The world recorded 80,088 nCoV infections and 2,699 deaths, particularly in mainland China as 77,658 cases and 2,663 deaths.

The National Health Commission of China (NHC) today announced it recorded 71 more deaths from nCoV, the lowest figure in the past two weeks, bringing the total number of deaths in mainland China to 2,663. NHC also reported an additional 508 new cases, of which 499 cases were in the Hubei epidemic center, bringing the total number of cases in mainland China to 77,658.

Many Chinese provinces have not seen new cases in the past few days. The World Health Organization (WHO) said the epidemic in China reached its peak from January 23 to February 2 and the number of cases was decreasing.

Meanwhile, the number of nCoV infections in South Korea and Italy has increased sharply in the past 24 hours. South Korea currently records 833 cases, of which 8 have died, while Italy has 229 cases, making the two countries the second and fourth largest outbreak in the world, after mainland China and yachts. Diamond Princess.

The world currently records 80,088 infections, 2,699 deaths and 27,571 people have been cured. The United States has 53 cases of nCoV infection nationwide, but President Donald Trump asserts that the country is well controlling the disease.

The spread of the coronary pneumonia epidemic (Covid-19) did not diminish when Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait and Oman announced the first cases. In Iran, the death toll has risen to 12, the second highest worldwide, after mainland China.

However, there were concerns that the situation was worse than the official announcement when a MP in Qom City said that 50 people had died from nCoV there since February 13. The Iranian government rejected the information, pledging to make the data transparent. Officials report 64 cases of infection in Iran, meaning the death rate is very high.

The WHO yesterday said that Covid-19 was not a pandemic but could become a pandemic if countries did not cooperate to slow the spread. The sharp increase in infections in South Korea, Italy and Iran is worrying. "This is a common threat. We can only face it together and overcome it," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu.

The European Commission has spent 232 million euros (about 252 million USD) to help stop the worldwide virus spread. France, Germany and Sweden also announced contributions to this effort.

The WHO team of health experts and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control have arrived in Italy, the largest outbreak in Europe. The team will assist the Italian government in understanding the situation with a focus on restricting human-to-human transmission.

The WHO says it is concerned about the rapid increase of infections in Italy. However, the majority of current infections have only mild or no symptoms.

The Covid-19 outbreak has been reported in 35 countries and territories after the outbreak in Wuhan, China in December 2019. 36 deaths from nCoV outside mainland China were recorded in Japan, South Korea, France, the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Iran and Italy.