China’s Hubei province says 100 dead, 2,714 total cases in virus outbreak

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The health commission of China’s Hubei province said on Tuesday that 100 people had died from a coronavirus outbreak as of Jan. 27, according to an online statement.

The number of confirmed cases in the province rose to 2,714.

(Reporting by Josh Horwitz and Winni Zhou; Editing by Kim Coghill)