As at Friday the 24th of January, a total of 1,320 confirmed cases had been reported for novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) globally. That day Chinese health authorities also confirmed at least 15 new deaths in one day, raising the death toll to 41 in Wuhan, China.
Furthermore, a total of 1,965 suspected cases have been reported from 20 Chinese provinces, regions and cities, with another 23 confirmed cases reported outside of China (9 countries in total).
How easily can this virus spread?
Experts don’t know exactly how it is passed on, or how easily transmission can happen. Many of the cases
detected initially were tied directly to a market in Wuhan. But some of the subsequent infections were clearly examples of person-to-person spread.
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