New virus has infected more than 77,000 people globally
A worker wearing protective gears sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea on Friday. (AP)
A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 77,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.
The latest figures reported by each government’s health authority as of Saturday in Beijing:
— Mainland China: 2,345 deaths among 76,288 cases, mostly in the central province of Hubei
— Hong Kong: 69 cases, 2 deaths
— Macao: 10
— Japan: 739 cases, including 634 from a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, 3 deaths
— South Korea: 346 cases, 2 deaths
— Singapore: 86
— United States: 35 cases; separately, 1 U.S. citizen died in China
— Thailand: 35
— Taiwan: 26 cases, 1 death
— Australia: 23
— Malaysia: 22
— Italy: 19 cases; 1 death
_Iran: 18 cases, 4 deaths
— Vietnam: 16
— Germany: 16
— France: 12 cases, 1 death
— United Kingdom: 9
— United Arab Emirates: 9
— Canada: 9
— Philippines: 3 cases, 1 death
— India: 3
— Russia: 2
— Spain: 2
— Lebanon: 1
— Israel: 1
— Belgium: 1
— Nepal: 1
— Sri Lanka: 1
— Sweden: 1
— Cambodia: 1
— Finland: 1
— Egypt: 1
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