The death toll of a coronavirus outbreak sweeping China has hit 56, with 1,975 people infected worldwide.
The Associated Press reported the updated figures as of Saturday evening, EST.
The virus is thought to have originated at a wet market in the city of Wuhan, and has spread to at least 10 other countries: Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore, Nepal, France, Australia, Malaysia and the US.
Two US cases have been reported so far: A man in his 30s in Washington state and a woman in her 60s in Chicago. Three patients in France, announced on Friday, are the first in Europe.
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