Perth man becomes first Australian to die from coronavirus

A 78-year-old man has become Australia's first fatality of COVID-19 after being quarantined on the coronavirus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship.

A man who was being treated for the coronavirus at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth has died. Source: AAP

A 78-year-old passenger of the Diamond Princess cruise ship has become the first Australian casualty of the coronavirus after he died in a Perth hospital early on Sunday morning. 

The man, who has not been named, had been isolated in the intensive care unit at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital after testing positive for COVID-19 while quarantined at Howard Springs, near Darwin, last month.

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