Virus cases in China top SARS as evacuations begin Countries have began evacuating their citizens from the Chinese city hardest-hit by a new virus that has now infected more people in China than were sickened in the country by SARSA bus carrying some Japanese evacuees from Wuhan, China, arrives at National Center for Global Health and Medicine in Tokyo, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. The first group of Japanese evacuees from the virus-hit Chinese city returned to Haneda international airport on Wednesday. The first group of Japanese evacuees from the virus-hit Chinese city returned to Haneda international airport on Wednesday. The number of confirmed cases jumped to 5,974, surpassing the 5,327 in mainland China during the SARS outbreak in 2002-2003. The number of cases in China rose 1,459 from the previous day, a smaller increase than the 1,771 new cases reported Tuesday.

Source: ABC News January 29, 2020 00:41 UTC