Number of coronavirus deaths in China up to 2,442
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The number of fatalities of the coronavirus in mainland China increased to 2,442, the Chinese National Health Commission announced on Sunday. In the last 24 hours, this balance has increased by 97 people.
648 new cases of infection have been reported. Thus, the number of infected people in China increased to 76,936.
The epidemic has spread to around 30 countries around the world, including several European ones, including Germany, France, Italy, Finland, and the USA. In addition to mainland China, 20 deaths have so far been recorded - six in Iran, four in South Korea, three in Japan, two in Hong Kong and Italy, one in the Philippines, one in Taiwan and one in France.
A coronavirus from Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province in China, can cause life-threatening pneumonia.
(PAP)
