“As of midnight on January 27, the State Health Committee received information from 45 provinces about 305 confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by a new type of coronavirus, of which 976 were in serious condition, 106 died, 60 people were discharged from hospitals,” leads the RIA Novosti news agency.

Earlier in the German federal state of Bavaria, the first case of infection with a new type of coronavirus was confirmed.

Academician of the RAMS Dmitry Lvov, editor-in-chief of the journal “Issues of Virology” and director of the Research Institute of Virology of the RAMS, assessed the situation with the spread of coronavirus in an interview with the FBA “Economics Today”.