According to RIA Novosti, the total number of cases of infection with a new type of coronavirus in China reached 75,465, of which more than 18 thousand people recovered.

Earlier it became known that in the Chinese province of Hubei, where the outbreak of COVID-2019 was recorded, 2144 people died from the virus.

On February 19, RISI expert Mikhail Belyaev in an interview with FBA “Economics Today” commented on the impact of the spread of coronavirus on the Russian economy.