Coronavirus live updates: China death rate appears to slow as 39 new cases found on cruise ship – latest news
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Japan’s health ministry says that 39 more people on board the cruise ship have been confirmed as having the coronavirus. In addition, a quarantine official who was collecting forms on the ship has been infected.
Katsunobu Kato said the total of people infected on the ship was now 174. Four are in a serious condition.
Out of 53 new test results [on passengers and crew], 39 people were found positive.
At this point, we have confirmed that four people, among those who are hospitalised, are in a serious condition, either on a ventilator or in an intensive care unit.
We have to careful with the figures, but it looks like good news today with a discernible fall in the rate of deaths and the spread of the disease in China.
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