Rising concern that coronavirus will slip world’s net

The number of reported coronavirus cases has risen to more than 68,500, with nearly 1,700 deaths, including a man in Taiwan with no history of travel to mainland China. Here’s the latest.

Though the rate of increase has slowed, there are new fears of global transmission after an 83-year-old American woman tested positive for the coronavirus in Malaysia. She was one of more than 1,000 passengers who left a cruise ship last week in Cambodia. Many went on to other destinations, including to airports in the U.S., the Netherlands and Australia.

Europe had its first fatality from the virus when an 80-year-old Chinese tourist died in Paris, an official said on Saturday, the outbreak’s first fatality outside Asia. The man and his daughter are among 12 confirmed cases in France. European officials are scrambling to deal with the spread of the disease on the continent, where so far there have been 44 cases.

In Japan, some American passengers were evacuated from a cruise ship that now has 355 confirmed coronavirus cases. Canada and Hong Kong say they will also evacuate their nationals from the ship.