Coronavirus cases grow worldwide, global death toll exceeds 3,000

Leaders in Europe, the Middle East and the Americas rolled out bans on big gatherings and stricter travel restrictions as cases of the new coronavirus spread around the world.

China’s central Hubei province, the epicentre of the country’s coronavirus outbreak, reported less than 200 cases of new infections for the first time since January, but 42 new deaths were still reported and the global death toll has exceeded 3,000.