The number of deaths from corona virus increased to 1,013
An additional 103 deaths from corona virus, an increase of 11.3% compared to yesterday, brought the total number of deaths to 1,013 and the number of infections to 42,760.

Hubei Provincial Health Commission today announced the province had 103 additional deaths from the new corona virus (nCoV) strain and 2,097 confirmed positive cases, bringing the total number of deaths in Hubei to 974 and the number of cases was 31,728. Of the new infections, about 1,552 cases were recorded in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei.

Fatalities hit a new high in Hubei, while new infections are down significantly from a day earlier. Hubei official yesterday reported 91 deaths and 2,618 new infections.

Doctors treated patients with nCoV infection at a hospital in Wuhan today 1/2. Photo: China Daily.

The number of deaths due to acute pneumonia in mainland China was 1,011, cases of 42,369 and 4,051 were cured.

Worldwide, 1,013 people died from the epidemic, of which two reported cases outside mainland China were a Wuhan man in the Philippines and a 39-year-old man in Hong Kong. 42,760 people infected, of which 6,495 were in critical condition and 4,097 were cured.

The number of deaths from COV exceeded 813 deaths from the SARS pandemic (severe acute respiratory syndrome) in 2002-2003, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Pneumonia outbreaks started in Wuhan, spread to 31 provinces and cities of China and 26 countries and territories. Chinese President Xi Jinping met yesterday with medical staff and infected patients at a hospital in Beijing. Xi called for "more drastic measures" to prevent the epidemic.

A group of WHO health experts arrived in China last night, led by Bruce Aylward, who oversaw the WHO response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa in 2014-2015. US President Donald Trump predicts the plague will disappear in April as the weather heats up.

Source: vnexpress.net