A Russian tourist dons both a carnival mask and a protective face mask today as he visits St. Mark's square Venice, Italy. Italy has been scrambling to check the spread of Europe's first major outbreak of the new viral disease amid rapidly rising numbers of infections and calling off the popular Venice Carnival and closing tourist attractions. (AP Photo/Renata Brito)

A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 80,000 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: 2,663 deaths among 77,658 cases, mostly in the central province of Hubei

• Hong Kong: 81 cases, 2 deaths

• Macao: 10 cases

• South Korea: 977 cases, 11 deaths

• Japan: 860 cases, including 691 from a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, 4 deaths

• Italy: 283 cases, 7 deaths

• Iran: 95 cases, 15 deaths

• Singapore: 89 cases

• Thailand: 37 cases

• United States: 35 cases; separately, 1 U.S. citizen died in China

• Taiwan: 30 cases, 1 death

• Australia: 23 cases

• Malaysia: 22

• Bahrain: 17

• Vietnam: 16 cases

• Germany: 16

• United Arab Emirates: 13 cases

• United Kingdom: 13

• France: 12 cases, 1 death

• Canada: 11

• Kuwait: 8 cases

• Iraq: 5

• Philippines: 3 cases, 1 death

• India: 3

• Spain: 3

• Russia: 2

• Israel: 2

• Oman: 2

• Lebanon: 1

• Belgium: 1

• Nepal: 1

• Sri Lanka: 1

• Sweden: 1

• Cambodia: 1

• Finland: 1

• Egypt: 1

• Afghanistan: 1

• Croatia: 1