Coronavirus death toll reaches 1484

11:34, 14.02.2020

The number of novel coronavirus cases has risen to more than 64,000 worldwide after China reported another major increase at the epicentre of the outbreak following a change in how authorities there diagnose cases.

As of Friday morning, over 100 more people had died of the virus, officially known as Covid-19, in central China’s Hubei province — raising the global death toll to 1,484. Of those, all but three have died in mainland China.

Chinese health authorities also confirmed additional 5,090 cases across the country. That’s a major spike, but nowhere near the 14,840 new cases reported Thursday — the largest single-day rise since the epidemic began.

Besides China, the virus has spread to more than 24 countries, including the U.S., the U.K., Singapore, France, Russia, Spain and India.

Many countries have evacuated their citizens from the city of Wuhan — the epicentre of the virus — and other affected areas of China, placing them in isolated medical care.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the outbreak an international emergency.

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