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- The toll of the viral pneumonia epidemic increased to 170 dead Thursday in China after an unprecedented jump in the daily number of deaths.
- After the Americans and the Japanese, it's the French's turn to leave Wuhan, cut off from the world for a week.
- In France, a fifth person, affected by this coronavirus, was hospitalized.
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8:16 a.m .: 7,700 patients in mainland China, more than for the SARS epidemic
The number of infected patients has jumped to around 7,700 in mainland China (excluding Hong Kong), now greatly exceeding the number (5,327) of people infected in 2002 and 2003 by the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) epidemic. This coronavirus then killed 774 people worldwide, including 349 in mainland China.
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8:11 a.m .: 170 dead in China, with a jump in deaths in the last 24 hours
Chinese authorities on Thursday morning reported 38 deaths over the previous 24 hours, the largest daily increase since the start of the epidemic in December, bringing the death toll to 170.
08:05 A fifth case of contamination detected in France
A fifth case of contamination by the new coronavirus was detected on Wednesday in France, the daughter of a Chinese tourist who himself remains in serious condition, while a first plane was to fly in the evening to repatriate 200 French from Wuhan, the Chinese city where the epidemic spread.
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