Virus-infected cruise ship evacuations continue

Japan said that about 500 people would be released from the Diamond Princess, a quarantined cruise ship that has become a hot spot for the coronavirus outbreak, but confusion was widespread about how that would unfold.

Other governments, including those of Australia and Britain, are also working to retrieve their citizens.

The ship has been stuck off Yokohama since Feb. 4, with 542 cases now confirmed. In many of those cases, people initially tested negative, only to test positive days later. Here are the latest updates and maps of where the virus has spread.

By the numbers: At least 1,868 people have died, Chinese authorities said, all but five in mainland China. More than 73,100 people have been sickened in Asia, according to officials.