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New virus has infected 83,000 globally, caused 2,800 deaths

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Beijing: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 83,000 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 Friday in Beijing: Mainland China: 2,788 deaths among 78,824 cases, mostly in the central province of Hubei Hong Kong: 92 cases, 2 deaths Macao: 10 cases South Korea: 2,022 cases, 13 deaths Japan: 918 cases, including 705 from the Diamond Princess cruise ship, 8 deaths Italy: 650 cases, 15 deaths Iran: 254 cases, 26 deaths Singapore: 96 United States: 60 Kuwait: 43 Thailand: 40 Bahrain: 33 Taiwan: 32 cases, 1 death Australia: 23 Malaysia: 23 Germany: 21 France: 38 cases, 2 deaths Spain: 17 Vietnam: 16 United Kingdom: 15 United Arab Emirates: 19 Canada: 14 Iraq: 6 Russia: 5 Switzerland: 5 Oman: 6 Philippines: 3 cases, 1 death India: 3 Croatia: 3 Greece: 3 Israel: 3 Lebanon: 3 Pakistan: 2 Finland: 2 Austria: 2 Sweden: 7 Egypt: 1 Algeria: 1 Afghanistan: 1 North Macedonia: 1 Georgia: 1 Estonia: 1 Belgium: 1 Netherlands: 1 Romania: 1 Nepal: 1 Sri Lanka: 1 Cambodia: 1 Norway: 1 Denmark: 1 Brazil 1 (AP)


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