SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The death toll from the coronavirus in the U.S. has climbed to six, and the disease has spread to ever more countries and world capitals, even as new cases in China have dropped to their lowest level in six weeks.

A shift in the crisis appeared to be underway: Hundreds patients have been released from hospitals in China, and the World Health Organization says nine times more cases have reported outside China than inside it over the past 24 hours.