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Second coronavirus patient dies in Italy: Italian news agency
The man, identified by Italian news agency Ansa as a former construction company owne, was among 18 confirmed cases in Italy.
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A second patient infected with the new coronavirus has died in Italy, ANSA news agency reported citing healthcare sources, as an outbreak spreads in the country’s industrious north with 30 cases reported so far.
The victim was a female resident in Milan’s Lombardy region, ANSA said. Her reported death comes hours after a 78-year-old man died overnight near Padua, in the nearby Veneto region.
The man, identified by Italian news agency Ansa as a former construction company owne, was among 18 confirmed cases in Italy, Sky News said in a report.
The father of three died at a hospital in Padua, where he had been admitted along with another person who tested positive for COVID-19.
There are currently 16 Italians confirmed to have the virus in Lombardy and one in Veneto.
Among the cases, a 38-year-old man from the town of Codogno near Milan, had spent time with a friend who returned from a trip to China on January 21, Xinhua news agency reported.
The man passed on the virus to five relatives and friends.
Besides Italy, fatalities outside China were recorded in Iran (four), Japan (three), South Korea (two), Hong Kong (two), France (one) and the Philippines (one).
With inputs from Reuters
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