The death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak in China has spiked to 426.
Chinese authorities said on Tuesday, local time, that there had been 64 new fatalities reported in the hard-hit Hubei province.
On Sunday, China’s Health Commission reported that 361 people had died from the disease- surpassing the country’s 2002 to 2003 SARS outbreak death toll of 349.
Cases of the flu-like illness also increased, with 2,345 new patients across China, bringing the total to 19,550.
There has also been one death outside China, in the Philippines.
The virus, which originated in late December in the capital of the province Wuhan , has now spread to more than 20 countries, including the US, where 11 cases have been reported.
