On 26 February 2020 , the WHO reported that , as new cases reportedly 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 .
As of 14 March 2020 , over 67,000 coronavirus cases and over 3,000 deaths had been reported in the Hubei province , with a case fatality rate ( CFR ) of 4.54 % during the pandemic .