Globally, 2,922 people have died from coronavirus

The global death toll from coronavirus has reached 2,922. On Friday, 47 more people died in mainland China from coronavirus, according to China’s National Health Commission. Follow the latest updates:

If you're just joining us, here's what's been happening over the last few hours.The World Health Organization increased the global risk from the outbreak from high to very high. “This thing can go in any direction. We’re not undermining the risk, it’s there," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, said during a press briefing in Geneva on Friday.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the WHO headquarters on Friday, February 28, in Geneva. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

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