WUHAN, 29 January 2020, TON: There are 5,992 confirmed cases of a deadly new virus in People’s Rebublic of China from which 142 people have died as of January 29.

Chinese National Health Commission in a statement had confirmed 132 cases on 28 January and claimed that another 9,239 suspected cases of the respiratory illness are being monitored. 
Dozens of cases have been confirmed outside mainland China as well, including in Europe, Africa, North America, and Asia.

Symptoms of the new kind of “Corona-virus” include fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Health authorities have sealed off access to 17 cities in China's Hubei Province including Wuhan, where the pathogen is believed to have originated and was first reported in December last year.

Foreigners have begun to leave the virus-stricken province where thousands of people have are trapped. The World Health Organization has recognized the outbreak as a national emergency but stopped short of declaring it an international one. However, TON could not verify if actually so many deaths are taking place.