China announced 108 deaths in the past day, with 103 in the Hubei province, one in Beijing, one in Tianjin and one in the Heilongjiang province.
The official worldwide coronavirus death toll has surpassed 1,016 since the outbreak began in Wuhan late last year, as governments around the globe work to contain the fast-spreading disease.on Monday announced that they had received 42,638 reports of confirmed cases and 1,016 deaths in the mainland. In total, 3,996 patients have been cured and discharged from medical care, which leaves 37,626 confirmed cases and an additional 21,675 suspected cases.
China announced 108 deaths in the past day, with 103 in the Hubei province, the new virus' epicenter, one in Beijing, one in Tianjin and one in the Heilongjiang province. Officials also confirmed 42 confirmed infections in Hong Kong, 10 in Macao and 18 in Taiwan. One death has been confirmed in Hong Kong and one in the Philippines. There are 12 cases confirmed in the U.S. as of publication, andSince first appearing at a wholesale seafood market in the Chinese city of Wuhan, located in the central Hubei province, in December, the new virus has spread through air and sea travel to citizens in America and over a dozen other foreign countries.
As Coronavirus spreads travelers arriving wait in line at immigration wear masks at Suvarnabhumi International airport in Bangkok, Thailand on February10, 2020. The Coronavirus has effected more than 40,500 people in Asia, according to health officials with approximately 910 people who have died in mainland China.Chinese health officials are conflicted as to whether the virus spread is airborne, with one expert claiming that"in theory" it could be.
, Zeng Qun, the deputy head of the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau, said coronavirus spreads through direct transmission, which involves physical contact., an English-language newspaper owned by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, reported that Zeng said the virus is also capable of aerosol transmission.
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