The situation with SARS-CoV-2 is evolving rapidly. According to the National Health Commission (NHC) of China update on February 17, 2020 [10], a total of 72,436 cases were confirmed in the Chinese mainland, including 11,741 severe cases and 1868 deaths. A total of 12,552 patients have recovered and have been discharged. An additional total of 6242 suspected cases remain. Most patients (59,989 cases) have been in Hubei province, where the outbreak began, including 10,970 severe cases and 1789 deaths. The Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions as well as Taiwan reported 92 confirmed cases of the disease, including 2 deaths and 9 patients who have recovered. There are significantly more SARS-CoV-2 cases than SARS cases during the 2003 outbreak. The current spread of the epidemic in China is shown in Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 4 .
Fig. 2 Confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2, February 17, 2020. (Data from the government website of China's National Health Commission).
Fig. 3 Numbers of suspected, confirmed and severe cases of SARS-CoV-2 in China and Hubei province, February 17, 2020. (Data from the government website of China's National Health Commission. Since February 12, 2020, Hubei Province has included the number of clinical diagnosis cases into the number of confirmed cases).
Fig. 4 Numbers of deaths and recovered cases of SARS-CoV-2 in China and Hubei, February 17, 2020. (Data from the government website of China's National Health Commission).