A BRITISH woman in her 70s has become the first patient to die in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus.

The Royal Berkshire NHS Trust said the 75-year-old had underlying health conditions as the number of cases of the killer bug topped 100 across the country.

In a worrying development, medics believe the patient contracted the virus in the UK and health workers are scrambling to track down everyone that she had come in contact with.

It is understood she had not been abroad recently.

A spokesperson from the trust said in a statement she had previously been "in and out of hospital for non-coronavirus reasons" but had tested positive last night.

The statement reads: "Sadly, we can confirm that an older patient with underlying health conditions has died.

Read more here: Brit woman, 75, becomes 1st coronavirus death in Berkshire after catching it in UK – and number of cases hits 116
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