New Coronavirus Number of people infected outside China surpasses China WHO March 17 2:12

WHO Secretary General of the World Health Organization, Tedross, said on Tuesday that the number of people infected with the new coronavirus that had been identified in countries other than China had surpassed China.

According to the WHO announcement, there were 168,019 new coronavirus infections reported worldwide by the 16th.

Among them, the total number of infected people in countries and regions other than China was 86,942, surpassing China for the first time.