BEIJING: The National Health Commission of China said on Saturday that the number of people who have been infected with a new coronavirus across China has reached 76,288, with 2,345 patients having died of the disease.
The National Health Commission issued a statement stated that health officials received 76,288 confirmed cases of coronavirus from 31 provinces in China, including 53,284 presently ill people. 11,477 people are in grave condition, 2,345 have died while 20,659 patients have been discharged from hospitals.
The novel coronavirus was first reported in the Hubei province of China in late December and has since spread to over 26 other countries across the globe.
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Earlier, Chinese health authorities had last week stated that patients from Hubei province who had been diagnosed through clinical methods including lung imaging would be added to the count in addition to those confirmed by lab tests.
That led to a huge one-day boost in the number of confirmed cases 14,840 on 13 February. It further said this week that their severe containment efforts, including quarantining millions of people in Hubei province and restricting travels nationwide have initiated to pay off.
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