MANILA, Philippines — A patient of Manila Doctors Hospital, who was diagnosed with COVID-19, has died, the Department of Health (DOH) said Wednesday. The Philippine health department was referring to the 35th patient who was a 67-year-old Filipino with no travel history. The coronavirus disease was caused by the novel coronavirus, which was first detected from Wuhan City of Hubei province in China in late 2019. The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses identified the novel coronavirus as SARS-CoV-2. ADVERTISEMENTFor more news about the novel coronavirus click here.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 11, 2020 14:23 UTC