Coronavirus outbreak: At least 2,070 cases confirmed in China, 56 dead

As of 10:00 p.m. on January 26, China has reported at least 2,070 confirmed cases and another 37 cases have been confirmed abroad. The death toll has risen to 56. 

The number of confirmed cases in Hubei Province has risen to 1,058, while southern China's Guangdong Province and eastern China's Zhejiang Province have confirmed 111 and 104 cases respectively. 

A total of 14 cases have been confirmed in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. 

China's Ministry of Finance said all levels of its departments have allocated a total of 11.21 billion yuan (about 1.6 billion U.S. dollars) towards the battle against the deadly novel coronavirus.

Besides China, seven Asian countries have detected confirmed cases. The U.S. confirmed the third case on Sunday while three cases of the coronavirus also found in France, the first in Europe, on Saturday. 

But there is also hope. On Sunday, at least 11 members of the medical staff in Wuhan City, who were confirmed infected, had tested negative for the virus.