China's Hubei province reports 132 new coronavirus deaths on Feb 18

BEIJING, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The number of deaths in China's central Hubei province from a coronavirus outbreak had risen by 132 to 1,921 as of Tuesday, the province's health commission said in a statement on its website on Wednesday.

There had been a further 1,693 cases detected in Hubei, the epicentre of the outbreak, taking the total in the province to 61,682. (Reporting by Ryan Woo Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)