New virus has infected over 79,000 people globally
A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 79,000 people globally.
The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.
The latest figures reported by each government's health authority as of Monday in Beijing:
Mainland China: 2,592 deaths among 77,150 cases, mostly in the central province of Hubei
Hong Kong: 74 cases, 2 deaths
Macao: 10 cases
Japan: 838 cases, including 691 from a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, 4 deaths South Korea: 763 cases, 7 deaths
Italy: 152 cases, 3 deaths
Singapore: 89 cases
Iran: 43 cases, 8 deaths
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