Hong Kong reported its first death from deadly coronavirus on Tuesday even as the death toll in China, the epicentre of the outbreak, surged past 400.

This is the second death due to the virus reported outside mainland China, the first one being reported in the Philippines.

South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that a 39-year old man, who had been to Wuhan, the Chinese city where the virus originated and returned to Hong Kong two days later, became the first to die in the city-state after being diagnosed with the virus.

The outlet citing hospital authorities reported that the patient died on Tuesday morning after his condition deteriorated.

The health authorities in the city-state have confirmed 15 cases of the deadly virus.

Meanwhile, Nepal has banned the export of masks due to their shortage in the market in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the country's Health Ministry announced.   -- ANI