Argentina confirms first death in Latin America of patient with coronavirus

Picture released by Telam of the hospital where a man aged 64, the first Argentine infected with the new Coronavirus, COVID-19, died in Buenos Aires on March 7, 2020. Photo by ALEJANDRO SANTA CRUZ / TELAM / AFP

A patient diagnosed with coronavirus died in Argentina on Saturday, the Health Ministry said in a statement, marking the first death related to the virus in Latin America.