China reported a record-breaking 97 deaths on Sunday,
bringing the death toll from coronavirus to 908.
Sunday was reported to be the deadliest day ever since the
outbreak of the disease in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.
According to the BBC, a total of 40,171 people are currently
infected while 187,518 are under observation, though the number of new cases
recorded per day has stabilised.
While only two of the 908 deaths reported have been outside
mainland China, the current death toll topples the 774 deaths recorded in early
2000 during the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
Coronavirus has been confirmed in Singapore, UK, Malaysia,
Taiwan, Spain, Vietnam, Germany, UAE, France, Japan, with the World Health
Organisation declaring a global emergency.
Other countries where cases of the disease have been
reported are Thailand, Canada, Australia, Italy, Russia, Sweden, Finland,
Cambodia, and the United States.
Earlier, Li Wenliang, a Chinese ophthalmologist who raised
the alarm on the disease, was confirmed dead after contracting the virus while
treating an infected patient.
China also recorded the youngest coronavirus patient when a
30-hour-old baby tested positive just a day after its infected mother was
delivered of the child.
But Chinese data shows that about 3,281 patients have been
cured and discharged from hospital, and that millions are returning to work,
albeit on staggering schedules.
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