5th death confirmed on Diamond Princess cruise ship

A woman in her 70s, who was aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship, has died of COVID-19, the Japanese Health Ministry reported on Friday.

So far, five people from the ship have died of the coronavirus.

The patient was diagnosed with COVID-19 on February 6 and was hospitalized the next day. She also had other underlying diseases, including high blood pressure and diabetes.

On Friday, the governor of Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido declared the virus outbreak an emergency, calling on residents to stay at home this weekend and only go out if necessary, NHK reported.

The prefecture reported the most cases in Japan: 66 cases confirmed so far.

Japan has now reported 933 COVID-19 cases, with 705 from the Diamond Princess cruise ship. The death toll is at 10.