Virus death toll tops 2,000 in China, Hong Kong sees 2nd fatality

The death toll in the outbreak of a new pneumonia-causing coronavirus has exceeded 2,000 in China, health authorities said Wednesday, with Hong Kong recording a second death in the territory.Besides being notified of 136 new deaths -- taking the total to 2,004 -- authorities said they received reports of 1,749 new infection cases on Tuesday, bringing the tally in mainland China to 74,185.The vast majority of new deaths and infections have been reported in Hubei, the central Chinese province at the center of the epidemic.Although the number of new infections has fallen below 2,000 for a seco…READ FULL ARTICLE