A second case of coronavirus has been confirmed in WA, with the wife of the first case testing positive for the disease.

It is understood the woman contracted the disease while on the Diamond Princess cruise ship.

She is currently being treated in isolation at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.

Her husband remains at the hospital in the intensive care unit, he is in a stable condition.

Camera Icon WA’s first confirmed case of coronavirus was man who was evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship. His wife has now also tested positive. Credit: Ian Munro / Channel 7

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