Coronavirus kills 97 in deadliest day so far

Coronavirus kills 97 in deadliest day so far

Coronavirus kills 97 in deadliest day so far

let's take you to China now where new figures show the number of people killed by the virus the coronavirus jumped by 97 on Sunday the highest number of casualties in a day it brings the total number of people affected in China by Coronavirus to more than 40,000 and 908 deaths thousands of people are under medical observation there is a much smaller number of cases in other countries around the globe 27 other countries and territories are now affected by the corona virus.

In Shanghai the commercial capital usually home to 24 million people it was supposed to be the first day back but I have to say it was a trickle the banks remain closed most of the shops remain closed there's a small number of people out there but there are clearly a lot of anxieties amongst people living in Shanghai and the numbers of those coming back is almost certainly going to be staggered as well so I mean the center of the city is service sector heavy so there has been a lot of working from home directives that have gone out from the companies both private and public on the outskirts of the city it's more production heavy in particular in the automobile industry we understand that VW and its Chinese partner they intended to get back to work today but on the whole it's been a trickle and we have also seen at the same time tougher restrictions come into place in terms of getting into compounds lanes where people live and also buildings we're seeing temperature checks they're very frequent and need to produce identification as well there are restrictions on people who don't live in places going into those places so it's a problem to have guests as well so on the whole the first day back is pretty much a trickle and clearly it's going to be staggered over a longer period of time because when it comes to these massive cities like Shanghai what the authorities are really really worried about is that return exodus of millions and millions of people after this extended Lunar New Year break and the potential that brings for more spread of the figures robbing of those who are contracting virus and also deaths 

the caveat here is that we have to take it face value these official figures from the Chinese government we don't have any others a constant anecdotal evidence emanating from Wuhan the epicentre city and the province around it people being turned away for treatment people going home whole Suede's of families being infected there are they being counted in terms of the government figures look the death toll keeps increasing and also the number of people confirmed to be infected but it would appear perhaps a glimmer of hope that the trend in terms of cases of people infected outside of who Bay in particular may well have peaked but the caveat here is that we have to take them at face value the WHI warning yesterday they still believe china is in the middle of a very intense outbreak.

* The number of people killed by the new coronavirus rose by 97 on Sunday, the highest number of casualties in a day.

* The total number of deaths in China is now 908 - but the number of newly-infected people per day has stabilised.

* Across China, 40,171 people are infected while 187,518 are under medical observation. 

* Meanwhile, 60 more people have tested positive on a cruise ship quarantined in Japan - meaning 130 out of 3,700 passengers have caught the virus.