The US dollar rose 0.35% against the major currencies, reacting to news of the spread of coronavirus and increased mortality in South Korea, Italy and the middle East. This news also led to a drop in oil prices and a rise in gold prices.

The number of people infected with the new coronavirus outside China, according to the world health organization (who), reached 1,769 on Sunday, according to the organization's daily report.

According to who, the number of confirmed cases in the world outside of China increased by 367 per day. In total, cases of infection outside the PRC were recorded in 28 countries. The total number of deaths is 17, and six people died from COVID-19 during the day.

According to who, 2445 people have already become victims of the new coronavirus in China, and the total number of infected people has reached 77042. Earlier, the Chinese Ministry of health reported that more than 22.8 thousand people were cured of the disease in the country. The number of cases of coronavirus infection worldwide exceeded 78.8 thousand.