China with 47 more deaths and three more in South Korea due to coronavirus

China recorded 47 more deaths from the Covid-19 coronavirus, bringing the total to 2835 since the epidemic began, and has also identified 427 new cases. South Korea, meanwhile, announced three more deaths and 594 new cases of infection.

The National Health Commission identified the 427 new cases in mainland China (which excludes Macau and Hong Kong), which represents a value higher than that recorded the previous day and which increases the number to a total of 79,251 infected.

The vast majority of deaths occurred in Hubei province (45), another in the capital, Beijing, and one in Henan. All but four cases were identified in Hubei, including 420 in the provincial capital, Wuhan, the metropolis where the virus started.

In South Korea, on the other hand, three women died in southern Daegu, bringing the death toll to 16 in the country, South Korean health officials said in a statement.

The World Health Organization (WHO) noted that, on Tuesday, the new cases counted in China were overcome by those in other countries.

Beijing maintains extremely strict measures against the epidemic, with 56 million people confined to Hubei, and restrictions to prevent crowds across the country, including closing schools. Companies began to reopen provisionally after weeks of slowing economic activity.

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