As of 8 a.m. March 23, according to available sources, 338,698 cases have been confirmed worldwide (32,716 cases over the past 24 hours; the increase made 10.7%). 257,098 cases have been registered in 163 countries worldwide except for China (32,614 cases over the past 24 hours; the increase made 14.5%), the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing of the Russian Federation reports.
According to the daily report of the National Health Commission of China, as of 7 p.m. Moscow time, March 22, a total of 81,600 cases of the disease have been registered in China. The increase made 102 cases (0.13%) over the past 24 hours. Only imported cases (39) have been registered in the continental territory of China. Fatal cases: 3,276 (increase: 9%, fatality: 4.0%; outside Hubei province: 0.89%).
In the past 24 hours, there have been first cases registered in Uganda (an imported case from the UAE), Mozambique (one from the UK), Eritrea (one from Norway), Syria.
According to the DPR Ministry of Health, the epidemiological situation in the Donetsk People’s Republic is stable. There have not been any cases of COVID-19 reported in the DPR.