The novel coronavirus outbreak is rapidly spreading around the world. The virus has spread to over 100 countries, with a total of more than 110,000 confirmed infection cases.
The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that, among the 110,000 cases, 93 percent of them come from four countries (China, Italy, Iran, and South Korea).
According to Worldometers’ statistics, on March 11, China had 80,778 cases, Italy had 10,149, Iran had 8,042, and South Korea had 7,755. The fifth country on the list, France, has 1,784, about 6,000 lower than South Korea, the country in the fourth position .
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1. Excerpt in Chinese:
虽然新型冠状病毒在起源地中国的传播速度正在放缓，但在世界其他地区的传播速度正在加快。病毒目前已经扩散到超过100个国家，确诊病例超过11万，韩国是中国以外感染病例最多的国家，其次是意大利和伊朗。
不过，谭德塞表示，全球近11万例病例中，有93%来自四个国家，只有少数国家“有持续社区传播的迹象”，世界领导人仍然应该积极采取措施应对。
Source: VOA, March 10, 2020
https://www.voachinese.com/a/virus-china-epidemic-global-20200309/5321622.html
2. Source: Worldometers.info, March 11, 2020
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/