Egypt has recorded the first coronavirus fatality case in Africa as a German tourist who was being treated has reportedly passed on.

The 60-year-old is tourist who arrived in Egypt a week ago and complained of a fever.

He was taken to a hospital in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada for treatment where he was diagnosed with coronavirus.

According to AFP news agency the tourist’s breathing was affected by "acute pneumonia".

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The patient died after refusing to be transferred to an isolation ward as part of precautionary measures suggested by health officials in tackling the issue.

On Saturday Egypt's ministry of health announced that there were 45 new cases of coronavirus involving travellers who were in a cruise ship, bringing the total to 48.

The ship was quarantined and the infected people were moved to an isolation facility in the north of the country.

Nine African countries have reported confirmed cases of coronavirus, with Nigeria and Togo reporting their first cases.

Here are the latest numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases in Africa:

Egypt - 48

Algeria - 17

Senegal - 4

South Africa - 3

Morocco - 2

Cameroon - 2

Tunisia - 2

Togo - 1

Nigeria – 1

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