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Coronavirus death toll reaches 427, first death recorded in Hong Kong

February 4, 2020  09:56

The number of victims of the new 2019-nCoV coronavirus reached 427, with 20 629 infected, of which 2790 (14%) were in critical condition, worldometers.info reported.

According to NCBC, the first death from a coronavirus in Hong Kong was also confirmed: the deceased is a 39-year-old man.

Pneumonia caused by the 2019-nCoV coronavirus has already killed more people than SARS, an epidemic of which occurred in China in 2002-2003, BNO News portal reported referring to official sources.

And scientists from the University of Hong Kong say that as of January 25, 2020, there were approximately 75,815 people who were infected with the new coronavirus, which is ten times more than the official figures.

Cases of infection with a new coronavirus have been recorded in 27 countries around the world.

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