China's death toll from coronavirus surpasses 1,000; Xi makes first visit to hospital

중국 신종코로나 사망 1000명 넘어…시진핑 첫 현장 시찰 Over in China, the death toll just keeps on rising from the novel coronavirus. And for the first time since the outbreak... Chinese President Xi Jinping visits coronavirus patients at a local hospital. Kim Mok-yeon reports. The number of deaths each day from the novel coronavirus in China is still increasing. China's National Health Commission said on Tuesday that at least 108 more people died on Monday and 2,478 others were confirmed to have the virus. In total, the country has recorded 1,016 deaths and more than 42 thousand infected patients, most of them in Hubei province. Amid mounting concerns over the increasing figures, Chinese President Xi Jinping made his first public appearance on Monday since the start of the outbreak. Wearing a mask, Xi visited a residential community, a hospital and a district center for disease control and prevention in Beijing. The inspection came at a time when many people outside the locked-down Hubei Province resumed work after an extended holiday. At the Beijing Ditan Hospital, a designated institution treating the novel coronavirus, Xi said the situation at the moment remains very serious but expressed confidence that China can survive the epidemic. "Let's fight this defense war, this overall war against the epidemic with full confidence Let’s fight this people’s war We must build up our confidence. We will eventually win " At the hospital, Xi also made a conference call to frontline medical workers in three hospitals in Wuhan to thank them and encourage them. "Here on behalf of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, I pay my highest respect and extend my sincere thanks to you, to all the medical workers who are combating the epidemic across the country." While expressing his condolences to those who died in the outbreak, Xi stressed that the armed forces and people of all ethnic groups in China should stand together with the people of Hubei and Wuhan. Kim Mok-yeon, Arirang News. #China #death #coronavirus Arirang News Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/arirangtvnews