CoronaVirus: Japan records first death

Two Japanese passengers who contracted the Covid-19 virus onboard a cruise ship quarantined in Japan have died.

One passenger died from Covid-19, while the other died from pneumonia.

Both were in their 80s and had underlying health conditions.

They had already been taken off the Diamond Princess last week and were being treated in hospitals.

At least 621 people on the ship tested positive for the virus, the biggest cluster outside Mainland China.

The Diamond Princess was carrying 3,700 people in total and passengers who tested negative for the virus began leaving the ship on Wednesday after a 14 day quarantine.