Thailand reported on Sunday the first death from the new coronavirus.
According to the local daily Bangkok Post, the authorities announced that a 35-year-old patient who was diagnosed with the disease died, marking the first death.
Suwannachai Wattanayingcharoenchai, director-general of the Department of Disease Control of the Public Health Ministry, said that the patient was hospitalised due to dengue fever, however, he was also diagnosed with the coronavirus after his admission to the hospital.
Suwannachai said the male patient, who was a retail worker, was transferred to Bamrasnardura Infectious Diseases Institute where he died on Saturday of multiple organ failure.
A total of 42 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Thailand so far.
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