    Sentence 1, Meanwhile , the global  death toll approached 770 with  more than 8,300 people sickened  since the severe acute respiratory  syndrome virus first appeared in  southern China in Novernber    Sentence 2: The global death toll  fram SARS was at least 767 , with  more than 8,300 people sickened  since the virus first appeared in  southern China in Novernber