Coronavirus: India Evacuates 112 People From China, 124 From Japan

While the virulence of the novel coronavirus continues to show a declining trend in China, the outbreak is now speading to the Middle East, Europe and other parts of the world, as Brazil confirmed its first case in Latin America. According to Aj-Jazeera, at least 80,000 people have been diagnosed with the illness, code named COVID-19, globally so far.

China reported 29 new fatalities, the lowest in weeks, on Wednesday taking the death toll to 2,744 while the confirmed cases climbed to 78,497, officials said on Thursday. The country's National Health Commission (NHC) said it received reports 433 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus infection and 29 deaths on Wednesday from 31 provincial-level regions on the mainland. Among the deaths, 26 were from the epicentre of the virus Hubei province and its capital Wuhan and one each from Beijing, Heilongjiang and Henan, it said.

South Korea has reported 334 new coronavirus cases, taking its total to 1,595, still the largest in the world outside China, where the disease first emerged. 12 people have died in the country so far.

Iranian authorities had announced domestic travel restrictions for people with confirmed or suspected cases of the novel coronavirus. According to official figures, the virus has since killed 19 people in Iran and another 140 people have been infected.

Coronavirus outbreak continued to spread through Europe with the number of people infected with coronavirus in Italy has risen to 400, while the death toll remains at 12 people. Norway detected its first case while new cases were reported in France and Germany.

Meanwhile, Brazil's government confirmed Latin America's first confirmed case of the coronavirus. Pakistan has also confirmed two cases of COVID-19 in the country.

(With Agency Inputs)