Covid-19: 83,000 globally infected, caused 2,800 deaths

Workers sewing hazardous material suits to be used in the Covid-19 outbreak fight at the Zhejiang Ugly Duck Industry garment factory in Wenzhou on Friday (Feb 28). The number of new cases of the coronavirus cases in China has declined in recent days, but infections in other countries have gathered pace. - AFP

A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 83,000 people globally. The World Health Organisation 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 Friday in Beijing: