BISHKEK, April 3 (Reuters) - A 61-year-old coronavirus victim has died in Kyrgyzstan, the government said on Friday, the first virus fatality in the central Asian nation.

The patient, treated in a hospital in the southern province of Osh, had suffered from other serious diseases, the authorities said. (Reporting by Olga Dzyubenko; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)