BEIJING (Xinhua): Chinese health authorities said Saturday (Feb 8) that they received reports of 3,399 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 86 deaths Friday from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. Another 4,214 new suspected cases were reported Friday, said the commission. The overall confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland had reached 34,546 by the end of Friday, the commission said, noting that a total of 722 people had died of the disease. The commission added that 6,101 patients remained in severe condition, and 27,657 people were suspected of being infected with the virus. By the end of Friday, 26 confirmed cases had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), including one death, 10 in the Macao SAR and 16 in Taiwan.

Source: The Star February 08, 2020 01:18 UTC