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List Of Countries Where Coronavirus Have Been Confirmed

The outbreak of coronavirus which was first noticed in Chinese City of Wuhan at the end of 2019, has now been confirmed in 75 other countries.

While Iran has recorded the highest death toll outside China, Iran rose to 66, WHO has also announced that the number of new cases outside China rose nine times higher than those inside the Asian country in the last 24 hours.

More than 3,100 people have died globally and over 90,000 have been infected since the outbreak of the deadly disease, leading to a declaration of public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO).

In mainland China, more than 80,100 cases of the virus and over 2,900 deaths have been recorded, with majority of the patients coming from Hubei province.

Here is a full list of the 75 countries where coronavirus has been confirmed in outside mainland China as at 12:00am on Tuesday March 3;

1. Afghanistan (1 case)

2. Algeria (2 cases)

3. Andorra (1 case)

4. Armenia (1 case)

5. Australia (35 cases, 1 death)

6. Austria (10 cases)

7. Bahrain (49 cases)

8. Belarus (1 case)

9. Belgium (1 case)

10. Brazil (2 cases)

11. Cambodia (1 case)

12. Canada (24 cases)

13. Croatia (6 cases)

14. Czech Republic (5 cases)

15. Denmark (3 cases)

16. Dominican Republic (1 case)

17. Ecuador (7 cases)

18. Egypt (2 cases)

19. Estonia (1 case)

20. Finland (3 cases)

21. France (130 cases, 2 deaths)

22. Georgia (1 case)

23. Germany (158 cases)

24. Gibraltar (1 case)

25. Greece (7 cases)

26. Hong Kong (100 cases, 2 deaths)

27. Iceland (3 case)

28. India (6 cases)

29. Indonesia (2 cases)

30. Iran (1,501 cases, 66 deaths)

31. Iraq (26 cases)

32. Ireland (1 case)

33. Israel (12 cases)

34. Italy (2,036 cases, 52 deaths)

35. Japan (974 cases, 12 deaths)

36. Jordan (1 case)

37. Kuwait (56 cases)

38. Latvia (1 case)

39. Lebanon (13 cases)

40. Lithuania (1 case)

41. Luxembourg (1 case)

42. Macao (10 cases)

43. Malaysia (25 cases)

44. Mexico (5 cases)

45. Monaco (1 case)

46. Nepal (1 case)

47. Netherlands (7 cases)

48. New Zealand (1 case)

49. Nigeria (1 case)

50. North Macedonia (1 case)

51. Norway (15 cases)

52. Oman (6 cases)

53. Pakistan (5 cases)

54. Philippines (3 cases, 1 death)

55. Portugal (2 cases)

56. Qatar (7 cases)

57. Romania (3 cases)

58. Russia (6 cases)

59. San Marino (1 case)

60. Saudi Arabia (1 case)

61. Senegal (1 case)

62. Singapore (108 cases)

63. South Korea (5,186 cases, 29 deaths)

64. Spain (73 cases)

65. Sri Lanka (1 case)

66. Sweden (13 cases)

67. Switzerland (18 cases)

68. Taiwan (41 cases, 1 death)

69. Thailand (42 cases, 1 death)

70. Tunisia (1 case)

71. Ukraine (1 case)

72. United Arab Emirates (21 cases)

73. United Kingdom (40 cases)

74. United States (105 cases*, 6 deaths)

75. Vietnam (16 cases)

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