FEB 29 Novel Coronavirus outside China

The latest figures reported by each government’s health authority as of Feb 29, 2020.
- The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Italy rises to 888, including 21 fatalities and 46 recoveries
- South Korea confirms 594 more cases of COVID-19, raising the total number of infections to 2,931
- The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Iran totals 388
- Among the latest confirmed cases in UK, one was infected in the country, but it is not yet clear whether the virus was contracted directly or indirectly from an individual who had recently returned from abroad
- US reports second case of unknown origin of the novel coronavirus
- Mexico, Iceland and Morocco each confirm their first cases of the novel coronavirus