The first death resulting from the deadly coronavirus in the African continent has been confirmed in Egypt.

According to the health ministry, the deceased is a 60-year-old German citizen who was admitted on Friday to a public hospital.

He reportedly tested positive the next day and died on Sunday.

According to the African News, the victim arrived from Germany a week ago, the tourist refused to be placed in an isolation unit before his condition deteriorated on Saturday with “acute pneumonia”.

His case was not among the 48 registered in Egypt, including 45 people infected on a cruise ship whose passengers and crew members were disembarked in Luxor on Sunday.

The global death toll is nearly 3,500, and over 100,000 confirmed cases, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).