For the first time since the coronavirus outbreak began, the World Health Organization reported Wednesday that more new cases originated from outside of China than inside the country.

WHO reported that 412 new cases of coronavirus came from China in the past 24 hours, while 459 new cases came from areas outside of China.

The "risk assessment" for China remains "very high," according to WHO. The risk level for the rest of the world is "high."

The majority of China's cases come from the Hubei province, where the outbreak was first reported in the city of Wuhan.

Outside of China, more than half of the new cases are reported in South Korea. Seven new cases were reported in Japan, 93 in Italy and 95 in Iran. In total, 37 countries have reported nearly 2,800 cases and 44 deaths, according to WHO.

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Algeria, Austria, Croatia and Switzerland all reported their first cases of the coronavirus over the past day. Norway, Greece and North Macedonia also reported their first cases on Wednesday.

Despite the spread of the virus, health officials still do not want to call the situation a pandemic.

"The increase in cases outside China has prompted some media and politicians to push for a pandemic to be declared," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director general, said Wednesday. "We should not be too eager to declare a pandemic without a careful and clear-minded analysis of the facts."

He noted that WHO has already declared the epidemic a public health emergency of international concern.