26JAN
WHO Situation update:
• On 26 January 2020, the number of reported confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has increased by 694 cases since the last situation report published yesterday.
• A total of 2,014 confirmed 2019-nCoV cases have been reported globally;
• Of the 2,014 cases reported, 1,985 cases were reported from China, including Hong Kong SAR (5 confirmed cases), Macau SAR (2 confirmed cases) and Taipei (3 confirmed cases).
• Twenty-nine confirmed cases have been reported outside of China in ten countries (see table-1).
- Of these 29 exported cases, 26 had a travel history from Wuhan City, China.
• Among the three cases identified in countries outside of China:
- One case in Australia had direct contact with a confirmed case from Wuhan while in China;
- One case in Australia reported today; travel history is not yet known.
- One case in Viet Nam had no travel history but was in contact with a confirmed case (his
father with travel history to Wuhan), resulting from human to human transmission within
a family.
• Of the 1,975 confirmed cases (excluding Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR and Taipei), 324 cases have been reported as severely ill.
• Fifty-six deaths have been reported to date (52 deaths in Hubei province and 4 from outside
WHO’s assessment of the risk of this event has not changed since the last risk assessment conducted on 22 January: very high in China, high at the regional level and high at the global level.
Note: Error in situation reports published on 23,24 and 25 January as originally published, which incorrectly summarized the risk for global level to be moderate.
Källa:
https://www.who.int/docs/default-so...126-sitrep-6-2019--ncov.pdf?sfvrsn=beaeee0c_4