BEIJING, Feb 21: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 76,000 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 Friday in Beijing:
— Mainland China: 2,236 deaths among 75,465 cases, mostly in the central province of Hubei
— Hong Kong: 69 cases, 2 deaths
— Macao: 10
— Japan: 727 cases, including 634 from a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, 3 deaths
— South Korea: 204, 1 death
— Singapore: 84
— Thailand: 35
New virus: Over 86,000 infected globally, over 2,900 deaths
— Taiwan: 26 cases, 1 death
— Malaysia: 22
— Australia: 17
— Vietnam: 16
— Germany: 16
— United States: 15 cases; separately, 1 U.S. citizen died in China
— France: 12 cases, 1 death
— United Kingdom: 9
— United Arab Emirates: 9
— Canada: 9
_ Iran: 18 cases, 4 deaths
— Philippines: 3 cases, 1 death
— India: 3
— Italy: 3
— Russia: 2
— Spain: 2
— Belgium: 1
— Nepal: 1
— Sri Lanka: 1
— Sweden: 1
— Cambodia: 1
— Finland: 1
— Egypt: 1
