139 new cases of pneumonia reported as coronavirus spreads to new cities in China
Kathmandu, January 20
Chinese authorities on Monday confirmed 139 new cases of coronavirus. The authorities also reported that the outbreak of coronavirus in China is spreading to more cities as three persons have already died due to the virus.
The Daxing health commission in the capital Beijing said it had confirmed two cases of coronavirus, while the southern Guangdong province’s health commission confirmed one case in Shenzhen, as reported by the CNBC.
At first cases of the coronavirus were reported in the central city of Wuhan. But new cases are being reported in other cities as the country gears up for the Lunar New Year holidays later this week, when hundreds of millions of Chinese travel domestically and abroad.
The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission said in a statement that 136 new cases of coronavirus had been discovered in the city on Saturday and Sunday.
As of late Sunday, 198 cases in total had been reported in Wuhan, including three deaths. Some 170 people were still being treated in the hospital, while 25 had been cured, it said. The statement gave no further details of the latest death toll, CNBC reported.
Besides China, two cases were reported in Thailand and one in Japan, all involving people from Wuhan or who recently visited the city.
