KOLKATA: A Thailand national, suspected to be suffering from coronavirus, died at a private hospital in West Bengal’s Kolkata on Monday.

It is the first death from coronavirus reported outside China.

She was living in Kolkata since November last year and was admitted to a private hospital in the city on January 21 with respiratory distress, Indian media reported.

She was transferred to the ICU with stomach problems, nausea and fever.

However, state health department officials said the symptoms of the Thai woman were unlikely to be that of the deadly coronavirus.

“Necessary samples have been sent to the state-run Beliaghata Infectious Diseases Hospital for tests. Results are yet to come,” said an official from the health department.