Coronavirus death toll rises to 1,775

China's National Health Commission announced on Monday morning that the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in mailand China reached 1,775 as of the end of Sunday, reports Aljazeera.

At least 100 of the new deaths were from the province of Hubei, the epicentre of the epidemic, and five others died in two other provinces of the country.

Across the country, there were 2,048 new confirmed infections, about 1,933 from Hubei alone, pushing the new total to 71,326. 

On Sunday, Hubei announced tough new measures to try to curb the outbreak, ordering its cities to block roads to all private vehicles.

Meanwhile on Sunday, the United States evacuated its citizens from the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship, which has been docked at Japan's Yokohama port for more than a week in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

Forty US nationals found to have been infected by the COVID-19 coronavirus will remain in Japan for treatment, a US health official said.

In Taiwan, the government reported its first death from the disease while a newly-published speech revealed that Chinese President Xi Jinping was aware of the potential severity of the outbreak long before the public was informed.