UPDATE 1-China reports 97 new coronavirus deaths on mainland on Sunday, toll rises to 908

The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in mainland China rose to 908 as of the end of Sunday, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Monday.

The number of new deaths on Sunday rose 97, the NHC said in a statement on its website, another daily record increase. The central Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, earlier on Monday reported 91 deaths on Sunday, while in the provincial capital, Wuhan, 73 people had died.

The number of new confirmed infections on mainland China on Sunday increased, after declining on Saturday for the first time since Feb. 1. Across mainland China, there were 3,062 new confirmed infections on Sunday, bringing the total number so far to 40,171.