Outside of Hubei, the Chinese province at the center of the coronavirus outbreak, the number of new cases dropped for the 15th consecutive day, according to China's National Health Commission.
Hong Kong The death toll from the novel coronavirus passed 2,000 on Wednesday, marking a grim milestone in the battle to contain the deadly outbreak, as countries across Asia registered an uptick in confirmed cases.
More than 74,000 people have now been infected by the virus in mainland China, with more than 1,000 other cases detected in 28 countries and regions. On Wednesday morning, China reported an additional 136 deaths, bringing the total number of deaths there to 2,004, and the global death toll to 2,010.There are now six deaths from Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, outside mainland China.
Wuhan hospital director dies from novel coronavirus 01:01Stringent and often draconian measures are also being ramped up in much of the country. CNN analysis found that on Chinese government orders, some 780 million people are still living under some form of restrictive movement, including all of Hubei, the northeastern province of Liaoning, and China's two most important cities, Beijing and Shanghai.
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