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A pneumonia outbreak was first reported in the city of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province in December last year. Experts have attributed the outbreak to a novel coronavirus that has since spread across China and abroad.

Here is what we know so far:

– Confirmed cases: 63,932 in China, 505 abroad
     – Deaths: 1,381 in China (including one in Hong Kong), 2 abroad
     – Recovered: Over 6,723
     – Health experts warn of the risk of reinfection in recovered patients
     – Human-to-human transmission confirmed
     – Level 1 emergency response activated in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities on the Chinese mainland
     – New confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus pneumonia outside Hubei Province have been dropping for nine consecutive days․