COVID-19: Death Toll Hits 1700 Worldwide
According to Reports, Over 1700 Peron's have lost their lifes to the virus in mainland China.
According to the latest report released Sunday by the Chinese authorities, the COVID-19 viral pneumonia caused the death of 1665 people in mainland China (except Hong Kong and Macao). Most were in Hubei Province (center), the focus of the epidemic that started in December in its capital Wuhan.
Only four deaths have been recorded elsewhere in the world: one in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory of Hong Kong and the other three respectively in Japan, the Philippines, and France.
French Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn announced on Saturday the death the day before of an 80-year-old Chinese tourist hospitalized in France since the end of January. The death is “the first outside Asia, the first in Europe,” she said.
China also reported on Sunday more than 68,000 cases of contamination on its territory, mainly in Hubei province.
In its daily report, the national health commission reported 2009 novel cases in the country – including 1843 in this province – which represents a decrease for the third consecutive day.
While Hubei has been cut off from the world for three weeks and several cities in eastern China have taken drastic containment measures, Beijing in turn on Friday tightened restrictions to stem the spread of the virus.
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