New virus has infected more than 75,000 people globally

A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 75,000 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 Wednesday in Beijing: Mainland China: 2,004 deaths among 74,185 cases, mostly in the central province of Hubei Hong Kong: 63 cases, 2 deaths

Macao: 10

Japan: 702 cases, including 621 from a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, 1 death Singapore: 84

South Korea: 51

Thailand: 35

Malaysia: 22

Taiwan: 23 cases, 1 death

Vietnam: 16

Germany: 16

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