China reports 125 new virus cases, lowest number in six weeks

A vendor wearing protective facemask uses her mobile phone as she waits for customers in Yueyang on March 2,2020. - AFP

BEIJING (AFP): China reported 125 new virus cases on Tuesday (March 3), marking the lowest number of new daily infections in six weeks.

There were also 31 more deaths, the National Health Commission reported -- all in Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, raising the nationwide toll to 2,943.