Coronavirus: Death toll mounts to 1,367 in China, Japan sees first casualty

Two taxi drivers, one of them in the capital Tokyo, have also tested positive, raising the possibility that it could be passed on through their passengers

The Chinese province at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak reported a record rise in deaths and thousands more infections using a broader case definition on Thursday. The total deaths in China mounted to 1,367.
 
Also, Japan became the third place outside mainland China to suffer a fatality.
 
A woman has died from the coronavirus in Japan, the first such death in the country since the epidemic spread from China, the health minister said.
 
Two taxi drivers, one of them in the capital Tokyo, have also tested positive, raising the possibility that it could be passed on