Additional deaths bring the total death toll on mainland China to 2,912. (Stevan firman)
JAKARTA – The death toll of coronavirus in mainland China increased by 42 Sunday, according to the Chinese National Health Commission (NHC). All new deaths have occurred in China’s Hubei province.
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Additional deaths bring the total death toll on mainland China to 2,912, the NHC said.
There were 129 deaths reported outside mainland China, increasing the number of global deaths to 3,041.
The number of confirmed cases in mainland China has increased in 202. Of those cases, 193 are in Hubei province. that means there are nine new cases reported throughout mainland China outside Hubei, according to the NHC.
Other deaths worldwide include:
54 deaths in Iran
34 deaths in Italy
20 deaths in South Korea
12 deaths in Japan
2 deaths each in Hong Kong and France
1 death each reported in the Philippines, Taiwan, Australia, Thailand and the United States
The total number of confirmed cases in mainland China is now 80,026, bringing the global total to 88,443. As many as 44,462 patients in China have recovered and were discharged from the hospital, NHC said.
Indonesia confirmed its first two Covid-19 cases, Reuters reported, after weeks of speculation that diseases such as pneumonia had penetrated into the world’s fourth most populous country. (stv)