Coronavirus claims another two Australian lives

The Ruby Princess cruise ship has claimed another virus victim with a 75-year-old woman dying in Queensland.

Two states have reported fresh coronavirus deaths overnight – one in Queensland and another in Victoria.

A 75-year-old woman – who was previously on the Ruby Princess cruise ship – has died in Queensland.

The second death was a Victorian man in his eighties.

The 75-year-old was one of nearly 2,700 passengers allowed to disembark from the Ruby Princess cruise ship without adequate checks on March 29.

More than 170 Ruby Princess passengers now have COVID-19.

The first cruise passenger - a woman in her seventies - died on Tuesday. Two other male passengers died shortly after. Both were over 60 years old.

The death of this Queensland woman takes the total number fatalities from the Ruby Princess cruise to four.

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BREAKING: A 75 year old woman with #coronavirus has died at Caboolture hospital. She was a patient on the Ruby Princess. Qld cases rise 31 overnight to 656 #qldpol #auspol

— Sarah Elks (@sarahelks) March 29, 2020

Breaking: a fourth person has died in Victoria from Coronavirus. The man in his 80s died in hospital. @abcmelbourne pic.twitter.com/J1sZYZzKDo

— James Hancock (@jameshancockABC) March 29, 2020

The number of confirmed cases has shot up by 84 in Victoria to 769, and by 31 in Queensland, to a total of 656.

Returned travellers and businesses face steep fines in Victoria for breaching quarantine and mass gathering rules while in Queensland, the state is prepared to quarantine people (returning from overseas) in Brisbane hotels.

More than 3600 cases of COVID-19 have now been confirmed across Australia, with 1617 in New South Wales, 685 in Victoria, 625 in Queensland, 287 in South Australia, 278 in Western Australia, 71 in the ACT, 58 in Tasmania and 15 in the Northern Territory. Yesterday marked the biggest single-day rise in cases so far.

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