On 26 February 2020 , WHO reported that , as new cases reported dropped in China but suddenly increased in Italy , Iran and South Korea , the number of new cases outside China had exceeded the number of new cases in China for the first time on 25 February 2020. As of 27 February , 2,858 deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 .
By February 27 , over 2,800 deaths were caused by the COVID-19 .