A medical member in protective clothing takes samples at a testing drive-in station for the health and hospital professionals where people can get tested for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) directly from their cars, in Espoo, Finland March 18, 20
HELSINKI: The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare confirmed on Saturday the country's first coronavirus death, saying that an elderly patient in the capital had died.
"Finland's first coronavirus death is very unfortunate, but not surprising," it said.
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country amounted to 521 on Saturday, the health authority added. (Reporting by Tarmo Virki, editing by Louise Heavens)
