Global spread of coronavirus

A virus similar to the SARS pathogen has claimed 81 lives since emerging in a market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, and spread around the world. Here are the places that have confirmed cases of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus:

CHINA: As of yesterday, more than 2,700 people have been infected across China, the bulk of them in and around Wuhan. Nearly all of the 81 who have died were in that region, but officials have confirmed at least five deaths elsewhere.

FRANCE: There are three known cases of the coronavirus in France, the first European country to be affected by the outbreak. One person is sick in Bordeaux and another is ill in Paris. A third person, a close relative of one of the other two, has also been confirmed to have the virus.

JAPAN: Japan's health authorities confirmed the country's fourth case on Saturday: a man in his 40s, visiting Japan from Wuhan, who is in hospital in a stable condition. Another man was hospitalised on January 10, four days after his return from a visit to Wuhan. And a further two people have also been treated in hospital for fever.

AUSTRALIA: Australia confirmed its fifth case of the virus yesterday -- a 21-year-old woman who recently arrived in Sydney on a direct flight from Wuhan. She is being treated in a Sydney hospital.

UNITED STATES: The US has confirmed five cases of the virus in patients who had recently entered the country from Wuhan.

CANADA: Canada has reported a "presumptive" case of the virus in a man who returned to Toronto from Wuhan. The patient is aged in his 50s and has been placed in isolation.

MALAYSIA: Malaysia confirmed its fourth case on Sunday. All are Chinese nationals on holiday from Wuhan who arrived in the country from Singapore.

NEPAL: Nepal said a 32-year-old man arriving from Wuhan had the disease.The patient, who was initially quarantined, recovered and was discharged.

SINGAPORE: Singapore announced its fourth case of the coronavirus on Sunday. All four patients had arrived in the city-state from Wuhan over the last week.

SOUTH KOREA: South Korean media reported the country's fourth case yesterday.

TAIWAN: Taiwan has uncovered four cases so far -- the latest a woman in her fifties who was in Wuhan for a sight-seeing tour and returned home voluntarily on January 25.

THAILAND: Thailand has detected eight cases so far -- three are receiving treatment in hospital and five have been discharged, according to the health minister's statement.

VIETNAM: Vietnam confirmed two cases of the virus on Thursday. An infected man from Wuhan travelled to Ho Chi Minh City earlier this month and passed the virus on to his son.