Latest data released by National Health Commission by midnight, March 18, 2020.  

- Chinese mainland reports 34 new infections, all imported cases  

- Beijing reports 21 newly confirmed cases of novel coronavirus disease from other countries Wednesday  

Outside China  

The latest figures reported by each government's health authority on March 19, 2020.  

- COVID-19 cases top 200,000 globally, death toll over 8,000: WHO  

- US-Canada border closed, two members of US Congress test positive for coronavirus  

- South Korea reports rebound in new coronavirus cases after nursing home outbreak  

- The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States has surpassed 9,000: Johns Hopkins University  

- The New York Stock Exchange will temporarily close its trading floor in lower Manhattan and move to all-electronic trading beginning Monday, after two people tested positive for COVID-19  

- The European Central Bank launched a 750 billion euro emergency bond purchase programme to push down borrowing costs in a bloc struggling with the economic fallout of coronavirus  

Source: China Daily