BEIJING - Confirmed cases of a new pneumonia-causing coronavirus have neared 64,000 in China, with the death toll in the mainland rising to 1,380, China's health authorities said Friday.The cases included 1,716 health workers, six of whom have died as a result, they also said, raising alarm about an increase in infection cases among medical workers.The authorities said 5,090 new cases were reported as of Thursday, bringing the total in the mainland to 63,851.The death toll had reached 1,483 in an announcement earlier in the morning, but it was revised down after the authorities corrected t…READ FULL ARTICLE
