Coronavirus claims first Australian victim in Western Australia | 7NEWS

A Western Australian man has become the first Australian to die from coronavirus since its outbreak late last year.

The 78-year-old man and his wife had both been passengers on the Diamond Princess cruise ship that became stranded off the coast of Japan in February after a coronavirus outbreak.

He died in the early hours of this morning at Perth's Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.

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