A man has died in Hong Kong from the novel coronavirus, the city's first fatality from the deadly virus and the second outside of mainland China, local media reported. The 39-year-old patient, who was being treated at a hospital after being infected, died of sudden heart failure, reports said on Tuesday (Feb 4). He had previously been reported by local authorities as having an "underlying illness".
The patient was the 13th confirmed case of coronavirus in Hong Kong and was diagnosed on Jan 31, Hong Kong has 15 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, including one that was transmitted locally.The city is the second place outside of mainland China to report a death related to the virus.The Philippines earlier confirmed the death of a Chinese man from the city of Wuhan, where the virus was first detected.