SITUATION IN NUMBERS total and new cases in last 24 hours up to 1 February 2020
Globally : 11953 confirmed (2128 new)
China :
11821 confirmed (2102 new)
1795 severe (268 new)
259 deaths (46 new)
Outside of China :
132 confirmed (26 new)
23 countries (4 new)
How the virus spreads, what is known as at 1 February 2020
The main driver of transmission, based on currently available data, is symptomatic cases. WHO is aware of possible transmission of 2019-nCoV from infected people before they developed symptoms.
Detailed exposure histories are being taken to better understand the pre-clinical phase of infection and how transmission may have occurred in these few instances.
Asymptomatic infection may be rare, and transmission from an asymptomatic person is very rare with other coronaviruses, as we have seen with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus. Thus, transmission from asymptomatic cases is likely not a major driver of transmission.
Persons who are symptomatic will spread the virus more readily through coughing and sneezing.
In China, 60.5% of all cases since the start of the outbreak have been reported from Hubei Province.
WHO RISK ASSESSMENT
Additional instances of human-to-human transmission outside China were reported
China
Very High
Regional Level
High
Global Level
High
