The United States has reported its second death from novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), involving a male patient in his 70s with underlying health conditions. The patient died on Saturday, according to Seattle and King County Department of Public Health. Meanwhile, New York reported its first case of coronavirus, involving a woman in her late 30s who contracted the virus in Iran.

42 more die in China
China has reported 42 new fatalities, taking the death toll in the country to 2,912, Chinese health officials said on Monday, as the rapid spread of the epidemic wreaks havoc globally causing 3,046 deaths and infecting 89,068 people.