Coronavirus kills 4,500 people globally and infected over 108,000, US reports 550 cases

The novel coronavirus has killed close to 4,500 people globally and infected over 108,000. Most of northern Italy is under lockdown, affecting nearly 16 million people, amid a growing Europe-wide outbreak. Asia Insiders updates.

There are 550 cases of the novel coronavirus in the United States

According to the state and local health agencies, governments and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are 49 cases of repatriated citizens, including three from Wuhan China, 46 from the Diamond Princess cruise ship and 21 on the Grand Princess cruise ship currently docked off the coast of California.

There are 480 cases in 34 states and the District of Columbia, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases to 550, according to CNN Health’s tally of US cases that are detected and tested in the United States through public health systems.

A total of 21 people have died from the coronavirus in the US, the Asia Insiders citing a report on CNN.

Vietnam reports 9 new coronavirus cases in a day, now 30

Vietnam’s Ministry of Health just announced nine new cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday afternoon (March 08, 2020).

All nine new cases are foreigners, who were on the same flight from London to Hanoi with the 17th case, 26-year-old Nguyen Hong Nhung, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus Friday after traveling to the three European countries last month. Of the nine, seven are British, one Irish and one Mexican, aged between 58 and 74.

The patients are now in Quang Ninh province (04 cases), Lao Cai Province (02 cases) and Da Nang (02 cases). The latest confirmed coronavirus case (30th case), a 66-year-old British woman, has been quarantined in the central town of Hue since Saturday.

China reports 40 new coronavirus cases and 22 deaths

Forty new cases of coronavirus and 22 deaths were reported in mainland China on Sunday, according to China’s National Health Commission.

Since the virus was first identified in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year, the death toll across mainland China has risen to 3,119, with 3,007 deaths in Hubei, of which Wuhan is the provincial capital. The total number of confirmed cases in mainland China now stands at 80,735.

Of the 40 new cases on Sunday, 36 are in Wuhan. The other four cases outside Hubei are imported cases from people arriving from overseas. Hubei province had 21 of the 22 reported deaths on Sunday.

The NHC added that in total, 58,600 patients have now recovered and been discharged from hospitals. Hollie Silverman, Sarah Faidell and Shanshan Wang reported on CNN.