Coronavirus global death toll overtakes Sars epidemic

Further 81 deaths confirmed in China’s Hubei province, taking global total past 800

The number people killed by the coronavirus outbreak has overtaken the global death toll of the Sars epidemic, with at least 800 deaths now confirmed.

The daily update from Hubei province’s health commission said that a further 81 people had died since Friday. The majority of people who have been killed, 780, are from the province. It includes a doctor, Li Wenliang, who died last week and was one of the first people to raise the alarm about its severity.