Coronavirus today

First place in the number of infections continues to occupy Hubei province.

 

As of Tuesday morning 18 February in mainland China registered 1886 new cases on coronavirus infection Covid-19. Also, the country has recorded 98 deaths from the disease.

 

About it reports the South China Morning Post, citing representatives of health of China.

 

It is also known that for the last day in China from the coronavirus recovered 1701 patient.

 

In the world the number of patients for the coronavirus has increased to 73.4 per thousand people. Also currently registered 1873 deaths, five of which occurred outside mainland China. At the same time from the infection to have recovered more than 12.6 thousand people.

Recall, the outbreak began with a seafood market and animal in the Chinese city of Wuhan. It causes symptoms similar to the common cold, but quickly affects the lungs and other organs. The pathogen belongs to the large family of coronaviruses. The disease has already spread to dozens of countries. Two Ukrainians caught the virus on a cruise ship.

 

The world health organization gave the official name of the new deadly coronavirus from China - COVID-19.

 

Indicating that the coronavirus famous traveler, read here.

 

In China it previously called NCP (Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia), which means pneumonia, which is caused by a new type of coronavirus.

 

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