Voters with face masks fill out their ballots in the parliamentary elections at a polling station today in Tehran, Iran. Looming over the election is the threat of the new coronavirus, which has been confirmed in five people in Iran this week, including two elderly citizens who died in the city of Qom. Concerns over the spread of the virus, which originated in central China, prompted authorities in Iran to close all schools and Shiite seminaries in Qom. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 76,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.

The latest figures reported by each government’s health authority as of today in Beijing:

• Mainland China: 2,236 deaths among 75,465 cases, mostly in the central province of Hubei

• Hong Kong: 69 cases, 2 deaths

• Macao: 10

• Japan: 727 cases, including 634 from a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, 3 deaths

• South Korea: 204, 2 deaths

• Singapore: 86

• Thailand: 35

• Taiwan: 26 cases, 1 death

• Malaysia: 22

• Iran: 18 cases, 4 deaths

• Australia: 17

• Vietnam: 16

• Germany: 16

• United States: 15 cases; separately, 1 U.S. citizen died in China

• France: 12 cases, 1 death

• United Kingdom: 9

• United Arab Emirates: 9

• Canada: 9

• Italy: 6

• Philippines: 3 cases, 1 death

• India: 3

• Russia: 2

• Spain: 2

• Belgium: 1

• Nepal: 1

• Sri Lanka: 1

• Sweden: 1

• Cambodia: 1

• Finland: 1

• Egypt: 1