Chinese officials say the death toll from acute pneumonia has risen to 106 and the number of infections exceeds 4,000.

Health officials in Hubei province, China, said this morning that an additional 24 people were killed by pneumonia caused by the corona virus (nCoV), bringing the total number of deaths from the disease to 106. The majority of The victim was in Hubei Province, where an outbreak broke out late last month.

The number of nCoV virus infections in China also increased by 31%, from 2,887 to 4,193 cases.

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