More Than 1,000 Coronavirus Cases Outside China Confirmed: WHO

A man wearing a mask as a preventive measure against the coronavirus walks at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea on Feb. 20, 2020. Heo Ran/Reuters

More than 1,000 cases of the new coronavirus have been confirmed outside of China, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Along with 1,076 cases, seven deaths have been reported, WHO director-general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva on Feb. 20. That includes two deaths from Iran, which reported five cases this week.