Resident wear masks to buy vegetables in the market on January 23th, 2020 in Wuhan, China.

China's National Health Commission said at least 26 people have died from a fast-spreading coronavirus, as the total number of confirmed cases in the country rose to 830.

Some 33 million people in China are now under travel restrictions. Shanghai Disney is closing until further notice at a time when the Walt Disney theme park would normally be packed with tourists during Saturday's Lunar New Year holiday.

The deadly pneumonia-like virus was first identified on Dec. 31 in the Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei province. It has since spread beyond Wuhan, which has a population of 11 million, to other major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Macao and Hong Kong.

China's Finance Ministry said it has allocated 1 billion yuan ($145 million) to support Hubei province in its fight to contain the outbreak.

The city of Wuhan is also building a 1,000-bed hospital to treat the infected and plans to have the facility operational by early next week, Reuters reported, citing state media.

Multiple cases of the virus have been confirmed in Thailand, Vietnam, South Korea and Japan, while the United States, Taiwan and Singapore have each reported one case.

South Korea on Friday confirmed a second person has been infected, as did Japan's health ministry.