Novel coronavirus has infected more than 73,000 people worldwide

In this Sunday, February 16, 2020, photo, medical workers pump oxygen for a new coronavirus patient at a hospital in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province. Chinese authorities on Monday reported a slight upturn in new virus cases and hundred more deaths for a total of thousands since the outbreak began two months ago. (Chinatopix via AP)

A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 73,000 people globally as of Tuesday. The World Health Organization 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 February 18, 2020, in Beijing were as follows:

• Mainland China: 1,868 deaths among 72,436 cases, mostly in the central province of Hubei
• Hong Kong: 58 cases, 1 death
• Macao: 10
• Japan: 519 cases, including 454 from a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, 1 death
• Singapore: 77 cases
• Thailand: 35
• South Korea: 31
• Malaysia: 22
• Taiwan: 22 cases, 1 death
• Vietnam: 16 cases
• Germany: 16
• United States: 15 cases; separately, 1 U.S. citizen died in China
• Australia: 14 cases
• France: 12 cases, 1 death
• United Kingdom: 9 cases
• United Arab Emirates: 9
• Canada: 8
• Philippines: 3 cases, 1 death
• India: 3 cases
• Italy: 3
• Russia: 2
• Spain: 2
• Belgium: 1
• Nepal: 1
• Sri Lanka: 1
• Sweden: 1
• Cambodia: 1
• Finland: 1
• Egypt: 1