Life First corona virus death outside China registered By WeeklyNews staff Posted on February 2, 2020 47 second read Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ In the Philippines, a Chinese man died of corona virus infection. That reports the Ministry of Health of the Asian country. The 44-year-old man from Wuhan is the first fatal victim outside of China. He was one of two people in the Philippines who were affected. In China, 304 people have died of the virus-induced illness so far. Around 14,500 people worldwide are affected by the virus. About 500 of them are gravely ill.