Three cases of coronavirus confirmed in NSW

Three cases of coronavirus confirmed in NSW

Four cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed on Saturday, one in Victoria and three in NSW.

Victorian health authorities confirmed the first case of novel coronavirus detected in a patient in Australia on Saturday morning and a further three cases were confirmed in NSW on Saturday afternoon.

The Victorian patient, a man in his 50s from China's affected Wuhan province, flew to Melbourne from Guangzhou on January 19 on a China Southern Airlines flight, flight number CZ321.

On Saturday afternoon, NSW health minister Brad Hazard confirmed three cases of coronavirus had been identified in Sydney and those people had been isolated.

Four more people were being assessed for possible coronavirus infection.

China has confirmed 41 deaths from the virus, while more than 1000 people are now estimated to have been affected worldwide.