The outbreak is now officially worse than SARS.
China has suffered its worst day of the coronavirus outbreak, with 120 people dying in one day.
The death toll from coronavirus in China has risen to 426, which is more than the infamous Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which saw 349 deaths in mainland China and nearly 800 people globally.
One hundred and twenty new deaths from coronavirus were confirmed on today (Tuesday) — the single-biggest daily increase since the virus was detected late last year in the central city of Wuhan.
The number of people infected in China has skyrocketed to 20,438. In late January there were less than 1000 confirmed cases.
The South China Morning Post reports there were 3235 new confirmed cases in mainland China today.
The World Health Organisation has declared the crisis a global health emergency, and the first foreign death from the virus was confirmed in the Philippines on Sunday.
Authorities in provinces that are home to more than 300 million people — including Guangdong, the country’s most populous — have ordered everyone to wear masks in public in an effort to contain the virus.
