Coronavirus death toll reaches 106

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.

CGTN / Bloomberg

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