Death toll from China's coronavirus outbreak jumps over 1,600

The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in mainland China has reached 1,665 as of the end of Saturday, up by 142 from the previous day, the country's National Health Commission said on Sunday morning. The number of new deaths in China's central Hubei province from the coronavirus outbreak rose by 139 as of Saturday.

The death toll from China's coronavirus epidemic jumped to 1,665 on Sunday after 142 more people died, although the number of new cases dropped for a third consecutive day.

According to the national health commission, there were 2,009 new cases reported across the country -- the third day of declining cases after a spike earlier in the week due to a change in the way cases were counted.

There were 1,843 fresh cases in hard-hit Hubei province, where the outbreak first emerged in December and spiralled into a nationwide epidemic.

A total of 68,500 people have now been infected, the national health commission said, with most deaths occurring in Hubei.

The number of new cases in other parts of the country has dropped for twelve straight days.

The central province added more than 14,000 cases in a single day this week after officials there changed their criteria for counting cases to include people clinically diagnosed through lung imaging, in addition to those with a positive lab test result.

The revision added nearly 15,000 patients to Hubei's tally on Thursday, with the World Health Organization noting that cases going back weeks were retroactively counted.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the body has asked China for details on how diagnoses were being made.

France reported the first fatality from the new coronavirus outside Asia on Saturday, fuelling global concerns about the epidemic.

China's central bank said Saturday that to control the outbreak spreading, used banknotes were being disinfected and stored for up to 14 days before they are put back into circulation.

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