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Coronavirus death toll reaches 106

cde.news desk 28 January 2020, 05:45 · 1 min read

epa08172285 Police and medical personnel take temperature tests of passengers on board an airplane at the airport in Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, China, 28 January 2020. The outbreak of coronavirus in China has so far claimed at least 100 lives and infected more than 4,500 others, according to media reports. Governments around the world are taking preventative measures to health the spread of the virus. EPA-EFE/STRINGER CHINA OUT

As of Tuesday midnight, a total of 106 people have died from the novel coronavirus.

A total of 1,291 new cases of novel coronavirus were confirmed as of midnight Tuesday in central China’s Hubei Province, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 2,714 in the area.

Twenty-four more deaths were also confirmed in the province, according to local health authorities, raising the total number of deaths in the region to 100.

Germany on Monday confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus, according to German media, making it the second European country affected by the outbreak after France.

A man from the district of Starnberg in Bavaria was infected, a spokesman for the Bavarian Ministry of Health in Munich confirmed, adding details of the case will be released later.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday the organization will firmly support China in preventing and controlling the novel coronavirus outbreak.

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