An additional 89 people died of corona virus, an increase of nearly 12.3% compared to yesterday, bringing the total number of deaths to 813, the number of cases was 37,552.

Hubei Provincial Health Commission this morning confirmed 81 more deaths locally, bringing the number of deaths from pneumonia due to new strain of corona virus (nCoV) in the province to 780. China National Health Committee ( NHC) later also reported a total of 89 new deaths across mainland China, bringing the total to 811.

Thus, the total number of deaths from nCoV globally is now 813, of which two cases have been recorded outside of mainland China: a Wuhan man in the Philippines and a 39-year-old man in Hong Kong. . This is equal to the number of deaths from the SARS pandemic of 2002-2003, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO).

The NHC also said there were 2,656 new infections, bringing the number of infected people in mainland China to 37,198 and the total number of nCoV infections globally to 37,552, including 6,196 critical cases. 2,685 people have recovered.

Hubei Province detected an additional 2,147 new cases, including 1,379 cases in Wuhan alone, where the virus was believed to have originated from a wildlife market in early December 2019.

The WHO said on Monday that the number of reported daily reported deaths and nCoV infections in China was "stable", but it is still too early to confirm whether the spread of the virus has peaked. .

Countries with nCoV pneumonia patients. Click on image to see details.