In this Wednesday photo, medial workers wearing protective gears move a patient suspected of contracting the new coronavirus from an ambulance to the Kyungpook National University Hospital in Daegu, South Korea. The mayor of the South Korean city of Daegu urged its 2.5 million people today to refrain from going outside as cases of a new virus spike. (Kim Jong-un/Yonhap via AP)

A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 75,000 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: 2,118 deaths among 74,576 cases, mostly in the central province of Hubei

• Hong Kong: 65 cases, 2 deaths

• Macao: 10

• Japan: 702 cases, including 621 from a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, 3 deaths

• Singapore: 84

• South Korea: 51, 1 death

• Thailand: 35

• Taiwan: 24 cases, 1 death

• Malaysia: 22

• Vietnam: 16

• Germany: 16

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

• Australia: 14

• France: 12 cases, 1 death

• United Kingdom: 9

• United Arab Emirates: 9

• Canada: 8

• Iran: 5 cases, 2 deaths

• Philippines: 3 cases, 1 death

• India: 3

• Italy: 3

• Russia: 2

• Spain: 2

• Belgium: 1

• Nepal: 1

• Sri Lanka: 1

• Sweden: 1

• Cambodia: 1

• Finland: 1

• Egypt: 1