New virus has infected over 80,000 people, killed 2,700

A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 80,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.

The latest figures reported by each government’s health authority as of Tuesday in Beijing:

- Mainland China: 2,663 deaths among 77,658 cases, mostly in the central province of Hubei

- Hong Kong: 81 cases, 2 deaths

- Macao: 10 cases

- South Korea: 977 cases, 11 deaths

- Japan: 860 cases, including 691 from a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, 4 deaths

- Italy: 322 cases, 11 deaths

- Iran: 95 cases, 15 deaths

- Singapore: 91 cases

- Thailand: 37 cases

- United States: 57 cases

- Taiwan: 31 cases, 1 death

- Australia: 23 cases

- Malaysia: 22

- Bahrain: 17

- Vietnam: 16 cases

- Germany: 16

- United Arab Emirates: 13 cases

- United Kingdom: 13

- France: 12 cases, 1 death

- Canada: 11

- Kuwait: 8 cases

- Iraq: 5

- Philippines: 3 cases, 1 death

- India: 3

- Spain: 3

- Russia: 2

- Israel: 2

- Oman: 2

- Austria: 2

- Lebanon: 1

- Belgium: 1

- Nepal: 1

- Sri Lanka: 1

- Sweden: 1

- Cambodia: 1

- Finland: 1

- Egypt: 1

- Afghanistan: 1

- Croatia: 1

- Switzerland: 1