With more than 800 dead, the epidemic becomes more deadly than SARS

Published on : 02/09/2020 – 09:31Modified : 02/09/2020 – 10:27

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Following the announcement of new coronavirus-related deaths, 811 victims worldwide are reported. Thus, the coronavirus epidemic has become more deadly than that of SARS. 774 people died in the 2002-2003 epidemic.

After the announcement of 89 new deaths on Saturday February 8, 2020, the number of people who died from the coronavirus is 811, putting the epidemic ahead of that of SARS. In 2002-2003, 774 died due to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

It is in mainland China, and more particularly in Hubei province, that the coronavirus stretches the most. On Sunday, February 9, the number of confirmed cases in China was 37,198, or 2,600 additional cases compared to the last daily report.

332 cases in the rest of the world, 11 in France

In the rest of the world, some 332 cases have been recorded in 27 countries, including France, which has detected 11 on its territory. But so far, only two fatal cases have been reported outside of mainland China, Hong Kong and the Philippines.

However, the World Health Organization (WHO) wanted to be reassuring on Saturday 8. She believes that the stabilization of the number of contamination cases detected each day is ” good news But it was too early to conclude that the peak of contamination had been reached.

(with AFP)

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