Latest on the novel coronavirus outbreak

The novel coronavirus has spread across China and beyond. 

March 22

Outside China

- Global death toll from COVID-19 top 10,000: WHO (Read more)

- Italy further tightens lockdown rules, closing all non-essential businesses (Read more)

- New York state becomes COVID-19 epicenter in US with over 10,000 cases (Read more)

- 40 African countries confirm 1,114 COVID-19 cases as death toll rises to 28: Africa CDC

- Iran's health ministry said on Sunday that at least 1,685 people have died of COVID-19 in the country (Read more)

China

- 46 new infections are reported in Chinese mainland, with 45 being imported cases; zero new cases in Hubei (Read more)

- Guangdong reports first indigenous COVID-19 case infected by imported patient (Read more)

- A total of 314 imported COVID-19 cases have been reported in 19 provincial-level regions across China as of Saturday