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Coronavirus outbreak: Death toll outside China passes 1,000

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Mar 11, 2020, 07:02:59 IST

Coronavirus outbreak: Death toll outside China passes 1,000

The global death toll from the coronavirus spread breached the 4,000-mark on Tuesday and the outbreak has spread to over 100 countries with more than 110,000 cases of infection. In India, the number of confirmed virus cases rose to more than 50. However, there has been no case of death reported so far. Stay with TOI for live updates:

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Sanjeeva Kumar, Special Secretary (Health), Union Health Ministry: The total number of positive cases are now 50. Of these 34 are Indian nationals and 16 are citizens of Italy. There has been no death in the country due to Coronavirus so far.

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