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BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua) -- As of 10:00 AM CET Sunday (9:00 AM GMT Monday), 105,586 confirmedcases were reported globally, with 80,859 in China and 24,727 outside of China;3,100 people have died of the disease in China, while484 deaths were recorded outside of China,according to the latest data from the World Health Organization(WHO).
A man wearing mask is seen in downtown Mexico City, capital of Mexico, March 6, 2020. (Photo by Francisco Canedo/Xinhua)
MEXICO CITY -- As of Friday afternoon, 14 countries in the Americas, namely 12 in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as the United States and Canada, had reported confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, according to a press release of the Pan-America Health Organization (PAHO) -- the regional office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Brazil: 25 cases;Argentina: 12;Chile: 10;Peru: 6
CANBERRA --According to the Australian Department of Health, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 had grown to 80 as of 11 a.m. local time Monday (12:00 AM GMT Monday).
The Australian government has confirmed a coronavirus stimulus package to support businesses affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on Monday confirmed.
The "substantial" package, which could be worth up to 10 billion Australian dollars (6.4 billion U.S. dollars), is expected to be announced within a week.
File photo taken on May 6, 2011 and provided by Princess Cruises shows the Grand Princess cruise ship. (Princess Cruises/Handout via Xinhua)
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA --The Grand Princess cruise ship, with21 passengers on board tested positive for COVID-19,is expected to reach the port of Oakland, Californiaon Monday, after idling off San Francisco for days. The ship, back from Hawaii,is carrying more than 3,500 people from 54 countries.
Canada will send a chartered plane to bring home the 237 Canadians on board.
SEOUL --South Korea confirmed 248 more cases of the COVID-19 on Monday, raising the total number of infections to 7,382.One more death was reported, lifting the death toll to 51.
36more patients were discharged from quarantine after making full recovery, raising the combined number to 166.
Medical workers rest at a screening clinic in Suwon, South Korea, March 8, 2020. (NEWSIS/Handout via Xinhua)
TOKYO --Japanese local governments said Monday that the number of COVID-19 infections increased by 33 as of the latest tally to stand at a total of 480 infected people in Japan as of 10:30 a.m. local time here (1:30 AM GMT Monday).
The death toll in Japan from the virus currently stands at 14, while 311 people have been discharged from hospitals after their symptoms improved, according to the health ministry.
MANILA --Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the executive order and declared a state of public health emergency after the country's Department of Health (DOH) confirmed the local COVID-19 transmission in the country, his spokesperson said on Monday.
On Saturday, the Philippines raised the COVID-19 alert system to code red sub-level 1 after more cases were detected.
The DOH reported on Sunday four new confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 10.
A sign reading "shortage of FFP2 protective face mask, chirurgical face mask and alcohol hand sanitising gel" is seen on the front door of a pharmacy in Dieppe, northeastern France, March 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)
PARIS --France, where more than 1,000 positive cases of coronavirus have been detected, would put a temporary ban on public gatherings of more than 1,000 people to contain the outbreak, Health Minister Olivier Veran announced on Sunday.
Early Sunday, the Heath Ministry confirmed that the novel coronavirus claimed 19 fatalities, a rise of 3 in one day, while infection cases climbed to 1,126, up by 177.
LONDON --As of Sunday morning, a total of 273 people have tested positive for COIVD-19 in the UK, according to the latest figures released by the Department of Health and Social Care.
A third patient in the UK who tested positive for COIVD-19 has died, UK's health authorities confirmed Sunday evening.
A girl wearing a facial mask is seen on a bus in Rome, Italy, March 8, 2020. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)
ROME --Italy started on Sunday morning to lock down the northern Lombardy region and 14 nearby provinces.
In total, Italy reported 7,375 accumulated COVID-19 cases, including deaths and recoveries, since the epidemic first broke out on Feb. 21. 133 more people succumbed to the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 366. A total of 622 people have recovered, an increase of 33 from Saturday.
BRUSSELS --COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, continued to spread across Europe, with the cumulative confirmed cases topping 10,000 in 39 European countries.
Bulgaria: first 4 cases; Germany: 902; Spain: 589; Belgium: 200; Sweden: 203; Austria: 102; Netherlands: 77; Greece: 73; Denmark: 35; Finland: 23; Ireland: 21; Romania: 15; Poland: 11;Luxembourg: 5;Latvia: 2
JERUSALEM --Israel's Ministry of Health announced on Sunday that 14 more Israelis were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of COVID-19 patients in Israel to 39.
