Coronavirus killed 97 people in a single day, making record highest numbers of deaths. However number of infections are stable now.

908 people have been died due to Coronavirus utbreak upto now in China. As per official records 187,518 people are infected and getting medical treatment in different hospitals across the China.

To counter the wide spread of epidemic WHO has sent a team of scientist to investigate the causes of virus in China.

According to the chinese health officials 3281 people have been discharged from hospitals after curing the disease.

Number of coronavirus cases per day

On Monday, millions of people returned to work after the Lunar New Year break, which was extended from 31 January to curb the spread of the virus.

But precautionary measures remain in place, including the staggering of working hours, and the selective reopening of workplaces.

Over the weekend, the number of coronavirus deaths overtook that of the Sars epidemic in 2003 which also originated in China and killed 774 people worldwide.

The WHO on Saturday said the number of new cases in China was “stabilising” – but warned it was too early to say if the virus had peaked.

On Sunday evening, the organisation sent an international mission to help coordinate a response to the outbreak.

The new virus was first reported in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province. The city of 11 million has been in lockdown for weeks.

The outbreak was declared a global emergency by the WHO on 30 January.

It has spread to at least 27 other countries and territories, but so far there have only been two deaths outside of mainland China, in the Philippines and Hong Kong.

Meanwhile in Hong Kong, passengers on a quarantined cruise ship have been allowed to disembark after tests showed no infection among them or its crew.

The World Dream had been held in isolation after eight passengers from a previous cruise had caught the virus.

Another cruise ship off Japan remains in quarantine after dozens of cases were confirmed on board.

South Korea has issued a temporary ban on cruise ships entering its ports due to fears of spreading the virus.