New virus has infected 80,000 globally, caused 2,700 deaths

AKIPRESS.COM - 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, APNews reports.
The latest figures reported by each government's health authority as of Wednesday in Beijing:
- Mainland China: 2,715 deaths among 78,064 cases, mostly in the central province of Hubei
- Hong Kong: 81 cases, 2 deaths
- Macao: 10 cases
- South Korea: 1,146 cases, 11 deaths
- Japan: 861 cases, including 691 from a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, 5 deaths
- Italy: 323 cases, 11 deaths
- Iran: 95 cases, 15 deaths
- Singapore: 91 cases
- Thailand: 40
- United States: 57
- Taiwan: 31 cases, 1 death
- Australia: 23 cases
- Malaysia: 22
- Bahrain: 26
- Vietnam: 16
- Germany: 17
- United Arab Emirates: 13 cases
- United Kingdom: 13
- France: 14 cases, 1 death
- Canada: 11
- Kuwait: 12
- Iraq: 5
- Philippines: 3 cases, 1 death
- India: 3
- Spain: 9
- Russia: 2
- Israel: 2
- Oman: 2
- Croatia: 2
- Austria: 2
- Lebanon: 1
- Belgium: 1
- Nepal: 1
- Sri Lanka: 1
- Sweden: 1
- Cambodia: 1
- Finland: 1
- Egypt: 1
- Algeria: 1
- Afghanistan: 1
- Switzerland: 1