Coronavirus Outbreak: Updated List Of Countries With Confirmed Cases

The deadly coronavirus outbreak that began in China has infected more than 9,800 people across the world as of Friday evening with 9,692 confirmed cases in mainland China. The confirmed cases of coronavirus in Hong Kong and Macao were 12 and five, respectively. So far, 213 people have lost their lives battling the deadly coronavirus infection. Most of the victims are from central Hubei province, the epicentre of the coronavorus outbreak.

In India, one person who recently returned from China has been tested positive for the coronavirus infection. The government is evacuating Indians trapped in China amid the deadlock of cities to by the country to contain the outbreak. The returnees from China will be quarantined for two weeks at a special facility in Delhi. Border-guarding force ITBP has prepared a 600-bedded facility to quarantine and provide basic medical care to those suspected to have been affected by the new coronavirus.

The facility is operational in an Indo-Tibetan Border Police camp in south-west Delhi’s Chhawla area that houses ITBP sector headquarters. A team of 25 doctors 15 from Safdarjung hospital and 10 from ITBP will be at the facility, which has about 600 beds and has been prepared in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, he said. The Army has also set up a similar facility in nearby Manesar.

Below is the full list of countries with confirmed cases of coronavirus: