<span style="color: #222222;">The number of Novel Coronavirus cases in the world rose to 1,01,988, including 3,491 deaths, across 94 countries and territories by 0900 GMT today. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">According to a report compiled from official sources, since yesterday, 1,146 new contaminations and 35 new deaths were identified.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' China – excluding the territories of Hong Kong and Macau – where the epidemic emerged at the end of December, had 80,651 cases, of which 3,070 were fatal. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">There were 99 new infections and 28 deaths there since yesterday. Outside China, a total of 21,337 cases have been recorded around the world since the epidemic began, including 421 deaths. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">There have been 1,047 new cases and 7 new deaths outside China since yesterday. China, United States, UK and South Korea have recorded new deaths while Colombia and Costa Rica confirmed the first cases on their soil.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Asia has recorded a total of 89,021 cases and 3,131 deaths. Europe follows with 7,503 cases and 215 deaths while the Middle East has 5,032 cases and 127 deaths.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' This assessment was carried out using data collected by news agency AFP from the competent national authorities and information from the World Health Organization (WHO).</span><br />''