BREAKING: First Briton Dies Of Coronavirus On Diamond Princess Cruise Ship

A British man has died on the Diamond Princess cruise ship which was hit by a coronavirus outbreak, according to local reports in Japan.

The latest death brings the total of passengers who have died on the cruise liner to six.

The quarantined cruise liner, off Japan’s Yokohama port, has seen more than 600 coronavirus infections.

Earlier a female passenger, reported to be in her 70s, became the fifth person to die on the ship.

The Diamond Princess liner was carrying 3,700 people, including 78 Britons, when it was quarantined in Yokohama on February 5 after a man who disembarked in Hong Kong was found to have the bug.