中 "8 Additional Deaths from Wuhan Pneumonia... 25 Cases Also Reported Outside Hubei Province"

On the afternoon of the 23rd, sanitation and disinfection service workers at Incheon Airport are conducting disinfection work at Terminal 1 arrivals of Incheon International Airport in preparation for the influx of the "Wuhan (武漢) novel coronavirus pneumonia."

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Dae-yeol] The number of deaths from the novel coronavirus infection, known as 'Wuhan pneumonia,' in China has risen to 25.

The National Health Commission of China announced on the 24th (local time) that 259 new confirmed cases and 8 additional deaths were reported. As of 4 a.m. the previous day, the number of confirmed cases in China had increased to 830. Among the confirmed cases, 177 are in severe condition, and 34 have been discharged.

Of the deaths, 24 were in Hubei Province, where Wuhan City, the epicenter, is located, and for the first time outside Hubei Province, one death was reported in Hebei Province. Patients were reported for the first time in four regions including Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Gansu, and Xinjiang, bringing the total number of provinces with cases to 29 across China. Except for two regions, Tibet in the west and Qinghai Province, cases have been reported nationwide.

Outside mainland China, there are 2 patients each in the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau. Taiwan has 1 patient. Starting with the first patient in Singapore, cases have also been reported consecutively in countries outside the Chinese sphere, including South Korea, Japan, the United States, and Vietnam. Wuhan City issued a lockdown order the previous day, halting flights, trains, and public transportation within the city that connect to the outside.

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