Update situation-

1. On December 31, 2019, the WHO China Country Office was notified about pneumonia cases with an unknown cause discovered in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. From December 31, 2019 to January 3, 2020, the Chinese national authorities reported a total of 44 patients with pneumonia of unknown cause to the WHO.

2. Detailed information regarding the outbreak's association with a seafood market in Wuhan City was provided to the WHO by the National Health Commission China on January 11 and 12, 2020.

Data as reported by: 21 January 2020

Situation update: As of 21st January 2020, there have been a total of 314 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) reported worldwide. China reported 309 of these cases, while Thailand, Japan, and the Republic of Korea reported two, one, and one case, respectively.

The majority of cases outside China were individuals who had traveled from Wuhan City, China, and within China, 270 cases were confirmed in Wuhan, with 51 of them classified as severely ill and 12 in critical condition.

Additionally, there have been six deaths reported in Wuhan, with four of them having underlying comorbidities, and sixteen healthcare workers have been infected so far.