Italy has seen its biggest daily increase in coronavirus cases since the outbreak broke out in the north of the country on Feb. 21. In its daily update, Italy's civil protection agency said the number of people with the coronavirus rose by 1,247 in the last 24 hours, taking the total...

More than 42,000 cases and 1,000 deaths have been reported. The disease caused by the new coronavirus that's sickened more than 42,000 people in China now has an official name: COVID-19. It stands for the coronavirus disease that was discovered in 2019. The World Health Organization announced the name Tuesday, saying it...

Ten more people aboard the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship have tested positive for the new coronavirus, the health ministry said Thursday, following news a day earlier that 10 passengers had been infected and taken to hospitals. The latest 10 cases were out of 71 people whose test results were confirmed...

The Wuhan coronavirus has killed 492 people and infected more than 23,000. Here's everything we know about the outbreak. Last updated on: 2/5/2020 at 1:00:00 PM The death toll of a coronavirus outbreak sweeping China has reached at least 492, with more than 23,000 people infected as of Tuesday morning. A man in the...