After 8 February , the coronavirus had claimed over 720 lives in the Hubei Province .
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 723 as of 9 February 2020 ( 02:00 UTC ) ; over 95 % of all deaths have occurred in Hubei province .
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2