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China counts more virus deaths, illnesses as impact broadens

by Associated Press
| February 17, 2020 10:05 PM

BEIJING (AP) — China reported 1,886 new virus cases and 98 more deaths in its update Tuesday on a disease outbreak that has caused mild illness in most people, an assessment that promoted guarded optimism from global health authorities.

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