Coronavirus death toll nears 1,800 with more than 71,000 infections – including more than 454 on a cruise ship quarantined off the coast of Japan
95% of the 2,000 new cases recorded yesterday were diagnosed in Hubei
The deserted province is home to the city of Wuhan, where the outbreak began
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By STEPHEN MATTHEWS HEALTH EDITOR
DAILYMAIL.COM
17 February 2020
Nearly 1,800 people across the world have now died from the killer coronavirus that is rapidly sweeping the planet.
And more than 71,000 have caught the SARS-2 infection, including 454 on a cruise ship quarantined off the coast of Japan.
Ninety-five per cent of the 2,000 new cases recorded yesterday were diagnosed in Hubei, the deserted Chinese province at the centre of the crisis.
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