This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the statement of the department.
“A total of 571 cases of the disease were confirmed, of the bottom 95 people are in serious condition, 17 people have died,” the committee informed.
It is indicated that per day in 24 provinces and cities of China recorded 131 new cases of infection and eight fatal cases.
Earlier, the authorities of the Chinese city of Wuhan ordered the population to wear protective masks in public places in connection with the spread of a new type of coronavirus - 2019-nCoV.