A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 28,200 people globally.
On Thursday morning, Chinese health officials reported 563 deaths and 28,018 confirmed cases on the mainland.
In addition, Hong Kong has had 22 cases, including one death. Macao has had 10 cases. Most of the deaths have been in central Hubei province, where illnesses from the new type of coronavirus were first detected in December.
Here are the latest numbers from other countries worldwide:
- Japan: 45
- Singapore: 28
- Thailand: 25
- South Korea: 23
- Australia: 14
- Germany: 13
- United States: 12
- Taiwan: 13
- Malaysia: 14
- Vietnam: 10
- France: 6
- United Arab Emirates: 5
- Canada: 4
- India: 3
- Philippines: 3 cases, including 1 death
- Russia: 2
- Italy: 2
- Britain: 3
- Belgium: 1
- Nepal: 1
- Sri Lanka: 1
- Sweden: 1
- Spain: 1
- Cambodia: 1
- Finland: 1
The federal government has issued an emergency order allowing its coronavirus test to be used by state health labs nationwide, speeding up efforts to detect and contain new cases of the mysterious new illness.
Since the first cases of the pneumonialike virus were confirmed in the U.S. last month, the test could only be done at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s own labs.
But the rapidly growing outbreak, which is concentrated in China, has since been declared a public health emergency in the U.S. as officials race to keep the number of cases in this country as low as possible.
The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak a global public health emergency.
Last week, President Donald Trump also declared a public health emergency.
In his State of the Union address Tuesday, Trump said the United States was coordinating with China on the response to the outbreak.
Nearly 40 airlines worldwide have cut about 25,000 flights to, from or within China compared with two weeks ago.
More than 500 flights a month between the U.S. and China have been temporarily suspended despite urging by the World Health Organization against travel and trade restrictions because of the virus outbreak that started in China, infecting at least 20,000 people and killing more than 400 people.
Airlines that range from the world’s largest, American Airlines, to small carriers like Turkmenistan Airlines are eliminating some or all service to mainland China, representing one of the biggest blows to international travel in many years.
About 3,700 people aboard a Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan are being held under a protective quarantine for 10 to 14 days after 10 people tested positive for the virus, officials said.
Multiple reports said passengers were not being allowed to leave their cabins.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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