Coronavirus update: COVID-19 kills 1,528, infects over 67,000 globally

Chinese authorities and other governments have reported these latest updates.

A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 67,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.

Customers wearing face masks shop inside a supermarket, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, in Beijing, China. (REUTERS)

The latest figures reported by each government’s health authority as of Saturday in Beijing:

• Mainland China: 1,523 deaths among 66,492 cases, mostly in the central province of Hubei

• Hong Kong: 56 cases, 1 death

• Macao: 10 cases

• Japan: 337 cases, including 285 from a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, 1 death

• Singapore: 72 cases

• Thailand: 34

• South Korea: 28

• Malaysia: 22

• Taiwan: 18

• Vietnam: 16

• Germany: 16

• United States: 15 cases; separately, 1 U.S. citizen died in China

• Australia: 14 cases

• France: 11 cases, 1 death

• United Kingdom: 9 cases

• United Arab Emirates: 8

• Canada: 8

• Philippines: 3 cases, 1 death

• India: 3 cases

• Russia: 2

• Spain: 2

• Belgium: 1

• Nepal: 1

• Sri Lanka: 1

• Sweden: 1

• Cambodia: 1

• Finland: 1

• Egypt: 1