SCMP : Feb 08, 2020, 11:24 AM
A US citizen has died in Wuhan from the new coronavirus, the US embassy said on Saturday, in what appears to be the first confirmed foreign death from the outbreak.“We can confirm that a 60-year-old US citizen diagnosed with coronavirus died at Jinyintang hospital in Wuhan, China, on February 6," a US embassy spokesman confirmed.The New York Times reported that the person was a woman and had underlying health conditions, citing two people familiar with the matter.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Thursday there were 19 foreigners infected, and two of them had been discharged. The remainder were being isolated for treatment.