A British passenger diagnosed with the coronavirus on board the quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess in Japan has been pictured.

Alan Steele, from Wolverhampton, tested positive for the deadly disease while celebrating his honeymoon on the ship, which is docked off the coast Yokohama Bay.

Mr Steele shared the diagnosis with friends and family on Facebook and said he is being "shipped to hospital."

The newlywed said he isn't "showing any symptoms" for the virus at the moment and suggested he could be a "possible carrier".

Mr Steele's wife Wendy hasn't tested positive for the disease and will not be allowed to go with him to the hospital.

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Mr Steele wrote: "Just to let you all know I have been diagnosed as having the virus and am being shipped to hospital.

"Would also like to say that at the moment I am not showing any symptoms so just possible a carrier".

"Will let you know how I am going on when possible."

Over 3,700 passengers were tested for the deadly virus and Princess Cruises confirmed 41 people in total were diagnosed with the disease.

In a statement the company said: "Princess Cruises can confirm the nationalities of the 41 people who were tested positive for coronavirus are from Argentina (one); Australia (five); Canada (five), Japan (21); United Kingdom (one) and United States (eight)."

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Diamond Princess passenger David Abel said in a Facebook update that he had been dining with the man.

Mr Abel said he thinks the man will be "leaving the ship today" and he has "no idea how he must be feeling".

In a video post he said: "He will almost certainly be leaving the ship today – real, real shame.

"I have no idea how he must be feeling … they're on their honeymoon.

"He will be going off in to quarantine in a medical facility and she has to stay on board the ship because she's not displaying symptoms.

"That's going to be really, really tough for him so just bear a thought for these passengers who just don't know what is going to be lying ahead of them."

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CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK

This comes as the death toll in mainland China reached 636 on Friday with 73 more deaths recorded the previous day and 3,143 new confirmed infections, taking the total to 31,161 cases, the National Health Commission said.

The 3,143 new infections were down from Wednesday's figure of 3,694 and 3,887 on Tuesday, but experts warned it was too early to say if the data represented a trend.

Two deaths have been reported outside China, in Hong Kong and the Philippines, but uncertainty about how deadly and contagious the virus is has prompted countries to quarantine hundreds of people and cut travel links with China.

The virus has spread around the world, with 320 cases in 27 countries and regions outside mainland China.

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