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China virus deaths rise past 900, overtaking SARS toll

Beijing residents, wearing face masks, walk past a residential building -- the new-coronavirus death toll exceeds that of the 774 killed worldwide by SARS. [AFP]

The death toll from the novel coronavirus surged past 900 in mainland China on Monday, overtaking global fatalities in the 2002-03 SARS epidemic, even as the World Health Organization said the outbreak appeared to be stabilising.

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