Seven cases of the Andes ​hantavirus have now been confirmed ‌among people who were passengers on board the cruise ship, ​the World Health Organization ​said on Monday.

The agency updated ⁠its overall tally of ​reported cases to nine on ​Monday, a WHO spokesperson said by email, after France reported that a ​French passenger evacuated from ​the MV Hondius had tested positive for ‌the ⁠virus.

A further two of the nine cases are suspected to be hantavirus, including the ​person who ​is ⁠believed to have been the first one ​infected in the outbreak. ​He ⁠died before he could be tested. In total, three ⁠people ​have died in ​the outbreak, the WHO said.