185 185 coronavirus infections outside mainland China Outside mainland China, 185 infections of the new coronavirus have been confirmed in 26 countries and territories. There are 20 confirmed cases in Japan, 19 in Thailand, 18 in Singapore, 15 each in South Korea and Hong Kong, 12 in Australia and 11 in the United States. Taiwan and Germany have 10 each, Macao has nine, Malaysia and Vietnam have eight each, France has six, the United Arab Emirates has five and India has three. Canada, Italy, Britain, Russia and the Philippines each have two cases and Nepal, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Finland, Sweden and Spain have one case each.

492-24324 Coronavirus death toll soars to 492 worldwide as China expands quarantine zones As Beijing steps up measures to contain a lethal coronavirus outbreak sweeping Asia and beyond, the contagion has claimed 65 more lives in China’s Hubei province – the viral epicenter – bringing the total death toll to 492. With an extensive containment zone expanded to four more Chinese cities on Tuesday – encompassing an additional 21 million people – the disease toll continues to climb, seeing over 3,100 more cases confirmed. The novel coronavirus has infected just shy of 24,000 people globally since the outbreak took hold in December in the Chinese city of Wuhan.