China has total now 70,548 confirmed cases, and 1,770 deaths, according to its National Health Commission China’s Hubei reported 1,933 additional confirmed cases for and more than 100 deaths on February 16. The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in mainland China reached 1,770 as of the end of Sunday, up by 105 from the previous day, the country's National Health Commission said on Monday morning. There were 2,048 new confirmed infections across mainland China reported on Sunday. The total accumulated number of cases reported is 70,548, of which 10,844 people have been treated and released from the hospital.

More than 94% of the new cases on Sunday were in the central province of Hubei, where the outbreak is concentrated. While that’s slightly higher than a day earlier, it’s in line with a lower trend over the past several days. The province announced a stunning 15,000 new cases on…