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| Coronavirus live updates: China deaths rise by 98 amid Cambodia ship concerns – latest news | |
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| The WHO says it is getting a ‘clearer picture’ of the disease as the economic impact triggered by the crisis continues to deepen from California to Germany. Follow the latest news and updates here | |
| The latest figures show that more than 12,000 people have recovered from the infection out of a total of more than 73,000 who have contracted it. | |
| We have to assume that many more will recover if we factor in the latest comments by the head of the World Health Organization. | |
| Speaking in Geneva, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said data from China had helped form a “a clearer picture of the outbreak” and that it appeared that four out of five people infected would recover. It was not as deadly as Sars or Mers, he said, adding: | |
| Our health editor, Sarah Boseley, has the full story here: | |
| Those national health commission figures have been released in the last few minutes. | Those national health commission figures have been released in the last few minutes. |
| 98 new fatalities were recorded on Monday, the commission said on Tuesday morning, taking the death toll in mainland China rose to 1,868. There were 93 deaths in Hubei, 72 of them in the capital Wuhan where the outbreak started. | 98 new fatalities were recorded on Monday, the commission said on Tuesday morning, taking the death toll in mainland China rose to 1,868. There were 93 deaths in Hubei, 72 of them in the capital Wuhan where the outbreak started. |
| Across mainland China, there were 1,886 new confirmed infections on Monday, bringing the total so far to 72,436, the commission said. | Across mainland China, there were 1,886 new confirmed infections on Monday, bringing the total so far to 72,436, the commission said. |
| Welcome to our rolling coverage of the Covid-19 outbreak, which we can start by relaying the latest figures from the health commission in Hubei. | Welcome to our rolling coverage of the Covid-19 outbreak, which we can start by relaying the latest figures from the health commission in Hubei. |
| It said on Tuesday morning that 93 more deaths were recorded on Monday, taking the total in the stricken province to 1,789. Another 1,807 cases were added as well for a total in the province of 59,989. | It said on Tuesday morning that 93 more deaths were recorded on Monday, taking the total in the stricken province to 1,789. Another 1,807 cases were added as well for a total in the province of 59,989. |
| Those numbers are lower than the figures from Sunday (100 deaths and 1,933 new cases) so will give some encouragement to China’s efforts to lockdown its citizens and contain the spread. But these are, of course, only the figures from the health commission and must be treated with some caution. | Those numbers are lower than the figures from Sunday (100 deaths and 1,933 new cases) so will give some encouragement to China’s efforts to lockdown its citizens and contain the spread. But these are, of course, only the figures from the health commission and must be treated with some caution. |
| We haven’t got the national figures from China yet but we expect them to be out soon. | We haven’t got the national figures from China yet but we expect them to be out soon. |
| The other key developements are | The other key developements are |
| The WHO says the virus causes only mild disease in 80% of people and has a markedly greater imnpact on older people. | The WHO says the virus causes only mild disease in 80% of people and has a markedly greater imnpact on older people. |
| WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said data from China had helped form a “a clearer picture of the outbreak”. | WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said data from China had helped form a “a clearer picture of the outbreak”. |
| UK officials are trying to track Britons who left the MV Westerdam cruise ship in Cambodia amid fears the virus could have spread more widely than thought. | UK officials are trying to track Britons who left the MV Westerdam cruise ship in Cambodia amid fears the virus could have spread more widely than thought. |
| Another 99 people have tested positive on board the cruise ship Diamond Princess | Another 99 people have tested positive on board the cruise ship Diamond Princess |
| Apple has warned of a shortage of iPhones due to factory closures in China. | Apple has warned of a shortage of iPhones due to factory closures in China. |
| Germany’s central bank has warned about the risk to the country’s economy amid already slowing orders from China. | Germany’s central bank has warned about the risk to the country’s economy amid already slowing orders from China. |
| China is considering delaying its annual people’s congress, set for 5 March in Beijing. | China is considering delaying its annual people’s congress, set for 5 March in Beijing. |
| The Tokyo Marathon has been scaled down to just elite runners. | The Tokyo Marathon has been scaled down to just elite runners. |