Coronavirus death toll in mainland China has exceeded 3,000 after authorities announced 31 more deaths today. At least 3,012 people have died to the country’s coronavirus (not counting Hong Kong and Macau) since the outbreak of the epidemic in December in Wuhan, the capital of central Hubei. Most of the deaths (2,305) were reported in Wuhan.

In China, 139 new cases of infection were confirmed in the last day, which is slightly more than the previous day (119), bringing their total to 80,430, health authorities said. Only five new cases have been reported outside Hubei.

The situation in South Korea, which is the second-largest affected country, is getting worse. The country had 6,088 registered cases of coronavirus, growing by 467, and the death toll is 40 people.

Iran also reports a sharp increase in new coronavirus cases, which reached 3,513 with 107 victims.

Italy is the fourth largest-effected country with 3,089 cases and the death toll of 107 people.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) registered 2,223 new cases of infection with the new coronavirus in the world in one day. A total of 93,090 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the world so far, of which 80,422 in China and 12,668 in other countries. On Wednesday, Slovenia and Hungary confirmed the first cases of a coronavirus. One patient traveled to Slovenia from Morocco through neighboring Italy and is now a hospital in Ljubljana. To date, 352 disease tests have been performed in Slovenia. Hungary, however, confirmed the first two cases on its territory. Both are Iranian students studying in the Central European country.

Switzerland registered its first death from coronavirus. The country has 93 cases.

Meanwhile, late Wednesday, the House of Representatives of the US Congress approved a bill that would give the government 8.3 billion USD to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

The bill passed by 415 votes to two. It provides more than 3 billion USD in funding for vaccine development and diagnostic testing, as well as coronavirus treatment. Another 2.2 billion USD will be earmarked for preventive measures, of which 950 million USD is earmarked for public hospitals.