An update on 3 April 2020 by "CNN" stated that the cruise line indicated that "16 passengers, plus hundreds of crew members" remained aboard "Artania". As of 7 April, two passengers aboard "Artania" had died from COVID-19, both in Joondalup private hospital. On 17 April, a Filipino crewman of the ship died in the Royal Perth Hospital, the youngest to date fatality in Australia due to COVID-19. On 23 April, it was reported that another passenger of the ship had died from the disease in Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, another public hospital of Perth.