The number of coronavirus deaths has overtaken that of the Sars epidemic in 2003.
In China’s Hubei province alone, the epicentre of the latest outbreak, the death toll now is put at 780 by regional health officials.
All but two of the overall total of 813 deaths have so far been in mainland China.
In 2003, 774 people were killed by Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome) in more than two dozen countries.
More than 34,800 people have been infected with the new coronavirus worldwide, the vast majority in China.
SOURCE: BBC