Beijing (AFP)

Here is the list of countries and territories that have announced confirmed cases of disease due to the new coronavirus since its spread from the Chinese city of Wuhan, where it appeared in December.

Outside China, Macao and Hong Kong, around 100 cases of contamination have been confirmed.

- CHINA -

More than 7,700 people were infected in China where 170 patients died, according to the latest official report on January 30.

Almost all of the deaths occurred in the Hubei region, the cradle of contagion.

- Ten cases have been recorded in the Hong Kong Autonomous Region. Several of these people stayed in Wuhan.

- One case has been reported in Tibet.

- ASIA PACIFIC -

Australia

Eight cases. The sick, including six who arrived from Wuhan, were hospitalized in stable condition.

Cambodia

One case was that of a 60-year-old man from Wuhan, currently in stable condition.

South Korea

Two new cases reported on Thursday, now six in total, including three Chinese from Wuhan. Five of the patients came from Wuhan. One of the patients declared Thursday was infected by one of the carriers of the disease from China.

India

A first case confirmed Thursday in Kerala (south). He is a Wuhan University student who was quarantined in hospital in stable condition.

Japan

Japanese authorities reported on Thursday 14 cases, including two cases of people infected in Japan: the driver and the guide of a tourist bus from Wuhan.

Malaysia

An eighth case was confirmed on Thursday concerning a Chinese citizen. In addition to seven cases, all Chinese from Wuhan came to Malaysia to vacation.

Nepal

One case was that of a 32-year-old man arriving from Wuhan who left the hospital cured.

philippines

A first case announced Thursday. It is a 38-year-old woman who arrived on January 21 from Wuhan, was hospitalized four days later and has no more symptoms.

Singapore

Thirteen cases, all involving people recently arrived from Wuhan.

Sri Lanka

One case - a 43-year-old Chinese tourist from Hubei.

Taiwan

Eight cases including two Chinese in their seventies participating in a group trip.

Thailand

With 14 cases, it is the most affected country after China. All those affected are Chinese except a 73-year-old Thai woman who had stayed in Wuhan.

Vietnam

Three cases were announced on Thursday, all involving Vietnamese returning from Wuhan, bringing the total to five. The first two patients were two Chinese, a man from Wuhan and his son, living in Ho Chi Minh City, whom he infected.

- AMERICAS -

Canada

Two cases. They are two men who traveled to Wuhan. The authorities raised a third "suspected" case.

United States

Health authorities have announced that the husband of a woman in her sixties who contracted the virus in China has been infected by his wife. This brings the number of cases to two in Illinois, and six in total, including two in California, one in Arizona and one in Washington State. Except for the man contaminated by his wife in Illinois, they are people who recently arrived from Wuhan, all hospitalized.

- EUROPE -

Germany

Four cases, all employees of the same company in Bavaria - the automotive subcontractor Webasto -, including the first case of transmission of the virus identified in Europe. He is a 33-year-old man infected by a Chinese colleague who came from China to undergo training. The four employees are placed in solitary confinement in a Munich hospital.

Finland

A case. He is a Chinese tourist from Wuhan, placed in solitary confinement in a hospital.

France

A sixth case of infection has been detected: he is a "liberal doctor" who was infected in France by a person then returned to China, where she declared the disease. This is the "first reported case" of contamination on French soil.

Five cases were already known, including three confirmed on January 24 - the first in Europe - one in Bordeaux (southwest) and the other two in Paris. These three patients had recently traveled to China. A fourth case involved an elderly Chinese tourist, hospitalized in Paris in a serious condition and whose daughter was also infected.

- MIDDLE EAST -

United Arab Emirates

Four cases, all members of a Chinese family from Wuhan.

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