Corona virus: death toll crosses 1000, kills more than a 100 in a day

China has recorded a new morbid highest with more than a 100 people dying of the novel coronavirus on Monday and the death toll crossing the 1000-mark. The number of dead from the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) stood at 1016 on the mainland at Monday midnight while as many as 42634 remain infected, health officials said on Tuesday morning.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 319 cases in 24 countries have been reported so far.The toll continued to rise as President Xi Jinping made a rare public appearance in Beijing amid the escalating public health crisis in China. The central Chinese province of Hubei continued to be the worst-hit: It reported 2,097 new NCP cases on February 10, with 103 new deaths and 427 recovered.

Total infection number in the province increased to 31,728, with 974 dead and 2,222 recovered, officials updated on Monday. The city at the epicentre of the outbreak, Hubei province’s capital, Wuhan, has restricted the entry and exit of residents from residential buildings, health officials announced.