Virus deaths in China top 360, overtake SARS mainland toll

Chinese health authorities said Monday that the death toll in the country from a new coronavirus has reached 361, topping that of the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic on the mainland, as markets reopened with a steep drop following an extended holiday amid the outbreak.China's National Health Commission said the confirmed deaths from the flu-like virus rose 57 from the previous day.The number of infections increased more than 2,800 from Sunday to some 17,200, while the number of suspected cases has exceeded 21,000, it said.Of the new deaths, 56 were in Hubei Province, whose capital Wuhan is the epic…READ FULL ARTICLE