A hospital director in the Chinese metropolis of Wuhan, the epicentre of a new coronavirus outbreak, died from the disease on Monday, state media reported on Tuesday.
Liu Zhiming, Director of Wuchang Hospital, died from infection of the new coronavirus, which has so far spread to more than 72,000 people across China, the state-owned newswire China News Service said on microblogging site Weibo.
His death comes as more medical personnel on the front lines of China’s battle against Covid-19 are falling ill with the disease.
China reported last week that more than 1,700 medical workers have been infected, and at least six have died.
A total of 72,436 infections and 1,868 deaths have so far been reported across the country, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday.
In the previous 24 hours, medical authorities counted 1,886 new cases and 98 deaths.
Both the number of new infections and deaths dropped slightly from the past few…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
