Coronavirus world live updates: China records no new local cases

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For the first time since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, China has recorded a day with no new local cases.

According to the country's National Health Commission, there were 34 new cases of the virus across China yesterday. But crucially, they were all "imported" – that is to say, they were the result of someone bringing the disease in from overseas, rather than it spreading inside China.

That's hopeful news for other countries who hope to stop its spread inside their own borders.

It's worth noting that Hubei Province, the original epicentre of the crisis, reported no new cases at all.

However there were eight deaths in China yesterday, bringing its death toll up to 3245 people.

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More than 200,000 cases of the virus have now been confirmed across 156 countries, with the worst outbreaks in China, Italy, Iran, Spain and Germany.

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