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China total coronavirus cases to 40,171. Death toll 908.

  
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China’s National Health Commission updates the totals as of end February 9.

  • figures are for mainland China
Progression across China:
  • Jan 17: 41
  • Jan 19: 62
  • Jan 20: 201
  • Jan 21: 291
  • Jan 22: 440
  • Jan 24: 830
  • Jan 25: 1,287
  • Jan 26: 1,975
  • Jan 27: 2,744
  • Jan 28: 5,974
  • Jan 29: 7,711
  • Jan 30: 9,692
  • Jan 31: 11,791
  • Feb 1: 14,380 (number of dead across the country 304)
  • Feb 2: 17,205 (number of deaths 361)
  • Feb 3: 20,438 (death toll 425)
  • Feb 4: 24,324 total cases, 490 deaths
  • Feb 5: 28,018 (death toll up by 73, now 563)
  • Feb 6: 31,161 (up 3,143), death toll is 636 (up 73)
  • Feb 7: 34,564. Deaths now at 722
  • Feb 8: 37,198, Death toll 811.
  • Feb 9: 40,171. Death toll 908.

China’s Global Times says Wuhan coronavirus infections could be much higher

  
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A bleak piece from China’s Global Times

  • inflection point of the outbreak has not emerged yet
  • the number of new infection cases nationwide has been dropping for the third consecutive day on Sunday
  • However, the accumulated number of cases in Hubei and Wuhan has continued climbing since the city lockdown
  • The capital city of the province reported 14,982 cases as of Sunday, with the death rate hitting 4.06 percent. 
  • There are in total 23,638 suspected cases within which 12,918 in collective quarantine.
  • Some 123,827 people who had close contact with infected patients are under close watch in Hubei. However, the number of suspected cases and close contacts under observation in Wuhan are still unknown.
Jiang Chaoliang, secretary of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the CPC, urged on Saturday to implement “wartime shift measures” of 24 hours a day to coordinate epidemic control work to deal with issues such as medical treatment, transport, and security and material supplies.
A bleak piece from China's Global Times 

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un cancelled a big parade on the weekend

  
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This was an important event, to celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the country’s armed forces.

  • The parade was scheduled for Saturday in central Pyongyang.
  • Last year Kim Jong Un presided over the procession.
News on how the coronavirus has spread, and what impact it has head, in NK is, of course, sparse. Media in the South report there have been 5 fatalities, but how accurate that is, who knows?
North Koreas has closed its border with China – all 880 miles of it -and its border with Russia .
This was an important event, to celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the country's armed forces. 

Updated coronavirus figures from Hubei province in China: 2618 new cases, 91 new deaths

  
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Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province in China and is the epicentre of the outbreak

Updated figures for the province as of the end of February 9. Very ugly numbers indeed.
  • 2618 new cases on the day
  • 91 deaths added to the toll
This takes the total number of deaths across China now above 900. National figures will be officially updated (as of end February 9) in a couple of hours time. Many people doubt the veracity of the data, saying both the number of cases and death toil is higher.
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Masks are in short supply across Asia. China, Japan, you name it.Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province in China and is the epicentre of the outbreak

China’s Global Times reports a fast-food employee infected with coronavirus triggers food safety concerns

  
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China’s Global Times media with the report on a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) fast food employee responsible for food preparation

  • confirmed to have the novel coronavirus
  • triggering food safety concerns over the spread of the virus through human hand contact
  • Local media outlet hsw.cn reported Saturday that the infected fast food employee worked on the food prep line at a KFC in Xi’an, Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province for one week beginning January 17.
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