China's National Health Commission reported an additional 86 deaths as of the end of Friday (Feb. 7), bringing the death toll in mainland China to a staggering 722, according to CNBC.
China's National Health Commission also reported an additional 3,399 new confirmed cases in China, as of end of Feb. 7.
The total number of confirmed cases in mainland China now stands at 34,546.
Coronavirus spreading at a faster rate than SARS
Aljazeera reported that the number of deaths from China's coronavirus outbreak now exceeds the death toll from the SARS outbreak on mainland China and Hong Kong between 2002 and 2003.
During the SARS outbreak, a combined 648 people died in mainland China and Hong Kong.
At least 81 people have died from the virus in central Hubei, which is the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak.
Outside of China, the Philippines reported the first death of a patient with the coronavirus on Feb. 2, while Hong Kong confirmed its first death from the virus two days later, on Feb. 4.
The global death toll for coronavirus currently stands at 724.
While the global death toll for SARS remain slightly higher, standing at 774 people killed, Bloomberg reported that the novel coronavirus was "clearly spreading at a faster rate".
This is because the SARS outbreak lasted about eight months, whereas the novel coronavirus was first reported from Wuhan on Dec. 31 2019, about 5 weeks ago, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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