Hubei Provincial Health Committee today announced the number of nCoV infections in the province today is 62,442, an increase of 411 cases compared to yesterday. The province also recorded 115 additional deaths, an increase of 5.6% from a day earlier, bringing the number of deaths from COV in the province to 2,144.
This ended three days with a sharp drop in new infections and deaths in Hubei province, but still significantly lower than in the previous period. Wuhan City, the epidemic of corona pneumonia (Covid-19), recorded 319 new infections - the lowest increase since January 28 and 99 more deaths
A physician working at the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital on February 16. Photo: AFP.
China National Health Commission (NHC) has not released new data, statistics are usually released a few hours after Hubei province. The agency yesterday tightened its criteria for identifying patients, which only recognize cases of nCoV if a nucleic acid test is positive.
Epidemic corona pneumonia (Covid-19) appeared in 28 countries and territories around the world, causing 76,202 infections to be infected and 2,247 deaths. 18,221 people recovered and 12,064 people were in critical condition. South Korea yesterday recorded its first nCoV-related death.
A total of 11 deaths from nCoV were recorded outside mainland China, including Japan, Korea, France, the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Iran.
source: vnexpress.net
