A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 71,000 people globally. 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 as of Monday in Beijing:
— Mainland China: 1,770 deaths among 70,548 cases, mostly in the central province of Hubei
— Hong Kong: 57 cases, 1 death
— Macao: 10
— Japan: 415 cases, including 355 from a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, 1 death
— Singapore: 75 cases
— Thailand: 34
