Covid-19 has now claimed 2,004 lives in China, according to the latest Chinese data released on Wednesday.
There have been 74,185 confirmed infections recorded in mainland China and around 700 cases in other countries around the globe.
Hong Kong on Wednesday said a 70-year-old man with underlying illnesses became the territory’s second fatality while France, Japan, the Philippines and Taiwan have each had one death attributed to the virus.
China on Monday released a detailed study of more than 44,000 confirmed cases indicating that the overwhelming number of deaths occur among the sick and elderly.
Source: BBC
