Hubei, epicenter of China's coronavirus outbreak, reports sharp drop in new cases
FILE PHOTO: Residents wearing face masks pick up their parcels at a drop point outside a residential compound, as the country is hit by a novel coronavirus outbreak in Beijing, China March 1, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer
BEIJING - Mainland China had 202 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Sunday, the country’s National Health Commission said on Monday, sharply down from 573 cases a day earlier.The death toll from the outbreak in mainland China reached 2,912 as of the end of Sunday, up by 42 from the previous day.
The central province of Hubei, the epicenter of the outbreak, accounted for all of the 42 new deaths, while 32 people died in the capital Wuhan.Our Standards:
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