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Live: Wuhan's Leishenshan Hospital set to be put into use
Updated 18:54, 05-Feb-2020

SUMMARY

A pneumonia outbreak was first reported in the city of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province in December. Experts have attributed the outbreak to a novel coronavirus that has since spread across China and abroad.

Here is what we know so far:

– Confirmed cases: 28,060 in China, over 200 abroad

– Deaths: 564 in China, 1 abroad

– Recovered: Over 1,100

– Health experts warn of the risk of reinfection for the recovered

– Human-to-human transmission confirmed

– Level 1 emergency response activated in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities on the Chinese mainland