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New Virus Has Infected over 80,000 People Globally

 

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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
 
— Japan: 850 cases, including 691 from a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, 4 deaths
 
— South Korea: 893 cases, 8 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: 35 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
 
— Philippines: 3 cases, 1 death
 
— Kuwait: 3 cases
 
— India: 3
 
— Russia: 2
 
— Spain: 2
 
— Israel: 2
 
— Oman: 2
 
— Bahrain: 1
 
— Lebanon: 1
 
— Belgium: 1
 
— Nepal: 1
 
— Sri Lanka: 1
 
— Sweden: 1
 
— Cambodia: 1
 
— Finland: 1
 
— Egypt: 1
 
— Afghanistan: 1
 
 

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