A medical staff passed by the memorial flower place of Dr. Li Wenliang in Wuhan on February 7. Photo: AFP.
The National Health Commission of China then announced the number of new deaths across mainland China was 86, bringing the total number of deaths to 722. Officials announced 3,385 new cases, bringing the number of infected people in China. Mainland nation to 34,546. The number of new infections is 242 more than a day earlier.
Thus, worldwide, the number of people dying of nCoV is 724, including one Wuhan in the Philippines and one in Hong Kong. 34,879 infected people, of which 6,106 were in critical condition. New infections have been reported in Japan, Singapore, Korea, Malaysia, Germany, Vietnam, and the UAE. 2,083 people were cured.
The epidemic of acute nCoV pneumonia started in Wuhan city, capital of Hubei province, from December 2019, spread to 31 provinces and cities of China and 26 countries and territories. China yesterday opened an investigation into the death of Dr. Li Wenliang, one of the first to warn about the epidemic of nCoV pneumonia.
