u.s. and around the world. >> from cnn world headquarters, "newsroom" starts right now. >>> 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. it is good to be with you this day. first we startfatality, this ti and the u.s., the two victims said to be in their 60s. they were in the city of wuhan. >> and that brings the virus' death toll now to at least 726. it is climbing so rapidly, it could not so overtake the sars outbreak of 2003. >> and the infection is on the rise daily, nearly 35,000 people now have the virus. the majority in china. and let's go live to china, steven jiang is following the story. tell us more about the latest