The coronavirus (currently still referred to as 2019-nCoV, which stands for 2019 Novel Coronavirus) is a contagious virus which has originated from Wuhan, the capital of the Chinese province Hubei. The virus has resulted in an outbreak which began in late 2019.
At the time of writing, the number of confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV in humans stood at 34,963, with 725 deaths and 2,394 recoveries (source: John Hopkins University).
The number of confirmed cases is growing, although the number of recoveries is growing relative to the number of deaths, which is promising. Over time,