LIVE: 1,380 dead; hunt on for 'patient zero' who spread Coronavirus

The death toll from the coronavirus epidemic continues to climb. So far, the virus outbreak has claimed 1,380 lives with 121 new fatalities reported in the worst-affected Hubei province on Thursday. New cases have pushed the number of infections in the country to over 63,000. Japan reported the highest number of 203 cases with a majority of them from a cruise ship. The US confirmed 15 cases.

On Wednesday, two Indian crew on board a cruise ship off the Japanese coast were tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Indian Embassy in Japan said as authorities confirmed that 174 people have been infected with the deadly disease. The hard-hit Hubei province for which Wuhan is the provincial capital has reported 14,840 new coronavirus cases, including 13,332 clinically diagnosed cases on Wednesday.

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The virus, now named COVID-19, has spread to over 20 countries, including India.