New virus has infected more than 69,000 people globally

A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 69,000 people globally.

The World Health Organisation 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 Sunday in Beijing: Mainland China: 1,665 deaths among 68,500 cases, mostly in the central province of Hubei Hong Kong: 57 cases, 1 death

Macao: 10 cases

Japan: 412 cases, including 355 from a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, 1 death Singapore: 72 cases

Thailand: 34

South Korea: 29

Malaysia: 22

Taiwan: 18

Vietnam: 16

Germany: 16

United States: 15 cases; separately, 1 U.S.