New virus has infected over 80,000 people globally

AKIPRESS.COM - A woman wearing face mask passes by posters about precautions against new coronavirus at a bus station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. China and South Korea on Tuesday reported more cases of a new viral illness that has been concentrated in North Asia but is causing global worry as clusters grow in the Middle East and Europe, AP News reported.
A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 80,000 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 Tuesday in Beijing:
- Mainland China: 2,663 deaths among 77,658 cases, mostly in the central province of Hubei
- Hong Kong: 81 cases, 2 deaths
- Macao: 10 cases
- South Korea: 977 cases, 10 deaths
- Japan: 850 cases, including 691 from a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, 4 deaths
- Italy: 229 cases, 7 deaths
- Singapore: 89 cases
- Iran: 61 cases, 12 deaths
- United States: 35 cases; separately, 1 U.S. citizen died in China
- Thailand: 37 cases
- Taiwan: 30 cases, 1 death
- Australia: 23 cases
- Malaysia: 22
- Vietnam: 16 cases
- Germany: 16
- France: 12 cases, 1 death
- United Arab Emirates: 13 cases
- United Kingdom: 13
- Canada: 11
- Bahrain: 8
- Iraq: 5
- Philippines: 3 cases, 1 death
- Kuwait: 3 cases
- India: 3
- Spain: 3
- Russia: 2
- Israel: 2
- Oman: 2
- Lebanon: 1
- Belgium: 1
- Nepal: 1
- Sri Lanka: 1
- Sweden: 1
- Cambodia: 1
- Finland: 1
- Egypt: 1
- Afghanistan: 1