PARIS: The Covid-19 coronavirus that emerged in central China at the end of last year has now killed more than 2,400 people and spread around the world.
Outside mainland China there have been 26 deaths and more than 1,500 infections reported, with cases concentrated in South Korea and the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined off Japan.
Here is a roundup of the areas where cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed:
CHINA
As of Sunday, some 77,000 people had been infected and 2,442 had died across mainland China, the majority in and around Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, where the outbreak was first reported.
Two people have died and at least 70 people have been infected in Hong Kong.
Ten infections have been counted in Macao.
ASIA
South Korea: 602 people have been infected by the virus and six people have died. The number of cases jumped sharply in recent days after an outbreak cluster in a religious sect in southern city Daegu.
Japan: more than 130 people have been infected and four have died. Three of those deaths were passengers who had been on the cruise ship Diamond Princess, quarantined off Japan, where the number of infections is now at 630.
Singapore: 89
Thailand: 35
Taiwan: 26, including one death
Malaysia: 22
Australia: 22
Vietnam: 16
Philippines: 3, including one death
India: 3
Nepal: 1
Sri Lanka: 1
Cambodia: 1
NORTH AMERICA
United States: 35
Canada: 9
EUROPE
Italy: 149 infections, three deaths. On Saturday, Italy became the first country in Europe to put some of its citizens under quarantine, with over 50,000 residents in 11 towns facing lockdown.
Germany: 16
France: 12, including one death
Britain: 13
Russia: 5
Spain: 2
Finland: 1
Sweden: 1
Belgium: 1
MIDDLE EAST
Iran: 43 infections, 8 deaths, the largest number of fatalities of any country outside China.
United Arab Emirates: 13
Israel: 2
Lebanon: 1
Egypt: 1 - AFP