Coronavirus Contagion Up 189% in Past Week

The novel coronavirus, designated 2019-nCoV, is starting to look like it's getting out of hand.

An informational website tracking the virus's spread, operated by Johns Hopkins University, puts total confirmed cases of Coronavirus worldwide at 28,353 today, up from just over 9,800 cases a week ago -- a one-week increase of 189%.

Mainland China continues to bear the brunt of the illness, with 99.1% of all infections (28,088) being reported in China. Southeast Asian nations such as Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand have also reported multiple infections, but none more than double digits yet.

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