It still accounts for halfCoronavirus cases and deaths are now higher outside of China than inside, figures show, as the global death toll soars past 6,600 today. More cases of the coronavirus have now been diagnosed outside of China than insideItaly has rapidly become the worst affected country outside China, with more than 24,700 cases. The nation makes up 47 per cent of the total cases, while Europe accounts for a third of cases, with more than 58,000. Coronavirus cases peaked in China in mid-February, when the country was recording around 3,500 new cases a day. The coronavirus pandemic, labelled as such by the World Health Organisation, means the new disease is spreading around the world beyond expectations.

Source: Daily Mail March 16, 2020 10:49 UTC