Chinese officials say the death toll from acute pneumonia has increased to 170 and the number of cases is 7,711.

The National Health Commission of China (NHC) reported an additional 38 deaths from acute pneumonia caused by a new strain of the Corona family (nCoV) and an additional 1,737 cases, as of January 29. In addition, 170 cases were cured and discharged.

Foreign governments are trying to get citizens out of the region amid soaring deaths and the World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed "deep concern" about the spread of disease from people. to people in three countries other than China.

More than 50 million people are trapped in and around Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, where the first case of nCoV was found. The blockade is aimed at preventing the epidemic from spreading to other cities in China as well as other countries.

Some experts believe that nCoV is not as dangerous as SARS, but the disease is still confusing globally because of its rapid spread and many of its attributes that are currently unclear, such as how lethal where.

In the face of the complicated pandemic of Wuhan pneumonia, China has been refurbishing the Xiaoyunshan Hospital in Beijing over the past few days. It is a hospital on the outskirts of Beijing, used for quarantine and treatment of SARS patients in 2003 and was converted into a treatment room in 2012.