<p class="title">Taiwan reported its first death from the new coronavirus Sunday, as the death toll from the outbreak rose to 1,665 inside mainland China.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A 61-year-old man from central Taiwan with underlying health problems but no recent overseas travel history died in hospital on Saturday after testing positive for the virus, officials confirmed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is the fifth recorded death outside mainland China -- previous victims were in the Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan, and France.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This latest case was an unlicensed taxi driver. His main clients were people who had been to China, Hong Kong and Macao," health and welfare minister Chen Shih-chung told reporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chen said authorities were examining the driver's client list and their travel history, in an attempt to trace the possible source of infection.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A 50-year-old male relative of the victim was later confirmed to have contracted the virus, Chen added, although he was not showing any symptoms.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Taiwan's confirmed cases now stands at 20.</p>.<p class="bodytext">France reported the first coronavirus fatality outside Asia on Saturday, fuelling global concerns about the epidemic.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nearly 1,000 Taiwanese are still awaiting repatriation in Hubei province -- the epicentre of the outbreak -- after Beijing and Taipei accused each other of "political manipulation", causing delays.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Taiwan did fly 247 people from Hubei's capital Wuhan on mainland-owned China Eastern Airlines flight on 3 February.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But how that evacuation was carried out caused disagreements.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The relationship between the two is complicated by the fact that Beijing views Taiwanese people as its own citizens, not as foreign nationals.</p>
<p class="title">Taiwan reported its first death from the new coronavirus Sunday, as the death toll from the outbreak rose to 1,665 inside mainland China.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A 61-year-old man from central Taiwan with underlying health problems but no recent overseas travel history died in hospital on Saturday after testing positive for the virus, officials confirmed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is the fifth recorded death outside mainland China -- previous victims were in the Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan, and France.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This latest case was an unlicensed taxi driver. His main clients were people who had been to China, Hong Kong and Macao," health and welfare minister Chen Shih-chung told reporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chen said authorities were examining the driver's client list and their travel history, in an attempt to trace the possible source of infection.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A 50-year-old male relative of the victim was later confirmed to have contracted the virus, Chen added, although he was not showing any symptoms.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Taiwan's confirmed cases now stands at 20.</p>.<p class="bodytext">France reported the first coronavirus fatality outside Asia on Saturday, fuelling global concerns about the epidemic.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nearly 1,000 Taiwanese are still awaiting repatriation in Hubei province -- the epicentre of the outbreak -- after Beijing and Taipei accused each other of "political manipulation", causing delays.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Taiwan did fly 247 people from Hubei's capital Wuhan on mainland-owned China Eastern Airlines flight on 3 February.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But how that evacuation was carried out caused disagreements.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The relationship between the two is complicated by the fact that Beijing views Taiwanese people as its own citizens, not as foreign nationals.</p>