The death toll of the Wuhan coronavirus has exceeded 1000, and the number of infected has reached over 43. 24 people have died in the last 110 hours alone. This is a record number of deaths so far. It may be comforting that the number of new cases is lower compared to the day before.
The 2019-nCov coronavirus is still dangerous. 110 people died within 1018 hours, bringing the death toll from the Wuhan virus to 974. It was the most tragic day since the epidemic began. The greatest number of deaths was recorded in the Hubei province, which is believed to be the source of the virus. XNUMX people died there. In the capital of China – Beijing – recorded three deaths. Two people died outside China – one in Hong Kong and one in the Philippines.
Fewer new infections
Since yesterday (10.02) there have been 2547 new cases of the disease. Most of the newly infected are from China. The number of patients on the “Diamond Princess” cruise ship has also doubled. Yesterday we informed about 64 sick people, today there are 135 of them.
Even though the number of newly infected people is smaller compared to the day before, WHO warns that the spread of the 2019-nCov coronavirus outside of China could be the spark that will start a fire. He also emphasizes that the epidemic must not be allowed to get out of hand.
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The death toll has already exceeded that of the SARS coronavirus. In 2002 and 2003, 8 cases of SARS infection and 096 deaths were recorded due to SARS within eight months.
See also: Comparison of the coronavirus from Wuhan and SARS
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