COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic
Last updated: May 27, 2020, 21:19 GMT
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Coronavirus Cases:

5,756,222
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Deaths:

355,736

Recovered:

2,475,525
Active Cases
2,924,898
Currently Infected Patients
2,871,878 (98%)
in Mild Condition

53,020 (2%)
Serious or Critical

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Closed Cases
2,831,261
Cases which had an outcome:
2,475,525 (87%)
Recovered / Discharged

355,736 (13%)
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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Deaths		 Total
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Critical		 Tot Cases/
1M pop		 Deaths/
1M pop		 Total
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1M pop 		Population Continent
World 5,678,146 +92,060 351,654 +4,048 2,428,132 2,898,360 53,101 728 45.1 All
1 China 82,992 +7 4,634 78,277 81 7 58 3 1,439,323,776 Asia
2 USA 1,725,275 +19,049 100,572 +774 479,969 1,144,734 17,158 5,215 304 15,532,159 46,951 330,817,010 North America
3 Brazil 392,360 +15,691 24,549 +1,027 158,593 209,218 8,318 1,847 116 871,839 4,104 212,413,908 South America
4 Russia 362,342 +8,915 3,807 +174 131,129 227,406 2,300 2,483 26 9,160,590 62,774 145,928,655 Europe
5 Spain 283,339 +859 27,117 +280 196,958 59,264 854 6,060 580 3,556,567 76,071 46,753,098 Europe
6 UK 265,227 +2,004 37,048 +134 N/A N/A 1,559 3,909 546 3,681,295 54,255 67,852,019 Europe
7 Italy 230,555 +397 32,955 +78 144,658 52,942 521 3,813 545 3,539,927 58,540 60,469,988 Europe
8 France 182,722 28,530 +98 65,879 88,313 1,555 2,800 437 1,384,633 21,217 65,259,974 Europe
9 Germany 181,288 +499 8,498 +70 162,000 10,790 821 2,164 101 3,595,059 42,922 83,758,696 Europe
10 Turkey 158,762 +948 4,397 +28 121,507 32,858 739 1,884 52 1,873,607 22,239 84,249,900 Asia
11 India 150,793 +5,843 4,344 +172 64,277 82,172 8,944 109 3 3,126,119 2,267 1,378,678,095 Asia
12 Iran 139,511 +1,787 7,508 +57 109,437 22,566 2,567 1,663 90 837,090 9,979 83,886,140 Asia
13 Peru 129,751 +5,772 3,788 +159 52,906 73,057 923 3,941 115 875,721 26,597 32,925,941 South America
14 Canada 86,647 +936 6,639 +94 45,339 34,669 502 2,298 176 1,502,990 39,857 37,709,994 North America
15 Chile 77,961 +3,964 806 +45 30,915 46,240 1,202 4,082 42 501,125 26,237 19,100,270 South America
16 Saudi Arabia 76,726 +1,931 411 +12 48,450 27,865 384 2,207 12 738,743 21,253 34,759,189 Asia
17 Mexico 71,105 +2,485 7,633 +239 49,890 13,582 378 552 59 225,650 1,752 128,799,843 North America
18 Pakistan 57,705 +1,356 1,197 +30 18,314 38,194 111 262 5 490,908 2,227 220,450,694 Asia
19 Belgium 57,455 +113 9,334 +22 15,320 32,801 249 4,959 806 795,447 68,663 11,584,839 Europe
20 Qatar 47,207 +1,742 28 +2 11,844 35,335 205 16,413 10 196,411 68,290 2,876,111 Asia
21 Netherlands 45,578 +133 5,856 +26 N/A N/A 188 2,661 342 324,918 18,966 17,131,319 Europe
22 Belarus 38,059 +915 208 +4 15,086 22,765 92 4,028 22 472,906 50,045 9,449,610 Europe
23 Ecuador 37,355 3,203 18,003 16,149 211 2,121 182 106,554 6,049 17,616,090 South America
24 Bangladesh 36,751 +1,166 522 +21 7,579 28,650 1 223 3 258,550 1,571 164,528,877 Asia
25 Sweden 34,440 +597 4,125 +96 4,971 25,344 304 3,412 409 238,800 23,659 10,093,230 Europe
26 Singapore 32,343 +383 23 16,444 15,876 8 5,533 4 294,414 50,363 5,845,893 Asia
27 UAE 31,086 +779 253 +5 15,982 14,851 1 3,147 26 2,072,493 209,797 9,878,576 Asia
28 Portugal 31,007 +219 1,342 +12 18,096 11,569 71 3,040 132 689,705 67,622 10,199,416 Europe
29 Switzerland 30,761 +15 1,915 +2 28,200 646 41 3,557 221 375,115 43,373 8,648,520 Europe
30 Ireland 24,735 +37 1,615 +9 21,060 2,060 54 5,015 327 325,795 66,053 4,932,355 Europe
31 South Africa 24,264 +649 524 +43 12,741 10,999 128 410 9 605,991 10,230 59,234,476 Africa
32 Indonesia 23,165 +415 1,418 +27 5,877 15,870 85 5 264,098 967 273,239,726 Asia
33 Colombia 23,003 +1,022 776 +26 5,511 16,716 136 453 15 260,812 5,131 50,829,634 South America
34 Kuwait 22,575 +608 172 +7 7,306 15,097 196 5,294 40 276,207 64,773 4,264,228 Asia
35 Poland 22,074 +443 1,024 +17 10,020 11,030 160 583 27 801,753 21,182 37,850,425 Europe
36 Ukraine 21,584 +339 644 +21 7,575 13,365 259 493 15 301,736 6,896 43,757,273 Europe
37 Egypt 18,756 +789 797 +14 5,027 12,932 41 184 8 135,000 1,322 102,136,256 Africa
38 Romania 18,429 +146 1,216 +11 11,874 5,339 181 957 63 385,728 20,039 19,249,131 Europe
39 Israel 16,757 +23 281 14,457 2,019 43 1,822 31 545,761 59,337 9,197,590 Asia
40 Japan 16,623 +42 846 +16 13,810 1,967 155 131 7 276,170 2,183 126,511,690 Asia
41 Austria 16,557 +18 643 +2 15,182 732 32 1,839 71 411,185 45,680 9,001,487 Europe
42 Dominican Republic 15,264 +191 468 +8 8,534 6,262 123 1,408 43 69,608 6,423 10,837,265 North America
43 Philippines 14,669 +350 886 +13 3,412 10,371 81 134 8 307,434 2,809 109,435,773 Asia
44 Argentina 13,228 +600 484 +17 4,167 8,577 171 293 11 136,662 3,026 45,155,378 South America
45 Afghanistan 11,831 +658 220 +1 1,128 10,483 19 305 6 32,870 846 38,836,559 Asia
46 Panama 11,447 +264 313 +3 6,379 4,755 72 2,657 73 60,598 14,067 4,307,910 North America
47 Denmark 11,428 +41 563 10,044 821 23 1,974 97 559,454 96,620 5,790,276 Europe
48 Serbia 11,227 +34 239 6,067 4,921 11 1,284 27 223,771 25,601 8,740,556 Europe
49 S. Korea 11,225 +19 269 +2 10,275 681 15 219 5 839,475 16,375 51,265,081 Asia
50 Bahrain 9,366 +195 14 4,938 4,414 9 5,526 8 286,223 168,866 1,694,967 Asia
51 Czechia 9,050 +48 317 6,270 2,463 24 845 30 410,777 38,365 10,707,123 Europe
52 Kazakhstan 8,969 +438 37 +2 4,613 4,319 31 478 2 687,249 36,644 18,754,495 Asia
53 Algeria 8,697 +194 617 +8 4,918 3,162 27 199 14 43,770,104 Africa
54 Norway 8,383 +19 235 7,727 421 11 1,547 43 236,666 43,688 5,417,143 Europe
55 Nigeria 8,344 +276 249 +16 2,385 5,710 7 41 1 44,458 216 205,598,175 Africa
56 Oman 8,118 +348 37 2,067 6,014 31 1,594 7 72,000 14,138 5,092,816 Asia
57 Malaysia 7,604 +187 115 6,041 1,448 8 235 4 519,944 16,085 32,324,797 Asia
58 Morocco 7,577 +45 202 +2 4,881 2,494 1 206 5 161,365 4,377 36,867,318 Africa
59 Armenia 7,402 +289 91 +4 3,220 4,091 10 2,498 31 52,554 17,738 2,962,725 Asia
60 Moldova 7,305 +158 267 +6 3,884 3,154 256 1,810 66 40,565 10,054 4,034,820 Europe
61 Australia 7,133 +15 102 6,553 478 5 280 4 1,288,223 50,577 25,470,681 Australia/Oceania
62 Ghana 7,117 +309 34 +2 2,317 4,766 16 230 1 203,383 6,560 31,005,629 Africa
63 Bolivia 6,660 +397 261 +11 647 5,752 3 571 22 22,294 1,912 11,657,129 South America
64 Finland 6,628 +29 312 +4 5,100 1,216 11 1,196 56 171,575 30,971 5,539,916 Europe
65 Cameroon 5,436 +546 175 +10 1,996 3,265 28 205 7 26,475,800 Africa
66 Iraq 4,848 +216 169 +6 2,852 1,827 34 121 4 199,367 4,968 40,128,037 Asia
67 Azerbaijan 4,403 +132 52 +1 2,819 1,532 42 435 5 273,411 26,989 10,130,283 Asia
68 Honduras 4,189 +239 182 +2 473 3,534 13 424 18 14,790 1,496 9,888,691 North America
69 Luxembourg 3,995 +2 110 3,783 102 5 6,393 176 68,829 110,136 624,947 Europe
70 Sudan 3,976 +156 170 +5 503 3,303 91 4 401 9 43,741,597 Africa
71 Hungary 3,771 +15 499 +8 1,836 1,436 27 390 52 166,263 17,207 9,662,589 Europe
72 Guatemala 3,760 +336 59 +1 274 3,427 5 210 3 31,427 1,758 17,881,612 North America
73 Uzbekistan 3,290 +101 14 +1 2,636 640 3 98 0.4 460,000 13,764 33,420,567 Asia
74 Guinea 3,275 20 1,673 1,582 24 250 2 14,407 1,100 13,094,574 Africa
75 Tajikistan 3,266 +166 47 +1 1,417 1,802 343 5 9,515,224 Asia
76 Senegal 3,161 +31 36 +1 1,565 1,560 18 189 2 35,016 2,097 16,696,778 Africa
77 Thailand 3,045 +3 57 2,929 59 57 44 0.8 375,453 5,380 69,783,536 Asia
78 Greece 2,892 +10 173 +1 1,374 1,345 18 277 17 160,991 15,439 10,427,639 Europe
79 Ivory Coast 2,477 +54 30 1,286 1,161 94 1 25,099 954 26,309,063 Africa
80 Djibouti 2,468 14 1,079 1,375 2,502 14 23,140 23,455 986,559 Africa
81 Bulgaria 2,443 +10 130 880 1,433 20 351 19 74,834 10,763 6,953,085 Europe
82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,416 +10 149 +3 1,721 546 4 736 45 60,528 18,439 3,282,643 Europe
83 DRC 2,403 +106 68 +1 340 1,995 27 0.8 89,264,128 Africa
84 Croatia 2,244 101 +1 2,046 97 5 546 25 63,682 15,504 4,107,530 Europe
85 Gabon 2,238 +103 14 593 1,631 11 1,008 6 10,683 4,812 2,220,204 Africa
86 El Salvador 2,042 +59 36 +1 787 1,219 25 315 6 77,482 11,951 6,483,089 North America
87 North Macedonia 2,014 +15 116 +3 1,453 445 21 967 56 25,841 12,403 2,083,382 Europe
88 Cuba 1,963 +16 82 1,709 172 4 173 7 97,003 8,564 11,327,254 North America
89 Estonia 1,834 +10 65 1,552 217 1 1,383 49 78,085 58,868 1,326,452 Europe
90 Iceland 1,804 10 1,792 2 5,290 29 59,087 173,260 341,030 Europe
91 Somalia 1,711 +22 67 +1 253 1,391 2 108 4 15,845,450 Africa
92 Lithuania 1,639 +4 65 +2 1,165 409 17 601 24 275,058 100,919 2,725,537 Europe
93 Mayotte 1,634 +25 20 894 720 11 6,005 73 5,200 19,109 272,120 Africa
94 Slovakia 1,513 +2 28 1,322 163 1 277 5 160,523 29,403 5,459,397 Europe
95 New Zealand 1,504 21 1,461 22 1 301 4 263,156 52,609 5,002,100 Australia/Oceania
96 Slovenia 1,469 108 +1 1,346 15 2 707 52 77,138 37,105 2,078,912 Europe
97 Kyrgyzstan 1,468 +35 16 1,015 437 5 225 2 100,488 15,428 6,513,284 Asia
98 Maldives 1,438 +43 5 +1 197 1,236 9 2,665 9 11,775 21,823 539,573 Asia
99 Kenya 1,348 +62 52 405 891 1 25 1.0 64,264 1,198 53,647,618 Africa
100 Sri Lanka 1,319 +137 10 712 597 1 62 0.5 56,181 2,625 21,404,741 Asia
101 Venezuela 1,211 +34 11 +1 302 898 2 43 0.4 865,367 30,424 28,443,280 South America
102 Guinea-Bissau 1,178 7 42 1,129 600 4 1,500 764 1,963,102 Africa
103 Lebanon 1,140 +21 26 689 425 3 167 4 75,813 11,103 6,828,204 Asia
104 Mali 1,077 +18 70 +3 617 390 53 3 3,483 173 20,187,688 Africa
105 Hong Kong 1,066 4 1,033 29 1 142 0.5 202,930 27,090 7,491,091 Asia
106 Haiti 1,063 +105 31 +4 22 1,010 93 3 3,328 292 11,388,764 North America
107 Latvia 1,053 +4 22 741 290 2 558 12 101,598 53,812 1,888,011 Europe
108 Tunisia 1,051 48 919 84 3 89 4 48,476 4,106 11,806,488 Africa
109 Equatorial Guinea 1,043 12 165 866 746 9 854 611 1,397,887 Africa
110 Albania 1,029 +25 33 +1 803 193 3 358 11 13,506 4,693 2,878,086 Europe
111 Costa Rica 956 +5 10 634 312 2 188 2 23,703 4,657 5,089,588 North America
112 Niger 952 +1 63 +1 796 93 39 3 5,989 248 24,108,004 Africa
113 Cyprus 939 +2 17 594 328 10 778 14 103,814 86,045 1,206,512 Asia
114 Zambia 920 7 336 577 1 50 0.4 20,011 1,092 18,328,453 Africa
115 Paraguay 877 +12 11 382 484 123 2 26,169 3,673 7,123,858 South America
116 Burkina Faso 832 52 672 108 40 2 20,841,675 Africa
117 South Sudan 806 8 6 792 72 0.7 3,356 300 11,180,763 Africa
118 Uruguay 789 +2 22 638 129 5 227 6 39,469 11,366 3,472,594 South America
119 Nepal 772 +90 4 155 613 27 0.1 152,391 5,240 29,083,261 Asia
120 Andorra 763 51 676 36 3 9,877 660 3,750 48,542 77,253 Europe
121 Nicaragua 759 +480 35 +18 370 354 115 5 6,616,762 North America
122 Sierra Leone 754 +19 44 +2 297 413 95 6 7,960,197 Africa
123 Georgia 732 +1 12 537 183 6 183 3 50,208 12,584 3,989,868 Asia
124 Jordan 718 +7 9 586 123 5 70 0.9 167,892 16,471 10,193,227 Asia
125 Diamond Princess 712 13 651 48 4 0
126 Ethiopia 701 +46 6 +1 167 528 6 0.05 87,264 761 114,661,849 Africa
127 Chad 700 +13 62 +1 303 335 43 4 16,374,868 Africa
128 CAR 671 +19 1 22 648 139 0.2 11,570 2,400 4,821,214 Africa
129 San Marino 666 42 275 349 19,632 1,238 4,079 120,239 33,924 Europe
130 Malta 611 6 485 120 1 1,384 14 63,087 142,914 441,433 Europe
131 Madagascar 586 +44 2 147 437 6 21 0.07 9,340 338 27,615,210 Africa
132 Channel Islands 559 45 512 2 3,218 259 10,255 59,036 173,707 Europe
133 Jamaica 556 +4 9 238 309 1 188 3 10,570 3,571 2,959,941 North America
134 Tanzania 509 21 183 305 7 9 0.4 59,550,338 Africa
135 Congo 487 16 147 324 88 3 5,503,707 Africa
136 Réunion 459 +3 1 411 47 1 513 1 17,200 19,224 894,697 Africa
137 Sao Tome and Principe 441 +142 12 +1 68 361 2,016 55 175 800 218,742 Africa
138 Taiwan 441 7 416 18 19 0.3 71,101 2,986 23,812,744 Asia
139 Palestine 429 +6 3 365 61 84 0.6 44,876 8,818 5,088,950 Asia
140 Togo 391 +5 13 177 201 47 2 17,501 2,119 8,258,310 Africa
141 Cabo Verde 390 4 +1 155 231 702 7 1,307 2,353 555,393 Africa
142 French Guiana 384 +31 1 146 237 2 1,289 3 297,857 South America
143 Rwanda 339 +3 244 95 26 60,443 4,679 12,918,194 Africa
144 Isle of Man 336 24 306 6 2 3,953 282 4,624 54,406 84,990 Europe
145 Mauritius 334 10 322 2 263 8 104,639 82,291 1,271,571 Africa
146 Vietnam 327 +1 272 55 2 3 275,000 2,828 97,253,355 Asia
147 Montenegro 324 9 315 0 516 14 10,167 16,188 628,059 Europe
148 Mauritania 268 +6 13 +4 15 240 58 3 2,583 557 4,636,603 Africa
149 Liberia 266 +1 26 144 96 53 5 5,045,170 Africa
150 Eswatini 261 +5 2 164 95 225 2 4,994 4,309 1,158,986 Africa
151 Uganda 253 +31 69 184 6 87,903 1,928 45,582,307 Africa
152 Yemen 249 +16 49 +5 10 190 8 2 120 4 29,757,373 Asia
153 Mozambique 213 +4 1 71 141 7 0.03 9,036 290 31,161,032 Africa
154 Benin 208 +17 3 118 87 17 0.2 28,179 2,331 12,089,298 Africa
155 Myanmar 206 +3 6 124 76 4 0.1 20,322 374 54,374,752 Asia
156 Martinique 197 14 91 92 525 37 375,292 North America
157 Faeroe Islands 187 187 0 3,828 9,288 190,153 48,845 Europe
158 Guadeloupe 161 14 115 32 3 402 35 3,573 8,930 400,118 North America
159 Gibraltar 154 147 7 4,571 6,621 196,515 33,692 Europe
160 Brunei 141 1 137 3 2 323 2 18,589 42,531 437,070 Asia
161 Mongolia 141 37 104 25 43 12,460 3,807 3,272,950 Asia
162 Guyana 139 +2 11 62 66 2 177 14 1,499 1,907 786,191 South America
163 Bermuda 139 +6 9 91 39 2 2,231 144 6,773 108,718 62,299 North America
164 Cayman Islands 137 +3 1 63 73 2,087 15 9,815 149,514 65,646 North America
165 Cambodia 124 122 2 1 7 18,392 1,102 16,695,847 Asia
166 Syria 121 +15 4 41 76 7 0.2 17,455,726 Asia
167 Trinidad and Tobago 116 8 108 0 83 6 3,012 2,153 1,399,061 North America
168 Malawi 101 4 37 60 1 5 0.2 3,372 177 19,077,274 Africa
169 Aruba 101 3 95 3 3 946 28 2,073 19,424 106,723 North America
170 Bahamas 100 11 46 43 1 255 28 2,026 5,157 392,877 North America
171 Monaco 98 4 90 4 2 2,499 102 39,215 Europe
172 Barbados 92 7 71 14 1 320 24 4,888 17,011 287,342 North America
173 Comoros 87 1 21 65 100 1 867,674 Africa
174 Liechtenstein 82 1 55 26 2,151 26 900 23,611 38,118 Europe
175 Sint Maarten 77 15 59 3 1 1,798 350 438 10,227 42,828 North America
176 Libya 77 +2 3 40 34 11 0.4 5,154 751 6,861,969 Africa
177 Angola 70 4 18 48 2 0.1 10,000 305 32,754,235 Africa
178 French Polynesia 60 60 0 214 3,964 14,119 280,753 Australia/Oceania
179 Zimbabwe 56 4 25 27 4 0.3 37,039 2,496 14,841,222 Africa
180 Macao 45 45 0 69 648,452 Asia
181 Burundi 42 1 20 21 4 0.08 284 24 11,852,246 Africa
182 Saint Martin 40 3 33 4 1 1,036 78 553 14,327 38,599 North America
183 Eritrea 39 39 0 11 3,541,517 Africa
184 Botswana 35 1 20 14 15 0.4 17,631 7,513 2,346,718 Africa
185 Bhutan 27 6 21 35 15,607 20,249 770,772 Asia
186 Antigua and Barbuda 25 3 19 3 1 255 31 183 1,870 97,850 North America
187 Gambia 25 1 18 6 10 0.4 1,657 688 2,409,346 Africa
188 Timor-Leste 24 24 0 18 1,290 980 1,315,864 Asia
189 Grenada 23 18 5 4 204 3,007 26,735 112,473 North America
190 Namibia 21 14 7 8 3,186 1,256 2,536,200 Africa
191 Laos 19 14 5 3 5,855 806 7,264,973 Asia
192 Belize 18 2 16 0 45 5 1,485 3,742 396,890 North America
193 Curaçao 18 1 14 3 110 6 572 3,487 164,029 North America
194 Fiji 18 15 3 20 1,300 1,451 895,819 Australia/Oceania
195 New Caledonia 18 18 0 63 5,454 19,121 285,230 Australia/Oceania
196 Saint Lucia 18 18 0 98 924 5,034 183,547 North America
197 St. Vincent Grenadines 18 14 4 162 216 1,948 110,907 North America
198 Dominica 16 16 0 222 433 6,016 71,969 North America
199 Saint Kitts and Nevis 15 15 0 282 394 7,411 53,163 North America
200 Falkland Islands 13 13 0 3,747 466 134,333 3,469 South America
201 Turks and Caicos 12 1 10 1 310 26 126 3,259 38,665 North America
202 Greenland 12 11 1 211 1,938 34,143 56,761 North America
203 Vatican City 12 2 10 14,981 801 Europe
204 Montserrat 11 1 10 0 2,204 200 36 7,212 4,992 North America
205 Suriname 11 1 9 1 19 2 488 833 586,121 South America
206 Seychelles 11 11 0 112 98,289 Africa
207 MS Zaandam 9 2 7 0
208 Western Sahara 9 1 +1 6 2 15 2 595,784 Africa
209 British Virgin Islands 8 1 6 1 265 33 167 5,528 30,212 North America
210 Papua New Guinea 8 8 0 0.9 2,402 269 8,929,617 Australia/Oceania
211 Caribbean Netherlands 6 6 0 229 424 16,184 26,199 North America
212 St. Barth 6 6 0 608 137 13,875 9,874 North America
213 Anguilla 3 3 0 200 30 2,001 14,990 North America
214 Lesotho 2 2 0.9 283 132 2,140,606 Africa
215 Saint Pierre Miquelon 1 1 0 173 5,797 North America
Total: 5,678,146 +92,060 351,654 +4,048 2,428,132 2,898,360 53,101 728.5 45.1 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
  • 191 new cases and 66 new deaths in France. Total cases is the sum of total cases in hospitals and EMS probable cases
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  • 510 new cases and 1 new death in Spain. Total cases is the sum of total cases detected by PRC and antibodies tests  [source]
  • 232 new cases and 7 new deaths in Moldova
  • 1 new case and 1 new death in Malta: a 97-year-old man [source]
  • 2,080 new cases and 56 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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