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New virus has infected over 80,000 people globally

A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 80,000 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.
A woman wearing face mask passes by posters about precautions against new coronavirus at a bus station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. China and South Korea on Tuesday reported more cases of a new viral illness that has been concentrated in North Asia but is causing global worry as clusters grow in the Middle East and Europe. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
By Associated Press

A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 80,000 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 Tuesday in Beijing:


— Mainland China: 2,663 deaths among 77,658 cases, mostly in the central province of Hubei


— Hong Kong: 81 cases, 2 deaths


— Macao: 10 cases


— Japan: 850 cases, including 691 from a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, 4 deaths


— South Korea: 893 cases, 8 deaths


— Italy: 229 cases, 7 deaths


— Singapore: 89 cases


— Iran: 61 cases, 12 deaths


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— United States: 35 cases; separately, 1 U.S. citizen died in China


— Thailand: 35 cases


— Taiwan: 30 cases, 1 death


— Australia: 23 cases


— Malaysia: 22


— Vietnam: 16 cases


— Germany: 16


— France: 12 cases, 1 death


— United Arab Emirates: 13 cases


— United Kingdom: 13


— Canada: 11


— Philippines: 3 cases, 1 death


— Kuwait: 3 cases


— India: 3


— Russia: 2


— Spain: 2


— Israel: 2


— Oman: 2


— Bahrain: 1


— Lebanon: 1


— Belgium: 1


— Nepal: 1


— Sri Lanka: 1


— Sweden: 1


— Cambodia: 1


— Finland: 1


— Egypt: 1


— Afghanistan: 1

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