Tokyo: A third Indian crew on board a cruise ship off the Japanese coast has tested positive for the novel Coronavirus [ COVID- 19], the Indian Embassy in Japan said on Friday as authorities confirmed that 218 people have been infected with the deadly virus on the quarantined ship.

The cruise ship Diamond Princess with 3,711 people on board arrived at the Japanese coast early last week and was quarantined after a passenger who de- boarded last month in Hong Kong was found to be the carrier of the COVID- 19 on the ship.