- A coronavirus outbreak that originated in Wuhan, China, has killed 41 people and infected more than 1,100.
- Cases have been reported in nine other countries. The map below shows where the virus has spread.
- The virus' further spread is likely as millions of people travel for the Chinese New Year celebrations.
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A mysterious coronavirus has killed 41 people in China — a count that has risen sharply since the first death was reported on January 11. As of Friday, there are more than 1,100 confirmed cases.
Cases have been reported in at least nine other countries, including the US.
The virus first emerged at the end of December in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, which is home to 11 million people.
This map shows where cases have been confirmed so far:
The number of infected people has risen consistently over the last several days. Here is the breakdown as of Friday:
- Hubei Province (home of Wuhan), China: 549 cases
- Guangdong province, China: 53 cases
- Zhejiang province, China: 43 cases
- Beijing, China: 36 cases
- Shanghai, China: 20 cases
- Chongqing City, China: 27 cases
- Sichuan Province, China: 25 cases
- Tianjin, China: 8 cases
- Jiangxi, China: 18 cases
- Shandong Province, China: 15 cases
- Yunnan Province, China: 2 cases
- Henan Province, China: 9 cases
- Hunan Province, China: 24 cases
- Guangxi Province, China: 23 cases
- Shanxi Province, China: 1 case
- Guizhou Province, China: 3 cases
- Fujian Province, China: 10 cases
- Hainan Province, China: 8 cases
- Hebei Province, China: 2 cases
- Xinjiang Autonomous Region: 2 cases
- Shaanxi Province: 5 cases
- Heilongjiang Province: 4 cases
- Anhui Province: 15 cases
- Ningxia Province: 2 cases
- Gansu Province: 2 cases
- Liaoning Province: 4 cases
- Jiangsu Province: 9 cases
- Jilin Province: 3 cases
- Hong Kong: 2 cases
- Thailand: 5 cases
- Taiwan: 3 cases
- Macau: 2 cases
- South Korea: 2 cases
- Japan: 2 cases
- Vietnam: 2 cases
- Singapore: 3 cases
- United States: 2 cases
- Nepal: 1 case
- France: 3 cases
The figures are being regularly updated as individual regions report separately from the National Health Commission.
Some experts believe that the number of those infected could be higher: As of Thursday, academics from Imperial College London estimated that the true number of infected people might be between 4,000 and 9,700.
Health authorities in Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, the US, the UK, and other countries are screening passengers at airports.
The virus, called 2019-nCoV, is a novel strain of coronavirus — which can infect the nose, throat, and sinuses — that had not been seen in humans before.
Fears that the virus could spread further are high, since hundreds of millions of Chinese people plan to travel for the weeks-long Chinese New Year celebration. At least 12 cities, including Wuhan, have been put on lockdown to prevent the spread of the virus. Beijing canceled its New Year celebrations on Thursday.
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