WUHAN, Jan 26 — The death toll from a virus in China has risen to 56 and the number of people infected across the country is nearing 2,000, authorities said today. Fifteen more people have died and at least 688 new cases of the coronavirus have now been confirmed, according to the National Health...
People wearing protective masks walk outside Forbidden City which is closed to visitors, according to a notice in its main entrance for the safety concern following the outbreak of a new coronavirus, in Beijing, China January 25, 2020. — Reuters pic
Among the new deaths, 13 were in Hubei, the province at the heart of the outbreak, while Shanghai reported its first death. The contagion remained centred on the Hubei provincial capital of Wuhan, which accounted for seven of the new deaths and 46 of the new confirmed cases, said the Hubei Health Commission.
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