Shawdesh desk:

The Hubei health authority reported that 96 more people died of the coronavirus in China’s Hubei province on Sunday, February 23, raising the death toll in the outbreak’s epicenter to 2,346.

Hubei authorities confirmed an additional 630 cases of the virus in Hubei on Sunday, including 32 cases in prison. The total number of cases in the epicenter of the outbreak is now 64,084.

There are 40,127 patients hospitalized in Hubei, including 1,845 who are in critical condition, according to the health authority, and 15,299 patients have been discharged.

The Hubei report brings the total number of deaths in mainland China to at least 2,441. The global death toll is at least 2,458, with 17 deaths outside of mainland China. Iran has reported five deaths from the coronavirus, while Japan has reported three deaths, and Hong Kong, Italy and South Korea reach reported two deaths. Taiwan, the Philippines, and France have each reported one death.

The global number of confirmed coronavirus cases now exceeds 78,572, with the vast majority of cases in mainland China.

China’s National Health Commission is expected to release numbers for all of China’s provinces later today.