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Economic Times | 07 Feb, 2020 | 11.03AM IST
Coronavirus LIVE News: Toll rises to 636, doctor who sounded alert dies
The death of Li Wenliang, 34, comes amid toll in China crossing 600. All 645 evacuees from India test negative
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Positive cases so far
As of Friday, 31,161 people have been infected across China, the majority in and around Wuhan. Most of the 636 who have died in China were in that region, but officials have confirmed multiple deaths elsewhere, including in the capital Beijing. Here's a list of infected:
- Cruise ship, Diamond Princess: 61
- Singapore: 30
- Japan: 25
- Thailand: 25
- Hong Kong: 24, including one death
- South Korea: 24
- Taiwan: 16
- Australia: 15
- Malaysia: 14
- Vietnam: 12
- Macau: 10
- India: 3
- Philippines: 3, including one death
- Nepal: 1
- Sri Lanka: 1
- Cambodia: 1
- United States: 12
- Canada: 5
- Germany: 13
- France: 6
- Britain: 3
- Italy: 2
- Russia: 2
- Finland: 1
- Spain: 1
- Sweden: 1
- Belgium: 1
- United Arab Emirates: 5
Two Chinese nationals have been admitted to an isolation ward of Hyderabad's Gandhi hospital
In China, cities have been shut off, flights cancelled and factories closed, cutting off supply lines crucial to international businesses.
Britain, Germany and Italy have announced more cases of the new virus from China, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Europe to 31.
Japan reported 41 new cases of coronavirus on a cruise ship that's been quarantined in Yokohama harbor.
2,800 people are under observation in Kerala for the novel coronavirus infection
India has so far reported three confirmed cases of the virus from Kerala, all of them are stable.
1,38,750 passengers from 1,265 flights have been screened for the virus but no new case was detected.
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