Mainland China reports 24 new confirmed cases of coronavirus as death toll reaches 3,158
The death toll in China from the novel coronavirus outbreak has risen to 3,158, the country's National Health Commission said Wednesday. The commission said 22 people have died in the past 24 hours while 24 new cases were registered. There are currently 80,778 registered cases in China with 4,492 in serious condition while 14,607 people have been hospitalized for observation.
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- Published Date: 09:46 | 11 March 2020
- Modified Date: 09:56 | 11 March 2020
Mainland China had 24 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Tuesday, the country's National Health Commission said on Wednesday, up from 19 cases a day earlier.
That brings the total number of confirmed cases in mainland China so far to 80,778.
The death toll from the outbreak in mainland China had reached 3,158 as of the end of Tuesday, up by 22 from the previous day.
The global death toll from the new coronavirus has passed 4,000 and the outbreak has spread to over 100 countries.
The central province of Hubei, the epicentre of the outbreak, accounted for all of the new deaths, including 19 fatalities in the provincial capital of Wuhan.
China has made massive progress in its battle against the virus, prompting President Xi Jinping to visit Wuhan, the central city at the heart of the global epidemic, on Tuesday and declare that it has "basically curbed" the spread of the disease.
The number of new cases has dramatically fallen in recent weeks but Wednesday's numbers were a slight uptick from the previous day due to the increase in imported cases.
Ten of the new cases came from abroad -- most from Italy, the worst-hit country outside China.
Six of the imported cases were in Beijing, which is enforcing a 14-day quarantine for people arriving from countries deemed to be high-risk, including Italy, Iran, South Korea and Japan.
There have now been 79 cases imported from abroad.
The country, however, has made significant progress in curbing domestic infections.
New cases in Wuhan fell to a new low, with 13 infections reported on Wednesday, while only one other non-imported case was recorded elsewhere in the country.
Wuhan and its surrounding province, Hubei, have been under lockdown since late January in an unprecedented effort that has prevented 56 million people from venturing to other parts of China.
But with Hubei reporting zero cases outside Wuhan for several days in a row, the province announced Tuesday that it would allow healthy people in low-risk areas to travel within the province.