A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 79,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.

The latest figures reported by each government's health authority as of Monday in Beijing:

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[naviga:li]Mainland China: 2,592 deaths among 77,150 cases, mostly in the central province of Hubei[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Hong Kong: 79 cases, 2 deaths[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Macao: 10 cases[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Japan: 838 cases, including 691 from a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, 4 deaths[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]South Korea: 833 cases, 7 deaths[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Italy: 219 cases, 5 deaths[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Singapore: 89 cases[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Iran: 61 cases, 12 deaths[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]United States: 35 cases; separately, 1 U.S. citizen died in China[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Thailand: 35 cases[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Taiwan: 28 cases, 1 death[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Australia: 23 cases[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Malaysia: 22[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Vietnam: 16 cases[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Germany: 16[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]France: 12 cases, 1 death[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]United Arab Emirates: 13 cases[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]United Kingdom: 13[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Canada: 10[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Philippines: 3 cases, 1 death[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Kuwait: 3 cases[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]India: 3[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Russia: 2[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Spain: 2[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Israel: 2[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Bahrain: 1[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Lebanon: 1[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Belgium: 1[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Nepal: 1[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Sri Lanka: 1[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Sweden: 1[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Cambodia: 1[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Finland: 1[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Egypt: 1[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Afghanistan: 1[/naviga:li]

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