Latest on coronavirus outbreak: 2,007 deaths, over 74,000 cases confirmed in China

CGTN

SUMMARY

A pneumonia outbreak was first reported in the city of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, in December. Experts have attributed the outbreak to a novel coronavirus that has since spread across China and abroad.

Here is what we know so far:

– Confirmed cases: 74,279 in China, 905 abroad

– Deaths: 2,007 in China (including 2 in Hong Kong, 1 in Taiwan), 3 abroad

– Recovered: 14,376 on Chinese mainland

– Human-to-human transmission confirmed

– Level 1 emergency response activated in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities on the Chinese mainland

– New confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus pneumonia outside Hubei Province have been dropping for 15 consecutive days