The number of deaths in China as a result of infection with the novel coronavirus has reached 80 people, almost 2, 5 thousand infected, writes the print edition South China Morning Post referring to the information of Ministry of health. before 1975 it was declared sick in China, among which 56 people died. according to the publication, 2454 cases of infection documented in mainland China, six in Hong Kong, five in Macau, 3 - in Taiwan. print edition of Global Times reports that in the district of Hubei, where started the spread of coronavirus, the disease died, 76 people, the total number of cases there rose to 1423 people. at the end of December, Chinese authorities announced the outbreak of pneumonia of unknown origin in the densely populated city of Wuhan (Hubei province). Experts have established that the causative agent was a new type of coronavirus - 2019-nCoV, which is transmitted from person to person. Among the symptoms - fever, cough, shortness of breath and fever. According to the final data, from 2019-nCoV 57 people have died, the number of cases exceeded two thousand. As reported by the authorities, the outbreak has entered in a " relatively serious and complicated stage ". The virus has spread beyond China, cases of infection were recorded in South Korea, Japan, USA, Thailand, Canada, Vietnam, Singapore, Nepal, France, Australia and Malaysia. before scientists at the National center for prevention and disease control of China found that 2019 will be similar to the nCoV coronavirus from the body of a bat, living in Zhoushan of Zhejiang province. China introduced the ban on sale and transportation of wild animals in connection with the spread of a new disease. <span style="color:darkgray