Worldwide death toll from coronavirus passes 3,000 amid sharp rise in infections

The global coronavirus death toll passed 3,000 on Monday after dozens more people died in China and US authorities confirmed a second fatality.

The global coronavirus death toll passed 3,000 on Monday after dozens more people died in China and US authorities confirmed a second fatality.

The strain has infected more than 89,000 people and spread to more than 60 countries after first emerging in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019.

The World Health Organization has urged countries to complete their preparations to treat patients infected with the Coronavirus.

The organization has sent a message to all countries to ensure that it has sufficient stocks of breathing aids.

It pointed out that the risk of infection with the virus is higher in people over the age of sixty, and who suffer from other diseases.

Of the 45,000 people who tested positive in China as of February 24, only 2.1 percent were under 20 years of age.

The organization pointed out that the symptoms in most of those infected with the virus were mild, while about 14 percent suffered from serious complications such as pneumonia, compared to five percent who suffered from a critical health condition.

The World Health Organization stressed the importance of diagnosing the infection in its early stages, “applying infection prevention and control measures, providing care for people with mild symptoms, and providing high care for those with severe symptoms.”