QUARANTINE. This photo taken on February 3, 2020 shows medical staff members on their rounds at a quarantine zone in Wuhan, the epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak, in China's central Hubei province. Photo by AFP
BEIJING, China – China on Sunday, March 1, reported 35 more deaths from the new coronavirus, taking the toll in the country to 2,870.The National Health Commission also reported 573 new infections, bringing the total number of cases in mainland China to 79,824.in January and February. All but one of the 35 deaths were in Hubei province, whose capital Wuhan is the epicentre of the outbreak.
The new coronavirus, which has killed nearly 3,000 people and infected more than 86,000 in dozens of countries, is believed to have first emerged late last year in a Wuhan market that sold wild animals.