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A police officer wears a face mask and goggles at a checkpoint at the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge
People are transferred from cruise ship Diamond Princess to a patrol ship, after ten people onboard the cruise have tested positive for coronavirus, in Yokohama
Ambulance workers in protective gear drive an ambulance which is believed to carry a person who was transferred from cruise ship Diamond Princess after ten people tested positive for coronavirus, at a maritime police's base in Yokohama
FILE PHOTO: Passengers board buses past personnel in protective clothing after arriving on an aircraft at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County
FILE PHOTO: U.S. health officials hold news conference to discuss coronavirus outbreak at the Health and Human Services Department in Washington
FILE PHOTO: Passengers arrive at LAX from Shanghai, China
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Another 73 people on the Chinese mainland died on Wednesday from the coronavirus outbreak, the highest daily increase so far, bringing the total death toll to 563, the country's health authority said on Thursday.

The National Health Commission said another 3,694 coronavirus cases were reported throughout the country on Feb. 5, bringing the total to 28,018.

Hubei province, the epicentre of the epidemic, earlier reported 70 deaths on Wednesday, and 2,987 new confirmed cases - more than 80% of the total.

The other fatalities on Wednesday were in the city of Tianjin, the northeastern province of Heilongjiang and Guizhou province in the southwest.

(Reporting by David Stanway; Editing by Sandra Maler)