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China virus death toll passes 1,800: Govt
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This photo taken on February 5, 2020 shows medical staff members and workers setting up beds as they prepare to accept patients displaying mild symptoms of novel coronavirus infection at an exhibition centre converted into a hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. - China scrambled to find bed space for thousands of newly infected patients on February 6, as the toll from a deadly new virus jumped again with more than 28,000 people known infected nationwide and 563 deaths. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT (AFP/STR)
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he death toll from China's new coronavirus epidemic jumped past 1,800 on Tuesday after 93 more people died in Hubei province, the hard-hit epicentre of the outbreak.
In its daily update, the province's health commission also reported 1,807 new cases, a smaller number of infections compared to those declared on Monday.
The new cases mean more than 72,300 people have now been affected across the country.
Most of the cases are in Hubei, where the virus first emerged in December before spiralling into a nationwide epidemic.
Tuesday's jump in the death toll was also lower than the increase reported Monday, bringing the national number of deaths to 1,863.
Outside of hardest-hit Hubei, which has been effectively locked down to try to contain the virus, the number of new cases has been slowing and China's national health authority has said this is a sign the outbreak is under control.
However, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the trend "must be interpreted very cautiously".
"Trends can change as new populations are affected. It is too early to tell if this reported decline will continue. Every scenario is still on the table," he told reporters on Monday.
