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: 751 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 Arab Emirates: 11

 

— United Kingdom: 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