COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic
Last updated: June 01, 2020, 13:42 GMT
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Coronavirus Cases:

6,296,180
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Deaths:

374,454

Recovered:

2,865,271
Active Cases
3,056,455
Currently Infected Patients
3,002,960 (98%)
in Mild Condition

53,495 (2%)
Serious or Critical

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Closed Cases
3,239,725
Cases which had an outcome:
2,865,271 (88%)
Recovered / Discharged

374,454 (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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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 6,259,250 +108,768 373,695 +3,189 2,843,986 3,041,569 53,409 803 47.9 All
1 China 83,001 +2 4,634 78,304 63 3 58 3 1,439,323,776 Asia
2 USA 1,837,170 +20,350 106,195 +638 599,867 1,131,108 17,075 5,553 321 17,672,567 53,417 330,843,477 North America
3 Brazil 514,849 +16,409 29,314 +480 206,555 278,980 8,318 2,424 138 930,013 4,378 212,434,518 South America
4 Russia 405,843 +9,268 4,693 +138 171,883 229,267 2,300 2,781 32 10,643,124 72,933 145,929,507 Europe
5 Spain 286,509 +201 27,127 +2 196,958 62,424 617 6,128 580 4,063,843 86,921 46,753,345 Europe
6 UK 274,762 +1,936 38,489 +113 N/A N/A 1,559 4,049 567 4,285,738 63,158 67,856,881 Europe
7 Italy 232,997 +333 33,415 +75 157,507 42,075 435 3,853 553 3,878,739 64,144 60,468,778 Europe
8 India 190,609 +8,782 5,408 +223 91,852 93,349 8,944 138 4 3,737,027 2,710 1,378,863,296 Asia
9 France 188,882 +257 28,802 +31 68,355 91,725 1,319 2,894 441 1,384,633 21,217 65,261,942 Europe
10 Germany 183,494 +200 8,605 +5 165,200 9,689 702 2,191 103 3,952,971 47,193 83,762,346 Europe
11 Peru 164,476 +8,805 4,506 +135 67,208 92,762 988 4,994 137 1,058,874 32,153 32,932,217 South America
12 Turkey 163,942 +839 4,540 +25 127,973 31,429 648 1,946 54 2,039,194 24,201 84,262,291 Asia
13 Iran 151,466 +2,516 7,797 +63 118,848 24,821 2,527 1,805 93 935,894 11,155 83,900,826 Asia
14 Chile 99,688 +4,830 1,054 +57 42,727 55,907 1,383 5,219 55 582,440 30,490 19,102,509 South America
15 Canada 90,947 +757 7,295 +222 48,879 34,773 1,641 2,411 193 1,665,831 44,169 37,714,510 North America
16 Mexico 87,512 +2,885 9,779 +364 61,871 15,862 378 679 76 270,992 2,104 128,818,338 North America
17 Saudi Arabia 85,261 +1,877 503 +23 62,442 22,316 384 2,452 14 822,769 23,666 34,766,601 Asia
18 Pakistan 69,496 +3,039 1,483 +88 25,271 42,742 111 315 7 547,030 2,481 220,509,385 Asia
19 Belgium 58,381 +195 9,467 +14 15,887 33,027 168 5,039 817 866,497 74,791 11,585,527 Europe
20 Qatar 56,910 +1,648 38 +2 30,290 26,582 232 19,783 13 222,069 77,194 2,876,776 Asia
21 Bangladesh 47,153 +2,545 650 +40 9,781 36,722 1 287 4 308,940 1,877 164,551,275 Asia
22 Netherlands 46,442 +185 5,956 +5 N/A N/A 159 2,711 348 349,150 20,380 17,131,835 Europe
23 Belarus 42,556 +898 235 +6 18,514 23,807 92 4,503 25 541,093 57,261 9,449,568 Europe
24 Ecuador 39,098 +527 3,358 +24 19,592 16,148 220 2,219 191 117,422 6,664 17,619,752 South America
25 Sweden 37,542 +429 4,395 4,971 28,176 228 3,719 435 238,800 23,657 10,094,088 Europe
26 Singapore 34,884 +518 23 21,699 13,162 8 5,967 4 334,691 57,246 5,846,520 Asia
27 UAE 34,557 +661 264 +2 17,932 16,361 1 3,498 27 2,110,493 213,608 9,880,208 Asia
28 South Africa 32,683 +1,716 683 +40 16,809 15,191 128 552 12 725,125 12,239 59,244,691 Africa
29 Portugal 32,500 +297 1,410 +14 19,409 11,681 64 3,187 138 795,838 78,031 10,199,012 Europe
30 Switzerland 30,862 +17 1,920 +1 28,500 442 28 3,568 222 397,691 45,979 8,649,383 Europe
31 Colombia 29,383 +1,147 939 +49 8,543 19,901 136 578 18 319,779 6,290 50,837,039 South America
32 Kuwait 27,043 +851 212 +7 11,386 15,445 200 6,341 50 290,013 67,997 4,265,091 Asia
33 Indonesia 26,473 +700 1,613 +40 7,308 17,552 97 6 323,376 1,183 273,279,215 Asia
34 Ireland 24,990 +61 1,652 +1 22,089 1,249 36 5,066 335 325,795 66,043 4,933,108 Europe
35 Egypt 24,985 +1,536 959 +46 6,037 17,989 41 245 9 135,000 1,321 102,162,663 Africa
36 Poland 23,786 +215 1,064 +3 11,271 11,451 160 628 28 915,546 24,189 37,849,860 Europe
37 Ukraine 23,672 +468 708 +12 9,538 13,426 278 541 16 356,565 8,149 43,753,702 Europe
38 Romania 19,257 +124 1,266 +7 13,256 4,735 160 1,000 66 439,197 22,819 19,247,388 Europe
39 Philippines 18,086 +862 957 +7 3,909 13,220 73 165 9 347,592 3,176 109,455,699 Asia
40 Dominican Republic 17,285 +377 502 +4 10,559 6,224 110 1,595 46 81,647 7,533 10,838,750 North America
41 Israel 17,071 +59 285 +1 14,812 1,974 39 1,856 31 568,452 61,804 9,197,590 Asia
42 Japan 16,851 +47 891 +5 14,459 1,501 119 133 7 290,436 2,296 126,506,424 Asia
43 Argentina 16,851 +637 539 +11 5,336 10,976 259 373 12 160,070 3,544 45,161,038 South America
44 Austria 16,731 +46 668 15,593 470 27 1,859 74 448,534 49,825 9,002,188 Europe
45 Afghanistan 15,205 +680 257 +8 1,328 13,620 19 391 7 38,460 990 38,848,565 Asia
46 Panama 13,463 +445 336 +6 9,514 3,613 79 3,125 78 67,730 15,719 4,308,839 North America
47 Denmark 11,669 +36 574 +3 10,362 733 20 2,015 99 628,965 108,619 5,790,554 Europe
48 S. Korea 11,468 +27 270 +1 10,405 793 15 224 5 910,822 17,767 51,265,682 Asia
49 Oman 11,437 +1,014 49 +7 2,682 8,706 31 2,245 10 101,084 19,841 5,094,596 Asia
50 Serbia 11,412 +31 243 +1 6,698 4,471 10 1,306 28 245,985 28,144 8,740,077 Europe
51 Bahrain 11,398 +605 19 +2 6,673 4,706 12 6,721 11 314,823 185,651 1,695,780 Asia
52 Kazakhstan 10,858 +476 40 +2 5,404 5,414 62 579 2 812,881 43,336 18,757,562 Asia
53 Nigeria 10,162 +307 287 +14 3,007 6,868 7 49 1 60,825 296 205,668,183 Africa
54 Bolivia 9,592 +861 310 +10 889 8,393 3 823 27 28,239 2,422 11,659,305 South America
55 Algeria 9,394 +127 653 +7 5,748 2,993 23 215 15 43,780,936 Africa
56 Armenia 9,282 +355 131 +4 3,386 5,765 10 3,133 44 58,065 19,598 2,962,800 Asia
57 Czechia 9,268 +38 320 +1 6,558 2,390 15 866 30 439,744 41,069 10,707,393 Europe
58 Norway 8,440 +3 236 7,727 477 8 1,558 44 245,352 45,287 5,417,721 Europe
59 Moldova 8,251 +153 295 +4 4,581 3,375 251 2,045 73 40,565 10,054 4,034,692 Europe
60 Ghana 7,881 +113 36 +1 2,841 5,004 5 254 1 214,956 6,931 31,014,508 Africa
61 Malaysia 7,819 +57 115 6,353 1,351 9 242 4 553,183 17,110 32,330,462 Asia
62 Morocco 7,807 +27 205 +1 5,459 2,143 18 212 6 209,139 5,672 36,873,293 Africa
63 Australia 7,195 +10 103 6,614 478 4 282 4 1,454,568 57,098 25,474,721 Australia/Oceania
64 Finland 6,859 +33 318 +2 5,500 1,041 10 1,238 57 184,408 33,286 5,540,033 Europe
65 Iraq 6,439 +260 205 +10 3,156 3,078 36 160 5 211,485 5,269 40,140,397 Asia
66 Cameroon 5,904 191 3,568 2,145 28 223 7 26,484,855 Africa
67 Azerbaijan 5,494 +248 63 +2 3,428 2,003 42 542 6 294,264 29,044 10,131,531 Asia
68 Honduras 5,094 +208 201 +2 536 4,357 13 515 20 14,790 1,495 9,890,844 North America
69 Sudan 5,026 +226 286 +24 1,423 3,317 115 7 401 9 43,755,620 Africa
70 Guatemala 4,739 +132 102 +12 706 3,931 5 265 6 31,427 1,757 17,886,146 North America
71 Luxembourg 4,018 +2 110 3,833 75 3 6,428 176 75,432 120,675 625,086 Europe
72 Tajikistan 3,930 +123 47 2,004 1,879 413 5 9,518,158 Asia
73 Hungary 3,876 +9 526 +2 2,147 1,203 25 401 54 185,980 19,248 9,662,256 Europe
74 Guinea 3,706 23 2,030 1,653 24 283 2 14,407 1,100 13,099,458 Africa
75 Senegal 3,645 +110 42 1,801 1,802 14 218 3 42,105 2,521 16,702,826 Africa
76 Uzbekistan 3,623 +77 15 +1 2,837 771 10 108 0.4 460,000 13,761 33,427,196 Asia
77 Djibouti 3,354 +160 24 +2 1,504 1,826 3,399 24 26,366 26,720 986,755 Africa
78 Thailand 3,081 +4 57 2,963 61 1 44 0.8 375,453 5,380 69,785,922 Asia
79 DRC 3,070 +104 72 +3 448 2,550 34 0.8 89,301,493 Africa
80 Greece 2,917 +2 175 1,374 1,368 13 280 17 180,518 17,313 10,426,947 Europe
81 Ivory Coast 2,833 +34 33 1,435 1,365 108 1 27,039 1,027 26,318,014 Africa
82 Gabon 2,655 17 722 1,916 15 1,195 8 14,122 6,359 2,220,923 Africa
83 El Salvador 2,517 +122 46 +2 1,040 1,431 53 388 7 89,358 13,782 6,483,535 North America
84 Bulgaria 2,513 +14 140 +1 1,074 1,299 17 361 20 81,348 11,701 6,952,375 Europe
85 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,510 +16 153 1,862 495 4 765 47 65,220 19,870 3,282,366 Europe
86 Croatia 2,246 103 2,072 71 4 547 25 66,405 16,168 4,107,186 Europe
87 North Macedonia 2,226 +62 133 +2 1,552 541 21 1,068 64 29,575 14,196 2,083,381 Europe
88 Cuba 2,045 +20 83 1,809 153 3 181 7 103,123 9,104 11,327,160 North America
89 Somalia 1,976 +60 78 +5 348 1,550 2 125 5 15,851,530 Africa
90 Kenya 1,962 +74 64 +1 478 1,420 7 37 1 78,536 1,463 53,663,836 Africa
91 Estonia 1,869 +4 68 +1 1,624 177 1,409 51 83,440 62,904 1,326,464 Europe
92 Haiti 1,865 +281 41 +6 24 1,800 164 4 4,577 402 11,390,662 North America
93 Iceland 1,806 10 1,794 2 5,295 29 61,122 179,211 341,061 Europe
94 Maldives 1,773 +101 5 453 1,315 9 3,285 9 11,775 21,818 539,703 Asia
95 Kyrgyzstan 1,748 +26 16 1,170 562 4 268 2 111,859 17,170 6,514,756 Asia
96 Mayotte 1,699 21 1,385 293 9 6,242 77 5,200 19,103 272,210 Africa
97 Lithuania 1,675 +5 70 1,236 369 17 615 26 302,859 111,140 2,725,022 Europe
98 Sri Lanka 1,633 +20 10 801 822 1 76 0.5 63,935 2,987 21,405,965 Asia
99 Nepal 1,572 +171 8 +2 220 1,344 54 0.3 180,691 6,211 29,090,429 Asia
100 Slovakia 1,521 28 1,366 127 279 5 172,601 31,615 5,459,433 Europe
101 Venezuela 1,510 +51 14 302 1,194 3 53 0.5 975,825 34,309 28,442,184 South America
102 New Zealand 1,504 22 1,481 1 301 4 280,983 56,173 5,002,100 Australia/Oceania
103 Slovenia 1,473 108 1,358 7 2 709 52 79,897 38,432 2,078,915 Europe
104 Equatorial Guinea 1,306 12 200 1,094 934 9 8,268 5,912 1,398,520 Africa
105 Mali 1,265 +15 77 +1 716 472 63 4 3,483 172 20,195,689 Africa
106 Guinea-Bissau 1,256 8 42 1,206 640 4 1,500 764 1,963,739 Africa
107 Lebanon 1,220 +29 27 +1 712 481 3 179 4 83,574 12,240 6,827,788 Asia
108 Ethiopia 1,172 +109 11 +3 209 952 4 10 0.10 109,451 954 114,700,869 Africa
109 Albania 1,137 +15 33 872 232 4 395 11 14,723 5,116 2,878,043 Europe
110 Hong Kong 1,085 +2 4 1,037 44 2 145 0.5 202,930 27,087 7,491,921 Asia
111 Tunisia 1,077 +1 48 960 69 2 91 4 51,881 4,394 11,808,177 Africa
112 Latvia 1,066 +1 24 745 297 3 565 13 109,071 57,779 1,887,728 Europe
113 Zambia 1,057 7 779 271 1 58 0.4 24,275 1,324 18,335,514 Africa
114 Costa Rica 1,056 +9 10 669 377 4 207 2 26,622 5,230 5,090,223 North America
115 CAR 1,011 +49 2 +1 23 986 210 0.4 15,021 3,115 4,822,363 Africa
116 South Sudan 994 10 6 978 89 0.9 3,356 300 11,182,555 Africa
117 Paraguay 986 +22 11 477 498 2 138 2 30,004 4,211 7,125,055 South America
118 Niger 958 +2 64 839 55 40 3 6,047 251 24,120,048 Africa
119 Cyprus 944 +1 17 790 137 4 782 14 117,411 97,305 1,206,632 Asia
120 Sierra Leone 861 +9 46 454 361 108 6 7,962,417 Africa
121 Burkina Faso 847 53 720 74 41 3 20,849,535 Africa
122 Uruguay 823 +2 22 685 116 5 237 6 43,911 12,644 3,472,758 South America
123 Georgia 783 +26 12 605 166 6 196 3 56,987 14,283 3,989,764 Asia
124 Chad 778 +19 65 491 222 47 4 16,381,333 Africa
125 Madagascar 771 +13 6 168 597 8 28 0.2 10,249 371 27,624,966 Africa
126 Andorra 764 51 694 19 4 9,889 660 3,750 48,541 77,255 Europe
127 Nicaragua 759 35 370 354 115 5 6,617,838 North America
128 Jordan 739 +5 9 522 208 5 72 0.9 187,990 18,440 10,194,610 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 9 534 75 1 1,400 20 69,025 156,360 441,449 Europe
132 Congo 611 +40 20 +1 179 412 111 4 5,505,568 Africa
133 Jamaica 581 +6 9 290 282 2 196 3 12,389 4,185 2,960,117 North America
134 Channel Islands 560 45 515 0 3,223 259 10,255 59,029 173,729 Europe
135 Mauritania 530 +47 23 +3 27 480 114 5 7,654 1,650 4,638,278 Africa
136 Tanzania 509 21 183 305 7 9 0.4 59,573,674 Africa
137 French Guiana 499 +22 1 200 298 2 1,675 3 297,963 South America
138 Sao Tome and Principe 483 +4 12 68 403 2,208 55 175 800 218,798 Africa
139 Réunion 471 1 411 59 1 526 1 17,200 19,223 894,784 Africa
140 Palestine 448 +1 3 372 73 88 0.6 44,876 8,816 5,090,574 Asia
141 Togo 442 +9 13 211 218 54 2 20,079 2,431 8,260,968 Africa
142 Taiwan 442 7 423 12 19 0.3 72,082 3,027 23,813,331 Asia
143 Cabo Verde 435 +14 4 193 238 783 7 1,307 2,353 555,476 Africa
144 Uganda 417 +4 72 345 9 96,825 2,123 45,602,136 Africa
145 Rwanda 370 +11 1 256 113 29 0.08 66,976 5,183 12,922,594 Africa
146 Isle of Man 336 24 309 3 3,953 282 4,892 57,556 84,996 Europe
147 Mauritius 335 10 322 3 263 8 116,937 91,961 1,271,600 Africa
148 Vietnam 328 279 49 1 3 275,000 2,827 97,265,308 Asia
149 Montenegro 324 9 315 0 516 14 10,167 16,188 628,060 Europe
150 Yemen 323 +13 80 +3 14 229 11 3 120 4 29,766,367 Asia
151 Liberia 288 +8 27 157 104 57 5 5,046,798 Africa
152 Eswatini 285 +2 2 189 94 246 2 4,994 4,308 1,159,150 Africa
153 Malawi 284 +5 4 42 238 1 15 0.2 5,049 265 19,084,049 Africa
154 Mozambique 254 +10 2 91 161 8 0.06 10,878 349 31,173,041 Africa
155 Benin 232 +8 3 143 86 19 0.2 30,817 2,548 12,093,650 Africa
156 Myanmar 224 6 138 80 4 0.1 24,710 454 54,379,727 Asia
157 Martinique 200 14 98 88 533 37 375,288 North America
158 Faeroe Islands 187 187 0 3,828 9,677 198,104 48,848 Europe
159 Mongolia 179 44 135 19 55 13,672 4,176 3,273,672 Asia
160 Zimbabwe 178 +4 4 29 145 12 0.3 46,613 3,140 14,844,179 Africa
161 Gibraltar 170 +1 149 21 5,046 7,632 226,523 33,692 Europe
162 Guadeloupe 162 14 138 10 1 405 35 4,137 10,339 400,119 North America
163 Libya 156 +26 5 52 99 23 0.7 5,591 815 6,863,245 Africa
164 Guyana 153 +1 12 70 71 2 195 15 1,618 2,058 786,243 South America
165 Brunei 141 2 138 1 1 323 5 19,386 44,349 437,127 Asia
166 Cayman Islands 141 1 68 72 2,148 15 11,139 169,657 65,656 North America
167 Bermuda 140 9 92 39 2 2,247 144 7,171 115,112 62,296 North America
168 Cambodia 125 123 2 1 7 20,406 1,222 16,699,008 Asia
169 Syria 122 5 +1 46 71 7 0.3 17,461,550 Asia
170 Trinidad and Tobago 117 +1 8 108 1 84 6 3,138 2,243 1,399,123 North America
171 Comoros 106 2 26 78 122 2 867,928 Africa
172 Bahamas 102 11 48 43 1 260 28 2,091 5,322 392,929 North America
173 Aruba 101 3 98 0 946 28 2,134 19,995 106,729 North America
174 Monaco 99 4 90 5 1 2,524 102 39,219 Europe
175 Barbados 92 7 76 9 1 320 24 5,434 18,911 287,347 North America
176 Angola 86 +2 4 18 64 1 3 0.1 10,000 305 32,768,267 Africa
177 Liechtenstein 82 1 55 26 2,151 26 900 23,610 38,119 Europe
178 Sint Maarten 77 15 60 2 1 1,798 350 461 10,762 42,835 North America
179 Burundi 63 1 33 29 5 0.08 284 24 11,857,105 Africa
180 French Polynesia 60 60 0 214 4,040 14,389 280,775 Australia/Oceania
181 Macao 45 45 0 69 648,573 Asia
182 Bhutan 43 +10 6 37 56 17,038 22,102 770,888 Asia
183 Saint Martin 41 3 33 5 1 1,062 78 614 15,903 38,608 North America
184 Eritrea 39 39 0 11 3,542,188 Africa
185 Botswana 35 1 20 14 15 0.4 20,186 8,599 2,347,367 Africa
186 Antigua and Barbuda 26 +1 3 19 4 1 266 31 183 1,870 97,861 North America
187 St. Vincent Grenadines 26 15 11 234 593 5,347 110,912 North America
188 Gambia 25 1 20 4 10 0.4 1,756 729 2,410,277 Africa
189 Namibia 24 +1 14 10 9 3,680 1,451 2,536,830 Africa
190 Timor-Leste 24 24 0 18 1,290 980 1,316,208 Asia
191 Suriname 23 +11 1 9 13 39 2 782 1,334 586,192 South America
192 Grenada 23 18 5 4 204 3,007 26,733 112,481 North America
193 Curaçao 19 1 14 4 116 6 572 3,487 164,039 North America
194 Laos 19 16 3 3 6,928 953 7,266,416 Asia
195 New Caledonia 19 18 1 67 6,614 23,185 285,267 Australia/Oceania
196 Belize 18 2 16 0 45 5 1,572 3,960 396,989 North America
197 Fiji 18 15 3 20 2,431 2,713 895,908 Australia/Oceania
198 Saint Lucia 18 18 0 98 1,012 5,513 183,559 North America
199 Dominica 16 16 0 222 433 6,016 71,972 North America
200 Saint Kitts and Nevis 15 15 0 282 396 7,448 53,168 North America
201 Falkland Islands 13 13 0 3,746 503 144,957 3,470 South America
202 Greenland 13 11 2 229 2,141 37,719 56,762 North America
203 Turks and Caicos 12 1 11 0 310 26 129 3,336 38,672 North America
204 Vatican City 12 2 10 14,981 801 Europe
205 Montserrat 11 1 10 0 2,204 200 61 12,220 4,992 North America
206 Seychelles 11 11 0 112 98,297 Africa
207 MS Zaandam 9 2 7 0
208 Western Sahara 9 1 6 2 15 2 595,986 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 8,931,936 Australia/Oceania
211 Caribbean Netherlands 7 +1 7 0 267 424 16,181 26,203 North America
212 St. Barth 6 6 0 608 137 13,873 9,875 North America
213 Anguilla 3 3 0 200 41 2,735 14,992 North America
214 Lesotho 2 1 1 0.9 283 132 2,140,838 Africa
215 Saint Pierre Miquelon 1 1 0 173 5,796 North America
Total: 6,259,250 +108,768 373,695 +3,189 2,843,986 3,041,569 53,409 803.0 47.9 All
Highlighted in green
= all cases have recovered from the infection
Highlighted in grey
= all cases have had an outcome (there are no active cases)

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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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