Photo: China says its sweeping efforts to contain the viral disease are working. (Reuters: Bobby Yip) The coronavirus infection rate in China’s Hubei province is again on the rise after two days in which the number of new cases slowed, with 1,933 new infections and 100 deaths reported. New cases in China’s Hubei province have reversed two days of falls, as global death toll nears 1,800 Authorities are imposing tough new restrictions to prevent the spread of the disease International health officials say they have no way of knowing how far the virus will spread The new figures bring the COVID-19 global death toll to 1,770, with the number of deaths in Hubei province at 1,696. The Hubei health commission said the total number of cases in the province had reached 58,182 by the end of Sunday. The number of new cases rose nearly 5 per cent from the […]