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| American in Wuhan, China dies of coronavirus, reported to be 1st US citizen killed in fast-moving outbreak | |
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| A US citizen has died of coronavirus in China, according to the country’s embassy. The patient succumbed to the disease in Wuhan – the epicenter of the epidemic which has already spread to more than 20 countries. | |
| “We can confirm that a 60-year-old US citizen diagnosed with coronavirus died at a hospital in Wuhan, China, on February 6,” an embassy spokesman told AFP. The US citizen was a woman with underlying health conditions, according to sources cited by the New York Times. | |
| The news comes as Japan’s Foreign Ministry confirmed that a Japanese national died from pneumonia in Wuhan. The man was suspected of being infected with coronavirus. | |
| The number of deaths from the outbreak has risen to 722 so far. The virus has spread worldwide to 27 countries. | |
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