KATHMANDU: The death from the novel Coronavirus has reached 170, while more than 7,700 people across China are now infected with the disease, international media reports said.
China’s national health commission (NHC) said Thursday that at least 1,370 are critically ill with the infection and as many as 12,167 are suspected to have been infected with the virus.
Beijing is reported to have at least 111 confirmed cases and the number has also crossed 100 in the financial capital, Shanghai.
More than 160 deaths have been reported from the central Chinese province of Hubei and its capital, Wuhan, which is at the epicenter of the deadly and rapidly spreading outbreak.
The virus has now spread to at least 16 countries globally.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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