It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the State Committee on Health of the PRC.

It is clarified that more than 27.2 thousand people recovered. The total number of recorded cases of infection with a new type of coronavirus was 77,658.

Earlier, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adan Gebreyesus assessed the potential of the new coronavirus infection COVID-2019 to a pandemic.