lørdag 8. februar 2020

Coronavirus: First US citizen dies in Wuhan as China reports 86 new deaths

The coronavirus has killed 86 more people in China and been confirmed in a further 3,399, the National Health Commission reported on Saturday. That brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 34,546. The new deaths, 81 in Hubei and 5 in other provinces, have brought the national death toll to 722, as of Friday.

As well as the 81 deaths, Hubei – the epicentre of the novel coronavirus epidemic – reported earlier on Saturday that it had confirmed 2,841 new cases. The province’s totals are now 24,953 confirmed cases and 699 deaths.

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