Death toll from coronavirus reaches 1113

The death toll from the coronavirus reached a new high on Wednesday even as Chinese officials said the infection rate showed signs of slowing.

China reported the death toll from the outbreak of coronavirus has risen to 1,113 and that the number of cases had hit 44,653 infections, but it also reported what appeared to be a slowing number of new cases in Hubei, the centre of the outbreak.

“While contagion rates appear to be slowing, the physical measures taken to combat its spread are more stringent than Sars and may bite harder into economic activity,” Fidelity International said in a note.