New Virus: More Than 89,000 Infected, Over 3,000 Dead

A worker wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the new coronavirus at a department store in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 2, 2020. South Korea has the world's second-highest cases. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A new virus first detected in China has infected more than 89,000 people globally and caused over 3,000 deaths. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.

The latest figures reported by each government�s health authority:

� Mainland China: 2,912 deaths among 80,026 cases, mostly in the central province of Hubei

� Hong Kong: 98 cases, 2 deaths

� Macao: 10 cases

� South Korea: 4,335 cases, 26 deaths

� Italy: 1,694 cases, 34 deaths

� Iran: 1,501 cases, 66 deaths

� Japan: 961 cases, including 705 from the Diamond Princess cruise ship, 12 deaths

� France: 130 cases, including one on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, 2 deaths

� Germany: 130 cases

� Singapore: 106

� United States: 80 cases, 2 deaths

� Spain: 71

� Kuwait: 56

� Bahrain: 47

� Thailand: 43 cases, 1 death

� Taiwan: 41 cases, 1 death

� United Kingdom: 35 cases, 1 death

� Malaysia: 29

� Australia: 24 cases, 1 death

� Canada: 24

� Switzerland: 24

� Iraq: 21

� United Arab Emirates: 21

� Norway: 19

� Vietnam: 16

� Sweden: 14

� Austria: 14

� Israel: 10

� Lebanon: 10

� Netherlands: 10

� Belgium: 8

� Croatia: 8

� Greece: 7

� Finland: 6

� Oman: 6

� India: 5

� Russia: 5

� Denmark: 4

� Mexico: 4

� Pakistan: 4

� Algeria: 3

� Czech Republic 3

� Philippines: 3 cases, 1 death

� Qatar: 3

� Romania: 3

� Belarus: 2

� Brazil: 2

� Egypt: 2

� Georgia: 2

� Indonesia: 2

� Afghanistan: 1

� Andorra: 1

� Armenia 1

� Azerbaijan: 1

� Cambodia: 1

� Dominican Republic 1

� Ecuador: 1

� Estonia: 1

� Iceland: 1

� Ireland: 1

� Lithuania: 1

� Monaco: 1

� Nepal: 1

� New Zealand: 1

� Nigeria: 1

� North Macedonia: 1

� Portugal: 1

� San Marino: 1

� Sri Lanka: 1

(AP)

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