The death toll in China over the past day has increased by eight people, the number of infected has increased by 34, another 819 people have recovered.

Moreover, none of the new cases occurred in the city of Wuhan - the epicenter of the epidemic in the country, TASS reported.

The number of people infected in the country has reached 80.9 thousand, of which 70.4 thousand recovered, and 3,245 died. According to updated data, the official death rate from the virus in China is 4%. The percentage of people who recovered during the day increased from 86% to 87%.

In the central province of Hubei, where the main focus of pneumonia was almost eliminated, eight people died in a day (there were no deaths in other regions of China), no one became infected, 795 people recovered.

According to recent data, over 9.1 thousand residents who had close contact with the infected are still under medical supervision in China.

The outbreak caused by the new coronavirus disease was recorded at the end of December 2019 in the Chinese Wuhan. The World Health Organization (WHO) has already recognized it as a pandemic. Coronavirus cases have been recorded in over 130 countries. According to the WHO, there are over 200 thousand infected and more than 8 thousand deaths in the world.