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Almost 170,000 people have been infected by the coronavirus across the world and at least 6,509 have died, with cases and deaths outside China overtaking those in the country where the outbreak began, according to a Reuters tally.

Spain and France have enacted sweeping emergency measures and widespread closures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, as the US president tested negative for the new coronavirus. 

Greek authorities on Saturday said that an additional 38 patients have been infected by the new coronavirus, raising the new total in the country to 228.

Twenty-two of the new cases are believed to be "domestic," which means they concern patients who had not traveled recently abroad, Health Ministry spokesman Sotiris Tsiodras said in a press conference.

The coronavirus outbreak continued to grow on the island on Friday after four additional coronavirus cases were confirmed, raising the total to 14 in government-controlled areas, while three new cases in the north raised the figure to five.

The age of people infected with coronavirus in Bulgaria is in a large range - from 4 to 77 years, the chief of crisis staff Prof. Ventsislav Mutafchiiski summarized in the regular morning briefing this morning, in response to a question about how old the newly infected persons are. Today there are no new cases of coronavirus yet. "We have three children - 4, 7 and 11 years old in the hospital.

South Korea has reported that there have been more cured than new cases of infection for the first time since the start of the country's coronavirus epidemic, Reuters reported.

The coronavirus has reached the highest levels of government and the sporting world, with Canada's prime minister isolating himself when his wife tested positive, the Arsenal manager and a Chelsea player being diagnosed and the Australian Grand Prix cancelled just hours before the event was due to start.
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The Republic of Cyprus saw three additional confirmed coronavirus cases on Thursday evening, raising the total to 10. A second COVID-19 case was also confirmed in the north earlier in the day.

There are already 23 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria. This was announced by the Ministry of Health.

The latest samples tested at the National Reference Laboratory today were the contact samples of the deceased at UMBALSM N. I. Pirogov 'woman proving new coronavirus in 7 persons.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 987 cases of coronavirus (an increase of 291 from previous data) and an increase in deaths from 4 to 29, Reuters reported. 38 states and the Federal District of Columbia are affected.