Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, reported 5,806 confirmed cases, including 204 deaths.
The
death toll in China's novel coronavirus
outbreak has climbed to 213 with the number of confirmed cases
totalling to 9,692, China's national authorities announced on Friday.
Hubei
province, the epicentre of the outbreak, reported 5,806 confirmed
cases, including 204 deaths, official media reported.
A
total of 213 people have died of the disease as of Thursday,
state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Chinese
health authorities announced that 9,692 confirmed cases of pneumonia
caused by the novel coronavirus had been reported in 31
provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction
Corps by the end of Thursday.
About
20 countries, including India, have reported confirmed cases of the
virus in travellers coming from China.
China
said it has full confidence and capability to win the fight against
the epidemic.
The
WHO has declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a global health
emergency.
The
UN health agency on Friday declared an international emergency over
the deadly novel coronavirus from China -- a rarely used designation
that could lead to improved international co-ordination in tackling
the disease.
"Our
greatest concern is the potential for the virus to spread to
countries with weaker health systems," World Health Organization
(WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said as he announced the virus
as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
Reacting
to the announcement, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua
Chunying in a press statement said, "Since the outbreak of the
novel coronavirus epidemic, the Chinese government has been taking
the most comprehensive and rigorous prevention and control measures
with a high sense of responsibility for people's health." Many
of these measures go well beyond the requirements of the
International Health Regulations, she said.
"We
have full confidence and capability to win this fight against the
epidemic," said the spokesperson.
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