Last updated:
February 12, 2020, 16:37
Coronavirus Cases:
45,208
Deaths:
1,118
Recovered:
4,849
Latest Updates
February 12:
1 new case in Hong Kong and 1 recovered.
3 new cases in Singapore
February 11:
39 new cases in Japan aboard the cruise ship.
2 new cases in Germany (Starnberg district west of Munich).
COVID-19 is the name officially given to the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
2 new cases in Singapore, 7 new cases in Hong Kong and 1 in Thailand.
A building’s piping system is being investigated as a potential cause of airborne transmission via feces in Hong Kong after the 42nd case, who lives 10 stories below the 12th confirmed case, was confirmed on February 10. Some of the vents might not have been properly blocked, allowing the virus to be transported to other flats. Still unsure about the exact route of transmission (“it could be the usual droplet transmission but there is the environmental factor”), authorities have evacuated the building.
2 new cases in Japan: two men who had returned from Wuhan at the end of January.
1 new case in the United States (San Diego, California).
1 new case in South Korea
February 10:
UK risks a ‘major’ coronavirus outbreak, warns world expert who co-discovered Ebola. Compared to Ebola, coronavirus is a “greater threat because of the mode of transmission. The potential for spread is much, much higher.” (The Times)
3 new cases in Hong Kong.
2 new cases in Singapore, including a two year-old Singapore citizen who was evacuated from Wuhan. Update on 45 patients: 7 discharged, 7 in critical condition in ICU.
4 new cases in the UK
65 new cases in Japan on the “Diamond Princess” cruise ship. Total on ship quarantined in Japanese waters: 135 cases. Rest of Japan: 26 cases.
1 new case in Malaysia.
