The number of confirmed cases jumped to 5,974, surpassing the 5,327 in mainland China during the SARS outbreak in 2002 and 2003. The death toll rose to 132, which is still lower than the 348 people who were killed in China by SARS. A Japanese flight that brought back evacuees from the city of Wuhan included four passengers with coughs and fevers. It wasn’t immediately known whether they were infected with the new type of coronavirus, which first appeared in Wuhan in December. The number of cases rose 1,459 from the previous day, a smaller increase than the 1,771 new cases reported on Monday.

Source: Huffington Post January 29, 2020 14:03 UTC