Please like and follow.<br /><br />A 29 year-old respiratory doctor has fallen victim to COVID-19.<br />The health authorities in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the outbreak, say Dr. Peng Yinhua died on Thursday, having contracted the virus while treating patients.<br />In fact, to help those people, he had reportedly delayed his wedding.<br />But doctors in China, speaking to the media at least, are trying to stay strong.<br />"The epidemic is awful, but for us medics, the risk of infection can be reduced if we protect ourselves in scientific ways."<br />According to China's National Health Commission, as of Thursday the country had reported 889 new cases,... 631 of which were in Hubei Province.<br />It says there were also 118 more deaths, 115 of which were in Hubei.<br />More than 2-thousand patients in Hubei are reportedly in critical condition.<br />This brings the total number of confirmed infections in China to more than 75-thousand-4-hundred and the death toll to more than 2-thousand-2-hundred.<br />Another revelation... is that among China's cases, more than 500 are in prisons across the country.<br />Hubei Province said Friday that the announcement of the prison cases was delayed because prisons had not been included in the reporting system.<br />Officials said prisons in Hubei Province had at least 271 cases, most of which are in Wuhan's women's prison.<br />And outside of Hubei, prison infections accounted for most of Thursday's 258 new cases.<br />At least 200 prisoners and 7 guards have tested positive in a prison in the eastern province of Shandong.<br />And at least 34 prisoners were confirmed infected in the southern province of Zhejiang .<br />Eum Ji-young Arirang News.<br />
