China reports another sharp rise in coronavirus infections with 5,090 new cases; death toll approaching 1,400
China on Friday reported another sharp rise in the number of people infected with coronavirus as the death toll neared 1,400.
China on Friday reported another sharp rise in the number of people infected with coronavirus as the death toll neared 1,400.
The National Health Commission said 121 more people had died and there were 5,090 new confirmed cases. The illness, officially known as COVID-19, has killed nearly 1,400 people worldwide and sickened more than 64,000 others. The vast majority of the cases are in mainland China, where the virus first began in the Hubei province. (There are now 63,851 confirmed cases in mainland China, of which 1,380 have died.)
The number of reported cases has been rising more quickly after Hubei, the hardest-hit province, changed its method of counting them Thursday. There have been 15 confirmed cases of the novel virus in the U.S., the most recent of which was reported in Texas on Thursday. Click here for more.
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