The number of people dying from the coronary pneumonia outbreak increased to 492, of which 490 were in mainland China, the number of cases increased to 23,874.

The Hubei Provincial Health Commission today confirmed another 65 new deaths, bringing the number of deaths in the acute coronary illness caused by the new strain of corona virus (nCoV) in the province to 479. Hubei also detected an additional 3,156 cases. new infections, bringing the number of infected people in the province to 16,678.

More than 2,500 patients treated in Hubei are in serious or critical condition.

The outbreak of acute pneumonia caused by nCoV in Wuhan City, capital of Hubei province, from December 2019, spread to 31 provinces in China and 25 countries and territories around the world. China has allowed the addition of an American team of experts to the World Health Organization (WHO) delegation in the country, to study and find ways to deal with nCoV.

Two deaths outside of mainland China were a Wuhan man in the Philippines and a man in Hong Kong. Many countries, including the United States, Britain, France, Australia, Japan and South Korea, have evacuated citizens from Wuhan, restricting entry with Chinese guests or people who have recently been to mainland China. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) on February 4 said there was no need to restrict travel or international trade "unnecessarily" to prevent pneumonia.