In South Korea, the number of recovered patients has overtaken those receiving treatment for the first time
From CNN’s Sophie Jeong in Seoul
As of Saturday, more than 4,800 coronavirus patients have been discharged from isolation in South Korea, according to the country’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 4,500 remain in isolation undergoing treatment.
It marked the first time the number of recovered people has exceeded the number of people being treated since January 20, when coronavirus cases were first confirmed in the country.
“There is still a long way to go, but the 50% recovery rate is a small achievement that all in our society should celebrate together,” said Yoon Tae-ho, director-general for public health policy at the Ministry of Health and
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The number of coronavirus cases in Italy has reached 86,498, according to a tally by researchers at Johns Hopkins University. That puts the European country ahead of China, where 81,946 infections have been confirmed.
Both are short of the over 104,000 cases reported in the United States. However not all countries report or measure cases in the same manner, so the true figures could be higher in Italy and China.
More than 9,000 people have died from the coronavirus in Italy, more than anywhere else in the world, followed by Spain at 5,138 deaths, and China at 3,295. In the US, there have been about 1,700 deaths so far, according to the Johns Hopkins tally.
Italy had 969 deaths on Friday – the biggest single-day jump since the crisis began.
The country’s health system has been pushed to the brink by the outbreak, especially in the north, which has seen the highest concentration of cases.