Coronavirus cases top 80,000 worldwide: Live updates on COVID-19

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Here’s a look at what you need to know about the new virus and the disease it causes.

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The Wuhan International Conference and Exhibition Center is being converted into a hospital for patients infected with the new coronavirus, seen here on Feb. 4, 2020.
The Wuhan International Conference and Exhibition Center is being converted into a hospital for patients infected with the new coronavirus, seen here on Feb. 4, 2020.
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A newly identified coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (formerly 2019-nCoV) has been spreading in China, and has now reached multiple other countries. Here’s what you need to know about the virus and the disease it causes, called COVID-19.

Update on Tuesday, Feb. 25 (ET): 

—In just days, cases of coronavirus in South Korea have skyrocketed to about 977, with 10 deaths there linked to the virus. More than half the cases there are members of, or somehow linked to, a secret religious sect called Shincheonji Church of Jesus, The New York Times reported. 

—Outbreaks…

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