◆ Mainland China total Covid-19 death toll: 2,236

◆ 118 new deaths from Covid-19 in mainland China by end of Thursday, Feb. 20.

#LATEST on #COVID19 outbreak in China, as of Feb 20:
- 75,465 confirmed cases in Chinese mainland
- 2,236 deaths
- 18,264 discharged from hospital pic.twitter.com/4YUzKJAuyt

— People's Daily, China (@PDChina) February 21, 2020

◆ New confirmed cases in China: 1,109 by the end of Thursday, Feb. 20

◆ Confirmed cases on previous day: 394 cases

This marked a sharp increase overnight.

◆ Total number of confirmed cases in mainland China: 75,685

◆ Deaths in central province of Hubei, the epicentre of the outbreak: 115

◆ Deaths in provincial capital of Wuhan: 99

◆ Central province of Hubei, the epicentre of the outbreak: 631 new cases, including 220 in the province's prison system

However, number of infections in prison are still being updated:

Hubei Province has revised the number of new confirmed #COVID19 cases on Feb 20 from 411 to 631, adding 220 new cases from prison. As of Thursday, the province has confirmed 62,662 cases. pic.twitter.com/1KVkZI0fqG

— People's Daily, China (@PDChina) February 21, 2020

Rencheng Prison in Shandong Province has reported 207 confirmed cases of #COVID19, 200 of whom are prisoners, as of Feb 20. Xie Weijun, the provincial judicial department chief, was removed from his post. pic.twitter.com/LCgOpWK4pD

— People's Daily, China (@PDChina) February 21, 2020

27 new confirmed cases of #COVID19 were reported in Shilifeng Prison in Zhejiang on Feb 20, bringing the total number in the prison to 34. The prison warden and political commissar were removed from their posts. pic.twitter.com/dCblTpToOS

— People's Daily, China (@PDChina) February 21, 2020

◆ To date, 25 other countries have reported 1,076 cases to WHO

WHO's director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a briefing in Geneva that the total worldwide was very low compared to nearly 75,000 inside China, but added: "That may not stay the same for long."