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BREAKING: Australian man dies from coronavirus

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  • 01 Mar 2020

A West Australian man has died from coronavirus, marking the first Australian death from the deadly virus outbreak. 

The West Australian reports that the 78-year-old unnamed victim passed away overnight after being treated at Perth's Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.

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The man was transported from a Darwin quarantine camp after being transported from Japan, where he was quarantined aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship.

His wife was also infected with the COVID-19 virus. She is now in isolation at a Perth hospital.

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A West Australian man has died from coronavirus, marking the first Australian death from the deadly virus outbreak.

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A total of 164 Australians were quarantined on the cruise ship after one confirmed case of coronavirus was confirmed with a passenger who had disembarked in Hong Kong.

WA's chief health officer Andrew Robertson confirmed the news of the mans passing.

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The man was transported from a Darwin quarantine camp after being transported from Japan, where he was quarantined aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship.

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"It doesn’t change anything for the status of coronavirus," he said.

"We always knew it would be a serious virus, especially for the elderly."

Dr Robertson also revealed the man's wife is devastated.

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A passenger leaves the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan.

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As of Saturday, the federal Department of Health had tallied 25 confirmed cases of coronavirus across Australia.

A man returning from Iran has also been confirmed in NSW, which raises the state's confirmed cases from four to five.

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