Thimphu: Bhutan on Friday reported the country's second coronavirus case, a female tourist who is the partner of the first infected patient.

Prime Minister Lotay Tshering told the media that the 59-year old patient, who was quarantined since March 5, tested positive on Friday morning, Xinhua news agency said. 

The country's first COVID-19 patient, an 76-year-old American tourist who tested positive on March 5, has was repatriated to the US last week.

The couple had arrived in Bhutan on March 2 via the Indian state of Assam.

The two other primary contacts of the first patient, a local guide and a driver, completed their quarantine period on Friday and tested negative.