An elderly patient with underlying health conditions has become the first person to die in the UK having been diagnosed with coronavirus, a statement released by Royal Berkshire NHS Trust reveals.
"The patient has previously been in and out of hospital for non-coronavirus reasons, but on this occasion was admitted and last night tested positive for coronavirus," a statement from the Trust said.
It is not yet known if coronavirus was the cause of death, reports The Telegraph.
It comes as 115 people in the UK have now tested positive for the virus as of Thursday afternoon.