Coronavirus update: There are now 31,420 confirmed cases and at least 638 deaths. Foxconn, an Apple supplier, aims to make 2 million surgical masks per day.
There are now 34,828 confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide and at least 724 people have died, according to the latest figures from the World Health Organization .
The U.S. Embassy in Beijing says a 60-year-old American citizen diagnosed with the new virus died in Wuhan, apparently the first American fatality of the outbreak, the Associated Press reported Saturday. The virus was first identified in December in Wuhan, a city in Central China. It has now spread to 25 countries, although the majority of illnesses and deaths are in Hubei Province, which is where Wuhan is located. There are 12 confirmed cases in the U.S.
• Princess Cruises, which is part of Carnival Corp. CCL, -3.61%, confirmed there are 41 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on its Diamond Princess ship in Yokohama, Japan. Of that group, 21 are from Japan, eight from the U.S., five from Australia, five from Canada, one from Argentina and one from the United Kingdom, a spokesperson said Thursday. The remaining patients will be quarantined until Feb. 19.• Canada Goose Holdings Inc. GOOS, -4.
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