world in China it's nearing the 10,000 mark with a death toll exceeding 200 Kim

Morgan brings us the updates China's national health Commission announced

that as a Friday the total number of deaths caused by the virus had reached

at least 213 and that more than 9700 people have been tested positive for it

it was an increase from the previous day of at least 43 deaths and nearly 2,000

new infections the most of either figure yet recorded in a single day cases have

been reported in all parts of China but Hebei province the epicenter of the

outbreak had by far the highest number of deaths as a Friday at 204 outside of

China more than 130 confirmed cases of the corona virus have been reported in

more than 20 countries and territories but no deaths have been reported so far

nearby Hong Kong has confirmed 10 cases so far with all the patients reported to

have spent time in Wuhan Hong Kong temporarily closed some of its borders

with China and stopped issuing travel permits to mainland tourists Macau has

also confirmed at least seven cases leading to an entry ban on non-residents

who've been to Hebei in the past two weeks Japan saw an additional three

confirmed cases on Thursday raising the total figure to 14 and making it along

with Thailand the country with a second highest number of infections Prime

Minister Shinzo Abe announced that foreign visitors confirmed to be

infected will be barred from entry to its territory the United States

meanwhile confirmed on Thursday local time its first incident of

human-to-human transmission bringing the total number of infected to six that

patient is the husband of an infected woman who had traveled to China France

which was the first country in Europe to confirm an infection also reported its

sixth case on Thursday the UK saw its first report of confirmed patients on

Friday two people have tested positive for the corona virus the two are said to

be members of the same family and a receiving special government medical

care meanwhile China's foreign ministry announced plans to send charter planes

to bring back who Bay residents staying overseas many of whom find themselves

stranded the ministry explained that the move is

aimed at easing difficulties for them reports show that some 100,000 Chinese

nationals from Wuhan headed overseas in the past month in Mugen Arirang news