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February 26, 2020 China reported 52 new coronavirus deaths, the lowest in over three weeks, bringing the death toll to 2,715. The Chinese National Health Commission reports 406 new cases of contagion. The total number of confirmed cases of infection rises to 78,064.
South Korea, 169 other infections
The number of people infected with the new coronavirus in South Korea rose to 1,146, after the local health authorities announced 169 new infections, including a US military, and an eleventh death. This is the highest level of contamination in the world outside mainland China, where the Covid-19 epidemic started in December. including a US military.
The eleventh person to succumb to the virus is a 30-year-old man from Mongolia who became the first foreigner to die in South Korea, according to a press release from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). He had been hospitalized pending a liver transplant, according to the Yonhap news agency. 90% of new cases of infection were detected in Daegu (south), the fourth largest city in the Asian country and the epicenter of the epidemic in South Korea, and in the nearby North Gyeongsang province.
Spain, a case in Madrid
A 24 year old from Madrid who had traveled to Northern Italy is positive for coronavirus, the first case in the capital and the seventh in Spain.
In the rest of the world, the first cases have been reported in four new countries: Austria, Switzerland, Croatia and Algeria.