Australia’s Virus Toll Rises to 8 After Cruise Passenger Death

Australia’s Virus Toll Rises to 8 After Cruise Passenger Death
The Ruby Princess docks at the Overseas Passenger Terminal in Sydney, Australia on Feb. 8, 2020. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
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A woman in her 70s who was a passenger on the Ruby Princess cruise ship which docked in Sydney has become the seventh person to die from COVID-19 in NSW.

The woman died in hospital on Tuesday morning taking the national toll to eight, NSW Health said in a statement.

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