Coronavirus: 41 Dead, More Than 1,000 Cases in China

• 01.25.2020, 12:31
•  Asia,  World,  No-politics

AFP

More than 1,000 people have been diagnosed with the new coronavirus in China and dozens of others are dead, while the U.S. and Europe confirmed new cases as travelers return home from the outbreak’s center in Wuhan, Bloomberg reports.

China’s National Health Commission said Saturday there are 1,287 confirmed cases, including 444 new ones, and that 41 people have died because of the virus. The organization reported that there are 237 severe cases.

The dramatic rise in the death count in China signals that the virus isn’t yet under control despite aggressive steps by authorities there to limit travel for millions of people who live in the cities at the center of the outbreak.