BEIJING - The number of people infected with a new coronavirus spreading in China has topped 20,000, with the death toll rising to 425 in the mainland, the country's health authorities said Tuesday.Hong Kong, on the same day, reported its first death from the virus, a 39-year-old male resident who had developed pneumonia after visiting Wuhan, the central Chinese city at the center of the outbreak.Outside China, one person infected with the pneumonia-causing virus has died in the Philippines, with cases also confirmed in other parts of Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and the Middle Eas…READ FULL ARTICLE
