Coronavirus infection rate overtakes SARS epidemic of 2003 (updated)


  • Nation
  • Friday, 31 Jan 2020

The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC/Handout via REUTERS

PETALING JAYA: The number of cases of the Wuhan coronavirus has risen to nearly 10,000, surpassing the total number of cases in the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) pandemic in 2003.

The online dashboard operated by Johns Hopkins University's Centre for Systems Science and Engineering shows a total of 9,776 cases and 213 deaths of the coronavirus 2019-nCoV as at 11am (MYT) Friday (Jan 31).

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