Covid-19 cases are soaring, with more than 200,000 confirmed since cases emerged in Wuhan late last year. The World Health Organization said this month that Covid-19 proves deadly in 3.4 percent of confirmed cases. These include: data on confirmed cases with no contact with the market where the outbreak originated; confirmed air passenger cases; age distribution of confirmed cases and deaths; and time between onset and death. As of February 29, mainland China had 79,394 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 2,838 deaths -- meaning 3.54 percent of patients diagnosed with the disease later died. They also constructed a new hospital in the city to deal with Covid-19 case loads.

Source: Bangkok Post March 19, 2020 14:03 UTC