The victim was an 80-year-old man from China\u2019s Hubei province, according to French Health Minister Agn\u00e8s Buzyn.<\/p>\n
He arrived in France on 16 January and was placed in quarantine in hospital in Paris on 25 January, she said.<\/p>\n
Only three deaths had previously been reported outside mainland China \u2013 in Hong Kong, the Philippines and Japan.<\/p>\n
However, 1,523 people have died from the virus within China, mostly in Hubei where it first emerged. These include 143 deaths newly reported on Saturday by the country\u2019s national health commission.<\/p>\n
A further 2,641 people have been newly confirmed as infected, bringing China\u2019s total cases to 66,492.<\/p>\n
All countries should be prepared for the arrival of the virus, the head of the World Health Organization said on Saturday.<\/p>\n
What has happened in France?<\/p>\n
In late January, France became the first European country to confirm cases of the virus. It has had 11 confirmed cases of the disease, officially called Covid-19. Six people remain in hospital.<\/p>\n
The deceased man had been in a critical condition in the Bichat hospital in northern Paris, the health minister said. He died of a lung infection due to the coronavirus.<\/p>\n
The man\u2019s 50-year-old daughter is among the six in hospital with the virus, but she is recovering, Ms Buzyn said.
\nThe other five are British nationals who caught the virus at a chalet in the ski resort of Contamines-Montjoie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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