Deaths in China from the virus have risen above 2,000 after a 40% spike in fatalities in Hubei province – but new cases in the province are down. Follow all the latest news here
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Reuters has the latest health commission numbers. It says 2,004 people have died from the virus in mainland China, making a total around the world of 2,009 by my reckoning.
Confirmed cases on the mainland are 74,185. When you add Taiwan (22) and Hong Kong (62) that’s a total of 74,279.
Chinese media are reporting that the total deaths from the virus are now more than 2,000. I’m hoping to get the official confirmation of national health commission figures shortly but Tencent reports 2,003 deaths in mainland China with one in Hong Kong. There have been four more deaths around the world.
The Johns Hopkins University tracker puts the total deaths, including those around the world, at 2,007, so there’s a discrepancy of one between the two figures. Total cases in mainland China stands at 74,139, according to Johns Hopkins.
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