A Chinese tourist is now dead in France after contracting the viral Corona Virus.
The victim was an 80-year-old man from China’s Hubei province, according to French Health Minister Agnès Buzyn.
He came to France on the 16th of January and was placed in quarantine in hospital in Paris on 25 January.
There have only been three deaths outside mainland China – in Hong Kong, the Philippines and Japan.
More than 1,500 people have died from the virus within China, mostly in Hubei where it first emerged according to official figures but it is thought the figures are far higher.
A further 2,641 people have been newly confirmed as infected, bringing the China’s total to 66,492.
France has previously said it has 11 confirmed cases of coronavirus, officially called Covid-19, and six remain in hospital.
The deceased man’s daughter has also been infected, Ms Buzyn said, but she is believed to be recovering.
Outside mainland China, there have been more than 500 cases in 24 countries.
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