China reports first death outside virus epicenter
01:46 UTC+8, 2020-01-24
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An 80-year-old man diagnosed with the new virus died on January 22 in north China's Hebei Province.
01:46 UTC+8, 2020-01-24
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Authorities in China reported on Thursday the first death outside of Hubei, the central province where a new SARS-like virus epidemic is believed to have originated.
The health commission in northern Hebei Province, which borders Beijing, said in a statement that an 80-year-old man diagnosed with the new virus died on January 22.
The death in Hebei increases the total death toll in China from the virus to 18.
Source: AFP
Editor: Shen Ke
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