China virus toll rises to 360 with 56 new fatalities
AFP
-February 3, 2020 7:17 AM
A doctor tends to a patient in an isolation ward in a Wuhan hospital. (AP pic)BEIJING: The number of confirmed deaths from China’s coronavirus outbreak rose to 360, exceeding the country’s death toll from the 2002-03 SARS outbreak, after authorities in Hubei province reported 56 new fatalities Monday.
In its daily update, figures from the health commission in Hubei, which has been hit hardest by the virus, also showed a jump in confirmed infections with 2,103 new cases.
That puts the national total over 16,480, based on numbers previously issued by the central government.
The number of new cases now exceeds the country’s death toll from the outbreak of SARS, or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, which killed 349 people in mainland China.
The new virus is believed to have emerged in December from a market that sold wild game in the Hubei provincial capital Wuhan.
The epidemic has ballooned into a global health emergency, with cases reported in more than 20 countries.
The first death outside mainland China was confirmed Sunday, when a 44-year-old man from Wuhan reportedly died in the Philippines.
The G7 countries – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, all of which have confirmed cases of the virus – will discuss a joint response to the outbreak, Germany’s Health Minister Jens Spahn said later in the day.
17387
Infected (Surpassed SARS)
362
Deaths
27
Countries / Regions affected
Countries / Regions Affected
Source: National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China and various international medias
Total: 27 | Number Of Infections | Deaths | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
China 🇨🇳 | 17205 | 361 | 475 |
Japan 🇯🇵 | 20 | 0 | 1 |
Thailand 🇹🇭 | 19 | 0 | 7 |
Singapore 🇸🇬 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
South Korea 🇰🇷 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Hong Kong 🇭🇰 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Australia 🇦🇺 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
Taiwan 🇹🇼 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Germany🇩🇪 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
United States 🇺🇸 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Malaysia 🇲🇾 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Macau 🇲🇴 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Vietnam 🇻🇳 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
France 🇫🇷 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Canada 🇨🇦 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Italy 🇮🇹 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
United Kingdom 🇬🇧 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Russia 🇷🇺 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Philippines 🇵🇭 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
India 🇮🇳 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Nepal 🇳🇵 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Cambodia 🇰🇭 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Finland 🇫🇮 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sweden 🇸🇪 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Spain 🇪🇸 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total: | 17387 | 362 | 487 |
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