304 people dead in China as Coronavirus continues to spread

Authorities announced  that the death toll in China had risen to 304 in the 24 hours until midnight on Saturday, with the new deaths all reported in the hard-hit central province of Hubei.

China is facing mounting isolation as many countries step up travel restrictions and airlines suspend flights to and from the country. Many have pulled their citizens out of Wuhan in emergency airlifts, while China has laid on flights to bring its nationals home from overseas holidays

Across China, there were 2,590 new confirmed infections, bringing the total so far to 14,380.

There has been another victim confirmed dead in Philippines

However, it was reported that the victim just arrived to Philippines from China where it is believed she could have contacted it from