Confirmed cases of Covid-19 have spanned the globe, and now exceed 170,000. Travel bans and closed borders have been put in place in an attempt to curtail the spread Pablo Gutiérrez Mon 16 Mar 2020 16.25 GMT Last modified on Mon 16 Mar 2020 17.28 GMT Shares 255 Coronavirus updates Confirmed cases 181,975 Deaths 7,144 Recovered 78,996 Data correct at 04:45am UTC 17 March The coronavirus outbreak began in late 2019 in Wuhan, a city of more than 11 million people and the capital of Hubei province in China. Confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Asia Data correct at 04:45am UTC 17 March Hubei67,799 South Korea8,320 Japan825 Malaysia566 Singapore243 Hong Kong157 Thailand147 Philippines142 Indonesia134 India119 Vietnam61 Guardian graphic. Sources:Johns Hopkins CSSE, WHO, CDC, NHC and Dingxiangyuan Over 80,000 cases have been reported in mainland China, but the number of cases outside of the country now exceeds that figure, with more than 170,000 affected worldwide. There have been in excess of 6,700 deaths so far. Confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Europe, Middle East and North Africa Data correct at 04:45am UTC 17 March