New virus has infected over 78,000 people globally

A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 78,000 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 Sunday in Beijing: Mainland China: 2,442 deaths among 76,936 cases, mostly in the central province of Hubei Hong Kong: 69 cases, 2 deaths

Macao: 10 cases

Japan: 769 cases, including at least 634 from a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, 3 deaths South Korea: 556 cases, 5 deaths

Singapore: 89 cases

Italy: 79 cases; 2 deaths

United States: 35 cases; separately, 1 U.S.