the novel coronavirus deteriorated and succumbed in Princess Margaret Hospital this morning,” the Hospital Authority said in a statement.
Hong Kong has confirmed the virus in 62 patients, two of whom have died. The first infections were largely found within people who had travelled to the epicentre in China’s central Hubei province. Hong Kong is on edge over the virus partly because of its own tragic history of experiencing a deadly disease.
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