Hubei

China virus toll reaches 1,765 - government

In its daily update, the province Hubei's health commission also reported 1,933 new cases while at least 70,400 people have now been infected nationwide.

Taiwan reports first coronavirus death as China toll reaches 1,665

A taxi driver died from COVID-19 in Taiwan, officials say marking first such death on island and fifth fatality outside mainland China from an epidemic that IMF says could damage global growth.

China toll leaps past 1,600 as first death reported outside Asia

More than 68,000 people have now been infected in China from a virus that emerged in central Hubei province in December before spreading across the country and some two dozen countries.

First virus death outside Asia as China toll reaches 1,523

France reports Europe's first death from new virus –– a Chinese tourist from Hubei province –– while WHO hails Beijing's efforts for having "bought the world time."

Death toll in China epidemic surges past 1,500

The National Health Commission also reported 2,641 new cases of the COVID-19 strain, with the vast majority in hard-hit central Hubei province.

Virus death toll nears 1,400 in China, cruise ship disembarks in Cambodia

China reported 121 more deaths and 5,090 new confirmed cases. Meanwhile, a WHO official said the spike in the number of cases reported does not represent a significant change in the trajectory of the outbreak.

China virus toll surges on switch to new methodology

The death toll in China's novel coronavirus outbreak leaps by a record 254 to 1,367, and the total number of nationwide infections reach nearly 60,000 after the adoption of new methodology for diagnosis.

Phone and diaper makers fill void as demand for virus masks rises in China

Companies like iPhone maker Foxconn to car manufacturer BYD have come forward to make protective gear as Xhina grapples with a shortage of medical equipment to prevent the novel coronavirus from spreading.

China says it's facing 'war' against virus as death toll tops 1,100

President Xi Jinping touts "positive results" from efforts to contain coronavirus epidemic but warns country "must not relax" its efforts as death toll climbs to 1,113.

Top Hubei health bosses fired as China virus toll passes 1,000

The Chinese president donned a face mask and had his temperature checked while visiting medical workers and patients affected by the deadly coronavirus that has killed at least 1,011 people.

WHO warns overseas virus spread may be 'tip of the iceberg'

While the spread of the novel coronavirus outside China appears to be slow, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns it could accelerate.

China virus death toll rises to 722

Another 86 people died from the virus, according to the national health commission, with all but five in hard-hit Hubei province, where the disease emerged in December.