WHO announces 8th death from novel coronavirus

Published on March 11, 2013 at 8:11 AM · No Comments

"A 69-year-old man in Saudi Arabia died after being infected with a new SARS-related virus, becoming the 14th confirmed case and the eighth death, the World Health Organization said" on Wednesday, Bloomberg reports. "Preliminary investigations indicated the patient had no contact with previously reported cases of infection with the novel coronavirus," the news agency writes (Bennet, 3/7). "The patient was a 69-year-old man who was hospitalized on February 10 and died on February 19," CIDRAP News notes, adding, "His illness raises the global number of infections from the new virus to 14, including eight deaths."

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