Italy replaced South Korea, becoming the second largest outbreak in the world, with nearly 7,400 cases and 366 deaths. Covid-19 appears in 104 countries and territories, leaving nearly 110,000 infected.

The number of infections in Italy and Iran continues to grow rapidly. Italy recorded an additional 1,492 nCoV positive cases, bringing the total number of people infected in the country to 7,375, while the number of infected people in Iran was 6,566, an increase of 743 cases. Thus, Italy has become the second largest outbreak in the world, replacing the position of Korea.

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Medical staff disinfect a residential area in Wuhan on March 6 Photo: Reuters

Italy is also the country with the second highest number of people dying from Covid-19, behind China, with 366 cases, an increase of 133 cases compared to the previous day. The country has put in place a blockade, banning people from entering or leaving the Lombardy epidemic zone as well as 11 provinces in Emilia-Romagna, Veneto, Piedmont and Marche to prevent the spread of the disease.

South Korea currently records 7,313 infections, an increase of 272 from the previous day, and two deaths, bringing the total number of deaths from nCoV to 50.

China announced an additional 40 new infections and 22 deaths. The country currently records 80,745 people infected with nCoV and 3,119 deaths.

France and Germany recorded many new cases, of which the number of positive cases of nCoV increased by 177 and 240 cases, respectively. The total number of nCoV infections in France is currently 1,126, with 19 deaths, and Germany 1,040 but no deaths.

The number of nCoV infections in the US increased to 531, an additional 96 cases compared to the previous day, the number of deaths was 21, an increase of two. Virus has appeared in 30 states. US President Donald Trump said his administration was "working in perfect harmony" in its efforts to cope with the disease.

Covid-19, which originated in Wuhan in December 2019, has appeared in 104 countries and territories, leaving nearly 110,000 people infected, more than 3,800 deaths and nearly 61,000 have recovered.