An 80-year-old man has died in hospital in France from coronavirus, the first person to die in Europe.
11.02.2020 - 13:16 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The death toll in the coronavirus outbreak has now reached 1,016 as 103 people died on Monday alone - a daily record.
The number of new infections in China, however, was down by a fifth from the day before from 3,061 to 2,478.
Globally, there have been 42,638 cases of coronavirus, mostly in China, where two senior officials in Hubei province have been sacked over their role in combating the virus.
In Hong Kong, Chief Executive Carrie Lam appealed to people to stay home as much as possible to
An 80-year-old man has died in hospital in France from coronavirus, the first person to die in Europe.
China's virus death toll rose by 89 on Sunday to 811, passing the number of fatalities in the 2002-03 SARS epidemic, but fewer new cases were reported in a possible sign its spread might be slowing as other nations stepped up efforts to block the disease.Also Sunday, South Korea reported a new case in a 73-year-old woman whose relatives visited Guangdong province in southern China.
A man has died in Hong Kong after contracting coronavirus, as the authorities in China continue to see a rise in the number of cases.
A man in the Philippines has become the first person to die outside of China from coronavirus.