Before February 11 , 2020 , there had been less than 1,000 deaths due to coronavirus .
While the proportion of infections that result in confirmed infection or progress to diagnosable 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease remains unclear , the total number of deaths attributed to the virus was 1,018 as of 11 February 2020 ( 04:00 UTC ) ; over 95 % of all deaths have occurred in Hubei province .
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2