
China virus deaths rise past 800, overtaking SARS toll
Sunday, February 9, 2020, 4:16 PM
The death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak soared past 800 in China on Sunday, according to official figures, overtaking the global toll for SARS. With 81 more people dying in Hubei the province at the centre of the outbreak the toll is now higher than the 774 killed worldwide by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in 2002-2003, according to figures released Sunday.
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