China virus death toll rises to 258 with 45 new fatalities

A doctor attends to a patient in an isolation ward at a Wuhan hospital in central China’s Hubei Province. (AP pic)

BEIJING: The number of confirmed deaths from China’s coronavirus outbreak has risen to 258, as authorities in hardest-hit Hubei province on Saturday reported 45 new fatalities.

In its daily update, the provincial health commission also said newly confirmed cases of infection in Hubei continued to grow at a steady pace, with 1,347. - FMT