Hospital director in China's coronavirus epicentre dies from disease himself

AKIPRESS.COM - The director of the hospital in China's coronavirus epicentre has died from the disease himself, Mirror reports.
Dr Liu Zhiming, director of Wuhan Wuchang Hospital, died today from the virus officially named COVID 19.
The coronavirus death toll in mainland China reached 1,770 on Sunday, up by 105 from the previous day, the country's National Health Commission has said.
The number of new deaths in China's central Hubei province from the coronavirus outbreak rose by 100 as of Sunday.
Across mainland China, there were 2,048 new confirmed infections on Sunday. The total accumulated number so far has reached 70,548.
The latest rise in the number of reported new cases of coronavirus in Hubei after two days of falls, comes as authorities imposed tough new restrictions on movement to prevent the spread of the disease.