Russia registers first coronavirus death

A man walks past a hospital where patients infected with the COVID-19 novel coronavirus are being treated in the settlement of Kommunarka in Moscow on March 18, 2020. (Photo by Yuri KADOBNOV / AFP)

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia registered the first death of a patient infected with the coronavirus on Thursday, an elderly woman who had been hospitalized in Moscow, health officials said.

The 79-year-old, who had tested positive, was hospitalized on March 13 and had several other conditions including diabetes and heart problems, Moscow’s coronavirus response headquarters said on social media.

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