WHO: COVID-19 cases outside China mount to 10,566

A man wearing a face mask walks on a street amid the novel coronavirus outbreak in Tehran, Iran, March 2, 2020. /Xinhua

There have been 10,566 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 from 72 countries outside China, with 166 deaths, statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO) showed Wednesday.

As of 0900 GMT Monday,a total of 90,870 cases were reported globally, with 3,112 deceased.

In the past 24 hours, 1,792 newly confirmed cases outside China have been reported. Eight new Member States (Andorra, Jordan, Latvia, Morocco, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, and Tunisia) reported COVID-19 cases.

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