China counts 2,700 cases of new virus, 80 deaths

The National Health Commission said there were 769 new cases confirmed in the 24 hours through midnight Sunday, totaling 2,744 confirmed cases. Scattered have been found in Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, the U.S., Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Nepal, France, Canada and Australia. President Xi Jinping has called the outbreak a grave situation and said the government was stepping up efforts to restrict travel and public gatherings while rushing medical staff and supplies to the city at the center of the crisis, Wuhan, which remains on lockdown with no flights, trains or buses in or out.

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