New virus has infected more than 75,000 people globally

AKIPRESS.COM - A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 75,000 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, AP News reports.
The latest figures reported by each government's health authority as of Thursday in Beijing:
- Mainland China: 2,118 deaths among 74,576 cases, mostly in the central province of Hubei
- Hong Kong: 65 cases, 2 deaths
- Macao: 10
- Japan: 702 cases, including 621 from a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, 3 deaths
- Singapore: 84
- South Korea: 51
- Thailand: 35
- Taiwan: 24 cases, 1 death
- Malaysia: 22
- Vietnam: 16
- Germany: 16
- United States: 15 cases; separately, 1 U.S. citizen died in China
- Australia: 14
- France: 12 cases, 1 death
- United Kingdom: 9
- United Arab Emirates: 9
- Canada: 8
- Philippines: 3 cases, 1 death
- India: 3
- Italy: 3
- Russia: 2
- Spain: 2
- Iran: 2
- Belgium: 1
- Nepal: 1
- Sri Lanka: 1
- Sweden: 1
- Cambodia: 1
- Finland: 1
- Egypt: 1