China reports 889 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on mainland on Feb 20
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21 February, 2020, 10:00 am
Last modified: 21 February, 2020, 10:03 am
A worker in protective suit serves customers at a pharmacy following an outbreak of the new coronavirus in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 1, 2020/ cns photo via Reuters
Mainland China had 889 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Thursday, the National Health Commission said on Friday, up from 394 cases a day earlier.
That brings the total accumulated number of confirmed cases in mainland China so far to 75,465.
The death toll from the outbreak in mainland China reached 2,236 as of the end of Thursday, up by 118 from the previous day.
The central province of Hubei, the epicenter of the outbreak, reported 115 new deaths, while in the provincial capital of Wuhan, 99 people died.
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