COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic
Last updated: May 31, 2020, 23:21 GMT
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Coronavirus Cases:

6,258,870
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Deaths:

373,688

Recovered:

2,785,171
Active Cases
3,100,011
Currently Infected Patients
3,046,599 (98%)
in Mild Condition

53,412 (2%)
Serious or Critical

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Closed Cases
3,158,859
Cases which had an outcome:
2,785,171 (88%)
Recovered / Discharged

373,688 (12%)
Deaths

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Reported Cases and Deaths by Country, Territory, or Conveyance

The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 213 countries and territories around the world and 2 international conveyances. The day is reset after midnight GMT+0. The list of countries and territories and their continental regional classification is based on the United Nations Geoscheme. Sources are provided under "Latest Updates". Learn more about Worldometer's COVID-19 data


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Other		 Total
Cases		 New
Cases		 Total
Deaths		 New
Deaths		 Total
Recovered		 Active
Cases		 Serious,
Critical		 Tot Cases/
1M pop		 Deaths/
1M pop		 Total
Tests		 Tests/
1M pop 		Population Continent
World 6,150,482 +124,102 370,506 +4,084 2,734,546 3,045,430 53,503 789 47.5 All
1 China 82,999 +4 4,634 78,302 63 3 58 3 1,439,323,776 Asia
2 USA 1,816,820 +23,290 105,557 +1,015 535,238 1,176,025 17,163 5,492 319 17,270,841 52,203 330,838,184 North America
3 Brazil 498,440 +30,102 28,834 +890 205,371 264,235 8,318 2,346 136 930,013 4,378 212,430,396 South America
4 Russia 396,575 +8,952 4,555 +181 167,469 224,551 2,300 2,718 31 10,316,200 70,693 145,929,337 Europe
5 Spain 286,308 +664 27,125 +4 196,958 62,225 617 6,124 580 3,556,567 76,071 46,753,295 Europe
6 UK 272,826 +1,604 38,376 +215 N/A N/A 1,559 4,021 566 4,043,686 59,592 67,855,909 Europe
7 Italy 232,664 +416 33,340 +111 155,633 43,691 450 3,848 551 3,824,621 63,249 60,469,020 Europe
8 France 188,625 +1,828 28,771 +57 68,268 91,586 1,325 2,890 441 1,384,633 21,217 65,261,548 Europe
9 Germany 183,294 +275 8,600 +6 164,900 9,794 720 2,188 103 3,952,971 47,193 83,761,616 Europe
10 India 181,827 +8,336 5,185 +205 86,936 89,706 8,944 132 4 3,611,599 2,619 1,378,826,256 Asia
11 Turkey 163,103 +983 4,515 +26 126,984 31,604 649 1,936 54 2,003,594 23,779 84,259,813 Asia
12 Peru 155,671 +7,386 4,371 +141 66,447 84,853 960 4,727 133 1,012,708 30,752 32,930,962 South America
13 Iran 148,950 +2,282 7,734 +57 116,827 24,389 2,533 1,775 92 896,571 10,686 83,897,889 Asia
14 Chile 94,858 +4,220 997 +53 40,431 53,430 1,371 4,966 52 563,320 29,490 19,102,061 South America
15 Canada 90,190 +772 7,073 +94 48,103 35,014 1,618 2,391 188 1,634,277 43,334 37,713,606 North America
16 Mexico 84,627 +3,227 9,415 +371 59,610 15,602 378 657 73 244,858 1,901 128,814,639 North America
17 Saudi Arabia 83,384 +1,618 480 +22 58,883 24,021 384 2,398 14 806,569 23,201 34,765,118 Asia
18 Pakistan 66,457 +2,429 1,395 +78 24,131 40,931 111 301 6 532,037 2,413 220,497,647 Asia
19 Belgium 58,186 +125 9,453 +23 15,769 32,964 173 5,022 816 848,065 73,201 11,585,389 Europe
20 Qatar 55,262 +2,355 36 25,839 29,387 217 19,211 13 217,988 75,779 2,876,643 Asia
21 Netherlands 46,257 +131 5,951 +20 N/A N/A 170 2,700 347 349,150 20,380 17,131,732 Europe
22 Bangladesh 44,608 +1,764 610 +28 9,375 34,623 1 271 4 297,054 1,805 164,546,795 Asia
23 Belarus 41,658 +894 229 +5 17,964 23,465 92 4,408 24 526,559 55,723 9,449,576 Europe
24 Ecuador 38,571 3,334 19,190 16,047 220 2,189 189 113,808 6,459 17,619,020 South America
25 Sweden 37,113 +637 4,395 +45 4,971 27,747 190 3,677 435 238,800 23,658 10,093,917 Europe
26 Singapore 34,366 +506 23 20,727 13,616 7 5,878 4 334,691 57,247 5,846,395 Asia
27 UAE 33,896 +726 262 +2 17,546 16,088 1 3,431 27 2,110,493 213,615 9,879,882 Asia
28 Portugal 32,203 +257 1,396 +13 19,186 11,621 66 3,157 137 795,838 78,030 10,199,093 Europe
29 South Africa 30,967 +1,727 643 +32 16,116 14,208 128 523 11 701,883 11,848 59,242,648 Africa
30 Switzerland 30,845 +17 1,919 28,400 526 27 3,566 222 394,717 45,636 8,649,211 Europe
31 Colombia 28,236 +1,548 890 +37 7,121 20,225 136 555 18 306,411 6,027 50,835,558 South America
32 Kuwait 26,192 +1,008 205 +11 10,156 15,831 206 6,141 48 290,013 68,000 4,264,919 Asia
33 Indonesia 25,773 +557 1,573 +53 7,015 17,185 94 6 311,906 1,141 273,271,317 Asia
34 Ireland 24,929 +53 1,651 +6 22,089 1,189 42 5,054 335 325,795 66,045 4,932,957 Europe
35 Poland 23,571 +416 1,061 +10 11,016 11,494 160 623 28 899,069 23,753 37,849,973 Europe
36 Egypt 23,449 +1,367 913 +34 5,693 16,843 41 230 9 135,000 1,321 102,157,382 Africa
37 Ukraine 23,204 +393 696 +17 9,311 13,197 273 530 16 348,279 7,960 43,754,416 Europe
38 Romania 19,133 +151 1,259 +11 13,046 4,828 160 994 65 425,819 22,123 19,247,736 Europe
39 Philippines 17,224 +590 950 +8 3,808 12,466 56 157 9 340,954 3,115 109,451,714 Asia
40 Israel 17,012 +25 284 14,811 1,917 39 1,850 31 567,429 61,693 9,197,590 Asia
41 Dominican Republic 16,908 +377 498 +10 9,557 6,853 106 1,560 46 76,930 7,098 10,838,453 North America
42 Japan 16,804 +85 886 +12 14,406 1,512 123 133 7 287,754 2,275 126,507,477 Asia
43 Austria 16,685 +30 668 15,520 497 23 1,853 74 442,143 49,116 9,002,048 Europe
44 Argentina 16,214 +795 528 +8 4,788 10,898 259 359 12 155,407 3,441 45,159,906 South America
45 Afghanistan 14,525 +866 249 +3 1,303 12,973 19 374 6 37,348 961 38,846,163 Asia
46 Panama 13,018 +487 330 +4 9,414 3,274 78 3,021 77 66,192 15,363 4,308,653 North America
47 Denmark 11,633 +40 571 +3 10,327 735 20 2,009 99 618,860 106,875 5,790,499 Europe
48 S. Korea 11,441 +39 269 10,398 774 15 223 5 902,901 17,612 51,265,561 Asia
49 Serbia 11,381 +27 242 6,606 4,533 10 1,302 28 242,782 27,778 8,740,173 Europe
50 Bahrain 10,793 +344 17 +2 5,826 4,950 10 6,365 10 309,573 182,572 1,695,617 Asia
51 Oman 10,423 +603 42 +1 2,396 7,985 31 2,046 8 72,000 14,134 5,094,240 Asia
52 Kazakhstan 10,382 +450 38 +1 5,220 5,124 62 554 2 788,289 42,027 18,756,949 Asia
53 Nigeria 9,855 +553 273 +12 2,856 6,726 7 48 1 60,825 296 205,654,182 Africa
54 Algeria 9,267 +133 646 +8 5,549 3,072 34 212 15 43,778,769 Africa
55 Czechia 9,230 +34 319 6,546 2,365 19 862 30 436,372 40,754 10,707,339 Europe
56 Armenia 8,927 +251 127 +7 3,317 5,483 10 3,013 43 57,081 19,266 2,962,785 Asia
57 Bolivia 8,731 +344 300 +7 749 7,682 3 749 26 22,294 1,912 11,658,870 South America
58 Norway 8,437 +15 236 7,727 474 8 1,557 44 245,352 45,288 5,417,605 Europe
59 Moldova 8,098 +202 291 +3 4,455 3,352 256 2,007 72 40,565 10,054 4,034,718 Europe
60 Morocco 7,780 +66 204 +2 5,401 2,175 18 211 6 199,998 5,424 36,872,098 Africa
61 Ghana 7,768 +152 35 +1 2,540 5,193 17 250 1 211,622 6,824 31,012,732 Africa
62 Malaysia 7,762 +30 115 6,330 1,317 9 240 4 546,368 16,900 32,329,329 Asia
63 Australia 7,185 +12 103 6,606 476 4 282 4 1,428,538 56,078 25,473,913 Australia/Oceania
64 Finland 6,826 +50 316 +2 5,500 1,010 11 1,232 57 182,700 32,978 5,540,010 Europe
65 Iraq 6,179 +306 195 +10 3,110 2,874 36 154 5 211,485 5,269 40,137,925 Asia
66 Cameroon 5,904 +468 191 +14 3,568 2,145 28 223 7 26,483,044 Africa
67 Azerbaijan 5,246 +257 61 +3 3,327 1,858 42 518 6 294,264 29,045 10,131,281 Asia
68 Honduras 4,886 +134 199 +3 528 4,159 13 494 20 14,790 1,495 9,890,414 North America
69 Sudan 4,800 +279 262 +29 1,272 3,266 110 6 401 9 43,752,816 Africa
70 Guatemala 4,607 +259 90 +10 648 3,869 5 258 5 31,427 1,757 17,885,239 North America
71 Luxembourg 4,016 +4 110 3,815 91 4 6,425 176 74,366 118,975 625,058 Europe
72 Hungary 3,867 +26 524 +7 2,142 1,201 22 400 54 183,562 18,998 9,662,323 Europe
73 Tajikistan 3,807 +121 47 1,865 1,895 400 5 9,517,571 Asia
74 Guinea 3,706 +50 23 +1 2,030 1,653 24 283 2 14,407 1,100 13,098,481 Africa
75 Uzbekistan 3,546 +78 14 2,783 749 7 106 0.4 460,000 13,762 33,425,870 Asia
76 Senegal 3,535 +106 42 +1 1,761 1,732 14 212 3 40,735 2,439 16,701,616 Africa
77 Djibouti 3,194 +280 22 +2 1,286 1,886 3,237 22 26,366 26,721 986,716 Africa
78 Thailand 3,077 +1 57 2,961 59 59 44 0.8 375,453 5,380 69,785,445 Asia
79 DRC 2,966 +133 69 428 2,469 33 0.8 89,294,020 Africa
80 Greece 2,915 +6 175 1,374 1,366 14 280 17 178,316 17,101 10,427,085 Europe
81 Ivory Coast 2,799 +49 33 +1 1,385 1,381 106 1 26,905 1,022 26,316,224 Africa
82 Gabon 2,655 +42 17 +2 722 1,916 15 1,196 8 13,833 6,229 2,220,779 Africa
83 Bulgaria 2,499 +14 139 +3 1,064 1,296 22 359 20 80,742 11,613 6,952,517 Europe
84 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,494 +9 153 1,831 510 4 760 47 64,623 19,688 3,282,421 Europe
85 El Salvador 2,395 +117 44 +2 1,026 1,325 45 369 7 86,972 13,414 6,483,446 North America
86 Croatia 2,246 +1 103 2,063 80 4 547 25 66,144 16,104 4,107,255 Europe
87 North Macedonia 2,164 +35 131 +5 1,535 498 21 1,039 63 28,804 13,826 2,083,381 Europe
88 Cuba 2,025 +20 83 +1 1,795 147 3 179 7 103,123 9,104 11,327,179 North America
89 Somalia 1,916 +88 73 +1 327 1,516 2 121 5 15,850,314 Africa
90 Kenya 1,888 +143 63 +1 464 1,361 7 35 1 76,962 1,434 53,660,593 Africa
91 Estonia 1,865 +6 67 1,622 176 1,406 51 82,747 62,382 1,326,462 Europe
92 Iceland 1,806 +1 10 1,794 2 5,295 29 61,025 178,930 341,055 Europe
93 Kyrgyzstan 1,722 +60 16 1,113 593 4 264 2 109,521 16,812 6,514,462 Asia
94 Mayotte 1,699 21 1,385 293 9 6,242 77 5,200 19,104 272,192 Africa
95 Maldives 1,672 +81 5 406 1,261 9 3,098 9 11,775 21,819 539,677 Asia
96 Lithuania 1,670 +8 70 +2 1,229 371 17 613 26 299,428 109,877 2,725,125 Europe
97 Sri Lanka 1,613 +55 10 781 822 1 75 0.5 62,208 2,906 21,405,720 Asia
98 Haiti 1,584 +141 35 22 1,527 139 3 4,106 360 11,390,283 North America
99 Slovakia 1,521 +1 28 1,356 137 279 5 170,995 31,321 5,459,425 Europe
100 New Zealand 1,504 22 1,481 1 301 4 278,872 55,751 5,002,100 Australia/Oceania
101 Slovenia 1,473 108 1,357 8 2 709 52 79,897 38,432 2,078,915 Europe
102 Venezuela 1,459 +89 14 302 1,143 3 51 0.5 970,394 34,118 28,442,404 South America
103 Nepal 1,401 +189 6 219 1,176 48 0.2 173,784 5,974 29,088,995 Asia
104 Equatorial Guinea 1,306 12 200 1,094 934 9 854 611 1,398,393 Africa
105 Guinea-Bissau 1,256 8 42 1,206 640 4 1,500 764 1,963,612 Africa
106 Mali 1,250 +24 76 +3 696 478 62 4 3,483 172 20,194,089 Africa
107 Lebanon 1,191 +19 26 708 457 4 174 4 82,076 12,021 6,827,871 Asia
108 Albania 1,122 +23 33 857 232 5 390 11 14,498 5,037 2,878,052 Europe
109 Hong Kong 1,083 +3 4 1,036 43 1 145 0.5 202,930 27,087 7,491,755 Asia
110 Tunisia 1,076 +5 48 950 78 2 91 4 51,171 4,334 11,807,839 Africa
111 Latvia 1,065 +1 24 745 296 3 564 13 108,174 57,302 1,887,785 Europe
112 Ethiopia 1,063 +95 8 208 847 5 9 0.07 106,615 930 114,693,065 Africa
113 Zambia 1,057 7 779 271 1 58 0.4 24,275 1,324 18,334,102 Africa
114 Costa Rica 1,047 +25 10 658 379 4 206 2 26,073 5,122 5,090,096 North America
115 South Sudan 994 10 6 978 89 0.9 3,356 300 11,182,197 Africa
116 Paraguay 964 +47 11 466 487 2 135 2 29,153 4,092 7,124,815 South America
117 CAR 962 +88 1 23 938 199 0.2 15,021 3,115 4,822,133 Africa
118 Niger 956 +1 64 818 74 40 3 6,033 250 24,117,639 Africa
119 Cyprus 943 +1 17 790 136 4 782 14 115,694 95,884 1,206,608 Asia
120 Sierra Leone 852 +23 46 +1 415 391 107 6 7,961,973 Africa
121 Burkina Faso 847 53 720 74 41 3 20,847,963 Africa
122 Uruguay 821 +5 22 682 117 5 236 6 43,479 12,520 3,472,725 South America
123 Andorra 764 51 692 21 4 9,889 660 3,750 48,541 77,255 Europe
124 Chad 759 65 470 224 46 4 16,380,040 Africa
125 Nicaragua 759 35 370 354 115 5 6,617,623 North America
126 Madagascar 758 +60 6 +1 165 587 8 27 0.2 10,249 371 27,623,015 Africa
127 Georgia 757 +11 12 600 145 6 190 3 53,618 13,439 3,989,785 Asia
128 Jordan 734 +4 9 507 218 5 72 0.9 183,641 18,014 10,194,333 Asia
129 Diamond Princess 712 13 651 48 4 0
130 San Marino 671 42 357 272 1 19,779 1,238 4,466 131,643 33,925 Europe
131 Malta 618 +2 9 525 84 1 1,400 20 68,038 154,126 441,445 Europe
132 Jamaica 575 +6 9 289 277 2 194 3 12,078 4,080 2,960,082 North America
133 Congo 571 19 161 391 104 3 5,505,196 Africa
134 Channel Islands 560 45 525 -10 3,224 259 10,255 59,030 173,724 Europe
135 Tanzania 509 21 183 305 7 9 0.4 59,569,007 Africa
136 Mauritania 483 +60 20 21 442 104 4 7,654 1,650 4,637,943 Africa
137 Sao Tome and Principe 479 +16 12 68 399 2,189 55 175 800 218,786 Africa
138 French Guiana 477 +27 1 185 291 2 1,601 3 297,942 South America
139 Réunion 471 +1 1 411 59 1 526 1 17,200 19,223 894,766 Africa
140 Palestine 447 +1 3 368 76 88 0.6 44,876 8,816 5,090,250 Asia
141 Taiwan 442 7 421 14 19 0.3 71,909 3,020 23,813,214 Asia
142 Togo 433 +5 13 206 214 52 2 19,705 2,385 8,260,436 Africa
143 Cabo Verde 421 +16 4 167 250 758 7 1,307 2,353 555,459 Africa
144 Uganda 413 +84 72 341 9 94,990 2,083 45,598,170 Africa
145 Rwanda 359 +4 1 +1 250 108 28 0.08 66,976 5,183 12,921,714 Africa
146 Isle of Man 336 24 309 3 3,953 282 4,805 56,533 84,995 Europe
147 Mauritius 335 10 322 3 263 8 116,937 91,961 1,271,594 Africa
148 Vietnam 328 +1 279 49 1 3 275,000 2,827 97,262,917 Asia
149 Montenegro 324 9 315 0 516 14 10,167 16,188 628,060 Europe
150 Yemen 310 +27 77 +12 13 220 10 3 120 4 29,764,568 Asia
151 Eswatini 283 +4 2 168 113 244 2 4,994 4,308 1,159,118 Africa
152 Liberia 280 +7 27 148 105 55 5 5,046,473 Africa
153 Malawi 279 +6 4 42 233 1 15 0.2 3,372 177 19,082,694 Africa
154 Mozambique 244 +10 2 90 152 8 0.06 10,261 329 31,170,640 Africa
155 Myanmar 224 +17 6 130 88 4 0.1 24,710 454 54,378,732 Asia
156 Benin 224 3 136 85 19 0.2 30,817 2,548 12,092,780 Africa
157 Martinique 200 14 98 88 533 37 375,289 North America
158 Faeroe Islands 187 187 0 3,828 9,636 197,269 48,847 Europe
159 Mongolia 179 44 135 10 55 13,641 4,167 3,273,528 Asia
160 Zimbabwe 174 +25 4 29 141 12 0.3 46,613 3,140 14,843,588 Africa
161 Gibraltar 169 +8 149 20 5,016 7,553 224,178 33,692 Europe
162 Guadeloupe 162 14 138 10 1 405 35 4,137 10,339 400,118 North America
163 Guyana 152 +2 12 +1 67 73 2 193 15 1,604 2,040 786,232 South America
164 Brunei 141 2 138 1 1 323 5 19,130 43,764 437,116 Asia
165 Cayman Islands 141 1 68 72 2,148 15 11,139 169,662 65,654 North America
166 Bermuda 140 9 92 39 2 2,247 144 7,171 115,112 62,296 North America
167 Libya 130 +12 5 50 75 19 0.7 5,591 815 6,862,990 Africa
168 Cambodia 125 +1 123 2 1 7 19,842 1,188 16,698,376 Asia
169 Syria 122 4 43 75 7 0.2 17,460,385 Asia
170 Trinidad and Tobago 116 8 108 0 83 6 3,138 2,243 1,399,110 North America
171 Comoros 106 +19 2 26 78 122 2 867,877 Africa
172 Bahamas 102 11 48 43 1 260 28 2,091 5,322 392,918 North America
173 Aruba 101 3 98 0 946 28 2,128 19,939 106,728 North America
174 Monaco 99 +1 4 90 5 1 2,524 102 39,218 Europe
175 Barbados 92 7 76 9 1 320 24 5,390 18,758 287,346 North America
176 Angola 84 +3 4 18 62 1 3 0.1 10,000 305 32,765,461 Africa
177 Liechtenstein 82 1 55 26 2,151 26 900 23,610 38,119 Europe
178 Sint Maarten 77 15 60 2 1 1,798 350 450 10,506 42,833 North America
179 Burundi 63 +21 1 33 29 5 0.08 284 24 11,856,133 Africa
180 French Polynesia 60 60 0 214 4,006 14,268 280,770 Australia/Oceania
181 Macao 45 45 0 69 648,548 Asia
182 Saint Martin 41 +1 3 33 5 1 1,062 78 614 15,904 38,606 North America
183 Eritrea 39 39 0 11 3,542,053 Africa
184 Botswana 35 1 20 14 15 0.4 17,991 7,665 2,347,237 Africa
185 Bhutan 33 +2 6 27 43 16,838 21,843 770,865 Asia
186 St. Vincent Grenadines 26 15 11 234 593 5,347 110,911 North America
187 Antigua and Barbuda 25 3 19 3 1 255 31 183 1,870 97,859 North America
188 Gambia 25 1 20 4 10 0.4 1,756 729 2,410,091 Africa
189 Timor-Leste 24 24 0 18 1,290 980 1,316,139 Asia
190 Grenada 23 18 5 4 204 3,007 26,734 112,479 North America
191 Namibia 23 14 9 9 3,412 1,345 2,536,704 Africa
192 Curaçao 19 +1 1 14 4 116 6 572 3,487 164,037 North America
193 Laos 19 16 3 3 6,432 885 7,266,127 Asia
194 New Caledonia 19 18 1 67 6,416 22,492 285,260 Australia/Oceania
195 Belize 18 2 16 0 45 5 1,572 3,960 396,969 North America
196 Fiji 18 15 3 20 2,431 2,714 895,890 Australia/Oceania
197 Saint Lucia 18 18 0 98 1,012 5,513 183,556 North America
198 Dominica 16 16 0 222 433 6,016 71,971 North America
199 Saint Kitts and Nevis 15 15 0 282 394 7,411 53,167 North America
200 Falkland Islands 13 13 0 3,746 503 144,957 3,470 South America
201 Greenland 13 11 2 229 2,030 35,763 56,762 North America
202 Suriname 12 1 9 2 20 2 782 1,334 586,178 South America
203 Turks and Caicos 12 1 10 1 310 26 129 3,336 38,670 North America
204 Vatican City 12 2 10 14,981 801 Europe
205 Montserrat 11 1 10 0 2,204 200 36 7,212 4,992 North America
206 Seychelles 11 11 0 112 98,295 Africa
207 MS Zaandam 9 2 7 0
208 Western Sahara 9 1 6 2 15 2 595,945 Africa
209 British Virgin Islands 8 1 7 0 265 33 167 5,527 30,214 North America
210 Papua New Guinea 8 8 0 0.9 2,402 269 8,931,472 Australia/Oceania
211 Caribbean Netherlands 6 6 0 229 424 16,182 26,202 North America
212 St. Barth 6 6 0 608 137 13,875 9,874 North America
213 Anguilla 3 3 0 200 41 2,735 14,991 North America
214 Lesotho 2 1 1 0.9 283 132 2,140,792 Africa
215 Saint Pierre Miquelon 1 1 0 173 5,796 North America
Total: 6,150,482 +124,102 370,506 +4,084 2,734,546 3,045,430 53,503 789.0 47.5 All
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= all cases have recovered from the infection
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= all cases have had an outcome (there are no active cases)

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Updates
  • 8,805 new cases and 135 new deaths in Peru [source]
  • 1,014 new cases and 7 new deaths in Oman: including a 44-year-old and a 72-year-old man [source] [source] [source]
  • 257 new cases and 31 new deaths in France. Total Cases' is the sum of confirmed cases in hospitals and EMS and probable cases in EMS.  [source] [source]
  • 201 new cases and 2 new deaths in Spain. 'Total Cases' is the sum of total cases detected by PRC and antibodies tests [source]
  • 2,516 new cases and 63 new deaths in Iran [source]
Archived:

February 2020 Coronavirus News Updates

January Timeline:

  • On January 31, the first 2 novel coronavirus cases in the UK, [18] the first 2 cases in Russia, [20] and the first case in Sweden and in Spain were reported. Canada reported its 4th case.
  • On Jan. 31, the United States
    • declared Coronavirus a Public Health Emergency
    • issued 14 days quarantine rules for US citizens entering the US from China (mandatory if entering from the Hubei province).
    • issued an order to deny entry to foreigners who have traveled to China within the past two weeks.
  • On January 30, the novel coronavirus total case count surpassed that for SARS (which affected 8,096 people worldwide).
  • On January 30, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a Global Public Health Emergency.
  • On January 30 CDC confirmed the first US case of human to human transmission[17].
  • Germany, Japan, Vietnam and the United States have reported cases in patients who didn't personally visit China, but contracted the virus from someone else who had visited Wuhan, China[15]. These cases of human to human transmission are the most worrisome, according to the WHO[16].
  • Wuhan (the city where the virus originated) is the largest city in Central China, with a population of over 11 million people. The city, on January 23, shut down transport links. Following Wuhan lock down, the city of Huanggang was also placed in quarantine, and the city of Ezhou closed its train stations. This means than 18 million people have been placed in isolation. The World Health Organization (WHO) said cutting off a city as large as Wuhan is "unprecedented in public health history."[12] and praised China for its incredible commitment to isolate the virus and minimize the spread to other countries.

How dangerous is the virus?

There are three parameters to understand in order to assess the magnitude of the risk posed by this novel coronavirus:

How contagious is the Wuhan Coronavirus? (Ro)

The attack rate or transmissibility (how rapidly the disease spreads) of a virus is indicated by its reproductive number (Ro, pronounced R-nought or r-zero), which represents the average number of people to which a single infected person will transmit the virus.

WHO's estimated (on Jan. 23) Ro to be between 1.4 and 2.5. [13]

Other studies have estimated a Ro between 3.6 and 4.0, and between 2.24 to 3.58. [23].

Preliminary studies had estimated Ro to be between 1.5 and 3.5. [5][6][7]

An outbreak with a reproductive number of below 1 will gradually disappear.

For comparison, the Ro for the common flu is 1.3 and for SARS it was 2.0.

Fatality Rate (case fatality ratio or CFR) of the Wuhan Coronavirus

See full details: Coronavirus Fatality Rate

The novel coronavirus' case fatality rate has been estimated at around 2%, in the WHO press conference held on January 29, 2020 [16] . However, it noted that, without knowing how many were infected, it was too early to be able to put a percentage on the mortality rate figure.

A prior estimate [9] had put that number at 3%.

Fatality rate can change as a virus can mutate, according to epidemiologists.

For comparison, the case fatality rate for SARS was 10%, and for MERS 34%.

Incubation Period (how long it takes for symptoms to appear)

See full details: COVID-19 Coronavirus Incubation Period

Symptoms of COVID-19 may appear in as few as 2 days or as long as 14 (estimated ranges vary from 2-10 days, 2-14 days, and 10-14 days, see details), during which the virus is contagious but the patient does not display any symptom (asymptomatic transmission).

Age and conditions of Coronavirus cases

See latest findings: Age, Sex, Demographics of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths

According to early estimates by China's National Health Commission (NHC), about 80% of those who died were over the age of 60 and 75% of them had pre-existing health conditions such as cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.[24]

According to the WHO Situation Report no. 7 issued on Jan. 27:

  • The median age of cases detected outside of China is 45 years, ranging from 2 to 74 years.
  • 71% of cases were male.

A study of 138 hospitalized patients with NCIP found that the median age was 56 years (interquartile range, 42-68; range, 22-92 years) and 75 (54.3%) were men.[25]

The WHO, in its Myth busters FAQs, addresses the question: "Does the new coronavirus affect older people, or are younger people also susceptible?" by answering that:

  • People of all ages can be infected by the novel coronavirus COVID-19.
  • Older people, and people with pre-existing medical conditions (such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease) appear to be more vulnerable to becoming severely ill with the virus.

Patient who died in the Philippines was a 44-year old male

The patient who died in the Philippines on February 2, in what was the first death occurring outside of China, was a 44-year-old Chinese man from Wuhan who was admitted on Jan. 25 after experiencing fever, cough, and sore throat, before developing severe pneumonia. In the last few days, “the patient was stable and showed signs of improvement, however, the condition of the patient deteriorated within his last 24 hours resulting in his demise." according to the Philippine Department of Health.

Serious Cases of 30 year old patients in France

As of Jan. 29, according to French authorities, the conditions of the two earliest Paris cases had worsened and the patients were being treated in intensive care, according to French authorities. The patients have been described as a young couple aged 30 and 31 years old, both Chinese citizens from Wuhan who were asymptomatic when they arrived in Paris on January 18 [19].

Age and Sex of the first deaths as reported by the China National Health Commission (NHC)

The NHC reported the details of the first 17 deaths up to 24 pm on January 22, 2020. The deaths included 13 males and 4 females. The median age of the deaths was 75 (range 48-89) years.[21]

WHO Risk Assessment: Global Emergency

See full details: WHO coronavirus updates

On January 30, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a Global Public Health Emergency.

For more information from the WHO regarding novel coronavirus: WHO page on Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

Comparisons:

  • Every year an estimated 290,000 to 650,000 people die in the world due to complications from seasonal influenza (flu) viruses. This figure corresponds to 795 to 1,781 deaths per day due to the seasonal flu.
  • SARS (November 2002 to July 2003): was a coronavirus that originated from Beijing, China, spread to 29 countries, and resulted in 8,096 people infected with 774 deaths (fatality rate of 9.6%). Considering that SARS ended up infecting 5,237 people in mainland China, Wuhan Coronavirus surpassed SARS on January 29, 2020, when Chinese officials confirmed 5,974 cases of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). One day later, on January 30, 2020 the novel coronavirus cases surpassed even the 8,096 cases worldwide which were the final SARS count in 2003.
  • MERS (in 2012) killed 858 people out of the 2,494 infected (fatality rate of 34.4%).

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