Sweden reports first death from coronavirus

11 Mar 2020 • 11:52 PM MYT
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STOCKHOLM, March 11 — Sweden reported its first death from the new coronavirus today with a hospital in Stockholm saying an elderly patient had died in intensive care.

"The patient has had COVID-19 as well as an underlying sickness," the Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge, just outside Stockholm, said in a statement.

Sweden reported its first case of coronavirus at the end of January. — Reuters