In the three weeks since the World Health Organization reported the first deaths, the death toll has risen to 910 people.
In late December, Chinese health authorities reported 44 cases of a new pneumonia-causing coronavirus to the World Health Organization . It wasn't until January 20, though, that WHO reported the first three deaths, all involving people in China.
To date, there has only been one death outside of China—a person in the Philippines—but on Friday, the U.S. Embassy in Beijing confirmed a 60-year-old U.S. citizen with the virus died at Jinyintan Hospital in Wuhan. Researchers are still studying the new coronavirus, as it's the first time it's been detected in humans, but the genome sequence indicates it's similar to severe acute respiratory syndrome. The SARS outbreak began in China and between 2002 and 2003, a total of 8,098 people worldwide became ill with the virus,With at least 40,171 confirmed cases and 910 deaths, the new coronavirus, temporarily named 2019-nCoV, has surpassed SARS in cases and deaths.
"This commitment – along [with] hundreds of millions generously donated – demonstrates strong U.S. leadership in response to the outbreak. Together we can have a profound impact," Pompeo said in a tweet announcing the investment.
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