2019-nCoV in China Updates:

⁃ Chinese officials on Saturday reported the highest death toll so far in a 24-hour period.

⁃ The 46 new deaths in China raised the toll to 259.

⁃ About 2,100 new cases were also recorded in the country in the past 24 hours, raising the worldwide total to nearly 12,000, according to Chinese and World Health Organization data. The vast majority of the cases are inside China; about 100 cases have been confirmed in 21 other countries.

⁃ Villages and cities in China have resorted to flying drones with speakers to patrol streets and scold people not wearing masks in public amid the coronavirus outbreak, according to Chinese state media.

⁃ Two purpose-built hospitals in Wuhan, constructed in under a week, are due to start accepting patients on Monday and Thursday respectively, according to Chinese state media.

⁃ Hubei Province, home to Wuhan city where the outbreak began, is suspending all marriage license registrations until further notice.

Source: CNN, NY times, the reporter taiwan.
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