The toll in China rose to 425 as of the end of Monday, up by a record 64 from the previous day, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday.The World Health Organization has declared the flu-like virus a global emergency, although experts say much is still unknown about the pathogen including its lethality.
The CDC confirmed a handful of new cases in the United States, bringing the US total to 11, including a patient in California who was infected through close contact with someone in the same household who had been infected in China. Beijing made the accusation after the Trump administration on Friday said it was barring nearly all foreign visitors who have been to China within the past 14 days to address the threat of the virus.
With Wuhan and some other cities in virtual lock down, travel severely restricted and China facing increasing international isolation, fears of wider economic disruption are growing; sources at the OPEC oil cartel said producers were considering cutting output by almost a third to support prices. Chinese data suggest that the new virus, while much more contagious than SARS, is significantly less lethal, although such numbers can evolve rapidly.