Beijing, March 09, 2020, SPA -- China reported 40 new cases of infection with the new coronavirus and 22 more deaths on Monday, according to the latest statistics released by the National Health Commission. This brought the total deaths in China from the outbreak, which began in Hubei's capital Wuhan in December, to 3,119, and the number of people diagnosed with the virus to 80,635, dpa reported. Of the latest confirmed cases, 36 occurred within the country's hardest-hit province of Hubei. Every death apart from one was in Hubei, according to the official data. The number of newly confirmed cases from the virus in China have been steadily dropping in recent days. In Quanzhou, on China's south-eastern coast, 22 people remain missing after the collapse of a hotel being used to quarantine people who had come in contact with the virus. At least ten people died in the accident. --SPA 11:18 LOCAL TIME 08:18 GMT 0004 www.spa.gov.sa/w1283707