COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic
Last updated: May 29, 2020, 23:48 GMT
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Coronavirus Cases:

6,025,545
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Deaths:

366,401

Recovered:

2,655,719
Active Cases
3,003,425
Currently Infected Patients
2,949,702 (98%)
in Mild Condition

53,723 (2%)
Serious or Critical

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Closed Cases
3,022,120
Cases which had an outcome:
2,655,719 (88%)
Recovered / Discharged

366,401 (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 5,900,907 +116,304 361,549 +4,612 2,589,238 2,950,120 53,975 757 46.4 All
1 China 82,995 +2 4,634 78,288 73 4 58 3 1,439,323,776 Asia
2 USA 1,768,461 +22,658 103,330 +1,223 510,713 1,154,418 17,202 5,346 312 16,331,312 49,365 330,827,597 North America
3 Brazil 438,812 +24,151 26,764 +1,067 193,181 218,867 8,318 2,066 126 871,839 4,104 212,422,152 South America
4 Russia 379,051 +8,371 4,142 +174 150,993 223,916 2,300 2,598 28 9,701,280 66,479 145,928,996 Europe
5 Spain 284,986 +1,137 27,119 +1 196,958 60,909 854 6,096 580 3,556,567 76,071 46,753,197 Europe
6 UK 269,127 +1,887 37,837 +377 N/A N/A 1,559 3,966 558 3,918,079 57,743 67,853,964 Europe
7 Italy 231,732 +593 33,142 +70 150,604 47,986 489 3,832 548 3,683,144 60,909 60,469,504 Europe
8 France 186,238 +3,325 28,662 +66 67,191 90,385 1,429 2,854 439 1,384,633 21,217 65,260,761 Europe
9 Germany 182,452 +557 8,570 +37 163,200 10,682 744 2,178 102 3,952,971 47,194 83,760,156 Europe
10 India 165,386 +7,300 4,711 +177 70,920 89,755 8,944 120 3 3,362,136 2,439 1,378,752,175 Asia
11 Turkey 160,979 +1,182 4,461 +30 124,369 32,149 683 1,911 53 1,928,209 22,885 84,254,857 Asia
12 Iran 143,849 +2,258 7,627 +63 112,988 23,234 2,543 1,715 91 876,492 10,448 83,892,015 Asia
13 Peru 141,779 +5,874 4,099 +116 59,442 78,238 926 4,306 124 928,797 28,207 32,928,451 South America
14 Canada 88,512 +993 6,877 +112 46,840 34,795 1,613 2,347 182 1,585,235 42,036 37,711,800 North America
15 Chile 86,943 +4,654 890 +49 36,150 49,903 1,289 4,552 47 530,173 27,756 19,101,165 South America
16 Saudi Arabia 80,185 +1,644 441 +16 54,553 25,191 384 2,307 13 770,696 22,171 34,762,153 Asia
17 Mexico 78,023 +3,463 8,597 +463 54,383 15,043 378 606 67 244,858 1,901 128,807,241 North America
18 Pakistan 61,227 +2,076 1,260 +35 20,231 39,736 111 278 6 508,086 2,305 220,474,171 Asia
19 Belgium 57,849 +257 9,388 +24 15,572 32,889 208 4,993 810 818,807 70,678 11,585,114 Europe
20 Qatar 50,914 +1,967 33 +3 15,399 35,482 214 17,701 11 207,033 71,977 2,876,377 Asia
21 Netherlands 45,950 +182 5,903 +32 N/A N/A 182 2,682 345 342,681 20,003 17,131,525 Europe
22 Bangladesh 40,321 +2,029 559 +15 8,425 31,337 1 245 3 275,776 1,676 164,537,836 Asia
23 Belarus 39,858 +902 219 +5 16,660 22,979 92 4,218 23 499,249 52,833 9,449,593 Europe
24 Ecuador 38,471 +368 3,313 +38 18,425 16,733 220 2,184 188 110,812 6,290 17,617,555 South America
25 Sweden 35,727 +639 4,266 +46 4,971 26,490 280 3,540 423 238,800 23,659 10,093,573 Europe
26 Singapore 33,249 +373 23 18,294 14,932 7 5,687 4 334,691 57,250 5,846,144 Asia
27 UAE 32,532 +563 258 +3 16,685 15,589 1 3,293 26 2,110,493 213,629 9,879,229 Asia
28 Portugal 31,596 +304 1,369 +13 18,637 11,590 65 3,098 134 778,698 76,349 10,199,255 Europe
29 Switzerland 30,796 +20 1,919 +2 28,300 577 36 3,561 222 385,822 44,610 8,648,865 Europe
30 South Africa 27,403 +1,466 577 +25 14,370 12,456 128 463 10 655,723 11,069 59,238,562 Africa
31 Colombia 25,366 +1,262 822 +19 6,665 17,879 136 499 16 283,346 5,574 50,832,596 South America
32 Ireland 24,841 +38 1,639 +8 22,089 1,113 47 5,036 332 325,795 66,049 4,932,656 Europe
33 Indonesia 24,538 +687 1,496 +23 6,240 16,802 90 5 289,906 1,061 273,255,522 Asia
34 Kuwait 24,112 +845 185 +10 8,698 15,229 197 5,654 43 282,341 66,206 4,264,573 Asia
35 Poland 22,825 +352 1,038 +10 10,560 11,227 160 603 27 846,732 22,371 37,850,199 Europe
36 Ukraine 22,382 +477 669 +11 8,439 13,274 263 512 15 322,746 7,376 43,755,845 Europe
37 Egypt 20,793 +1,127 845 +29 5,359 14,589 41 204 8 135,000 1,322 102,146,819 Africa
38 Romania 18,791 +197 1,235 +8 12,629 4,927 182 976 64 410,000 21,300 19,248,434 Europe
39 Israel 16,872 +79 284 +3 14,679 1,909 41 1,834 31 558,516 60,724 9,197,590 Asia
40 Japan 16,683 +32 867 +9 14,147 1,669 136 132 7 281,293 2,223 126,509,583 Asia
41 Austria 16,628 +37 668 +23 15,286 674 30 1,847 74 427,372 47,476 9,001,768 Europe
42 Dominican Republic 16,068 +345 485 +11 8,952 6,631 123 1,483 45 74,612 6,884 10,837,859 North America
43 Philippines 15,588 +539 921 +17 3,598 11,069 81 142 8 323,819 2,959 109,443,743 Asia
44 Argentina 14,702 +769 508 +8 4,617 9,577 171 326 11 145,081 3,213 45,157,642 South America
45 Afghanistan 13,036 +580 235 +8 1,209 11,592 19 336 6 34,903 899 38,841,361 Asia
46 Panama 12,131 +403 320 +5 7,379 4,432 72 2,816 74 63,202 14,670 4,308,282 North America
47 Denmark 11,512 +32 568 +3 10,180 764 20 1,988 98 583,052 100,693 5,790,388 Europe
48 S. Korea 11,344 +79 269 10,340 735 15 221 5 868,666 16,945 51,265,321 Asia
49 Serbia 11,300 +25 241 +1 6,438 4,621 9 1,293 28 234,019 26,775 8,740,364 Europe
50 Bahrain 10,052 +360 15 5,419 4,618 9 5,929 9 297,873 175,706 1,695,292 Asia
51 Kazakhstan 9,576 +272 37 4,900 4,639 62 511 2 735,273 39,203 18,755,722 Asia
52 Czechia 9,140 +54 319 +2 6,460 2,361 21 854 30 424,423 39,639 10,707,231 Europe
53 Oman 9,009 +636 40 +1 2,177 6,792 31 1,769 8 72,000 14,136 5,093,528 Asia
54 Algeria 8,997 +140 630 +7 5,277 3,090 32 206 14 43,774,437 Africa
55 Nigeria 8,915 +182 259 +5 2,592 6,064 7 43 1 49,966 243 205,626,178 Africa
56 Norway 8,411 +10 236 +1 7,727 448 10 1,553 44 239,864 44,277 5,417,374 Europe
57 Armenia 8,216 +442 113 +15 3,287 4,816 10 2,773 38 54,931 18,541 2,962,755 Asia
58 Bolivia 7,768 +632 280 +6 689 6,799 3 666 24 22,294 1,912 11,657,999 South America
59 Moldova 7,725 +188 282 +8 4,123 3,320 256 1,915 70 40,565 10,054 4,034,769 Europe
60 Morocco 7,643 +42 202 5,195 2,246 1 207 5 180,189 4,887 36,869,708 Africa
61 Malaysia 7,629 +10 115 6,169 1,345 8 236 4 519,944 16,084 32,327,063 Asia
62 Ghana 7,303 34 2,412 4,857 16 236 1 205,890 6,640 31,009,181 Africa
63 Australia 7,150 +11 103 6,580 467 5 281 4 1,367,444 53,684 25,472,297 Australia/Oceania
64 Finland 6,743 +51 313 5,500 930 11 1,217 56 176,650 31,886 5,539,963 Europe
65 Iraq 5,457 +322 179 +4 2,971 2,307 41 136 4 211,485 5,270 40,132,981 Asia
66 Cameroon 5,436 175 1,996 3,265 28 205 7 26,479,422 Africa
67 Azerbaijan 4,759 +191 56 +2 3,022 1,681 42 470 6 284,669 28,099 10,130,782 Asia
68 Honduras 4,640 +239 194 +6 506 3,940 13 469 20 14,790 1,496 9,889,552 North America
69 Sudan 4,346 +200 195 +11 749 3,402 99 4 401 9 43,747,206 Africa
70 Guatemala 4,145 +191 68 +5 493 3,584 5 232 4 31,427 1,757 17,883,425 North America
71 Luxembourg 4,008 +7 110 3,803 95 4 6,413 176 71,098 113,756 625,003 Europe
72 Hungary 3,816 +23 509 +4 1,996 1,311 24 395 53 174,011 18,009 9,662,456 Europe
73 Tajikistan 3,563 +139 47 1,674 1,842 374 5 9,516,398 Asia
74 Guinea 3,553 +278 22 +2 1,950 1,581 24 271 2 14,407 1,100 13,096,527 Africa
75 Uzbekistan 3,444 +75 14 2,694 736 4 103 0.4 460,000 13,763 33,423,219 Asia
76 Senegal 3,348 +95 39 +1 1,686 1,623 18 200 2 38,508 2,306 16,699,197 Africa
77 Thailand 3,065 +11 57 2,945 63 59 44 0.8 375,453 5,380 69,784,490 Asia
78 Djibouti 2,914 +217 20 +2 1,241 1,653 2,953 20 25,257 25,599 986,638 Africa
79 Greece 2,906 +3 175 +2 1,374 1,357 16 279 17 170,467 16,348 10,427,362 Europe
80 DRC 2,660 +114 69 +1 381 2,210 30 0.8 89,279,074 Africa
81 Ivory Coast 2,641 +85 32 +1 1,326 1,283 100 1 26,021 989 26,312,643 Africa
82 Bulgaria 2,477 +17 134 +1 965 1,378 22 356 19 77,664 11,170 6,952,801 Europe
83 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,462 +27 153 +2 1,781 528 4 750 47 62,567 19,061 3,282,532 Europe
84 Gabon 2,431 +112 14 668 1,749 15 1,095 6 12,669 5,705 2,220,492 Africa
85 Croatia 2,245 +1 102 +1 2,051 92 5 547 25 65,094 15,848 4,107,393 Europe
86 El Salvador 2,194 +85 39 +2 1,002 1,153 32 338 6 82,243 12,685 6,483,267 North America
87 North Macedonia 2,077 +38 121 +2 1,486 470 21 997 58 27,023 12,971 2,083,381 Europe
88 Cuba 1,983 +9 82 1,734 167 2 175 7 99,745 8,806 11,327,216 North America
89 Estonia 1,851 +11 66 1,574 211 1,395 50 80,724 60,857 1,326,457 Europe
90 Somalia 1,828 +97 72 +5 310 1,446 2 115 5 15,847,882 Africa
91 Iceland 1,805 10 1,792 3 5,293 29 60,141 176,344 341,043 Europe
92 Mayotte 1,670 +25 21 +1 1,315 334 10 6,136 77 5,200 19,107 272,156 Africa
93 Lithuania 1,656 +9 68 +2 1,193 395 17 608 25 287,982 105,669 2,725,331 Europe
94 Kenya 1,618 +147 58 +3 421 1,139 7 30 1 70,172 1,308 53,654,106 Africa
95 Kyrgyzstan 1,594 +74 16 1,066 512 4 245 2 109,521 16,813 6,513,873 Asia
96 Sri Lanka 1,530 +61 10 745 775 1 71 0.5 59,165 2,764 21,405,231 Asia
97 Slovakia 1,520 +5 28 1,332 160 278 5 165,714 30,354 5,459,411 Europe
98 Maldives 1,513 +56 5 197 1,311 9 2,804 9 11,775 21,821 539,625 Asia
99 New Zealand 1,504 22 +1 1,474 8 301 4 271,690 54,315 5,002,100 Australia/Oceania
100 Slovenia 1,473 +2 108 1,356 9 2 709 52 78,578 37,798 2,078,913 Europe
101 Venezuela 1,325 +80 11 302 1,012 4 47 0.4 897,695 31,561 28,442,842 South America
102 Haiti 1,320 +146 34 +1 22 1,264 116 3 3,475 305 11,389,523 North America
103 Guinea-Bissau 1,195 8 +1 42 1,145 609 4 1,500 764 1,963,357 Africa
104 Mali 1,194 +78 72 +2 652 470 59 4 3,483 173 20,190,889 Africa
105 Lebanon 1,168 +7 26 699 443 7 171 4 78,947 11,562 6,828,038 Asia
106 Albania 1,076 +26 33 823 220 3 374 11 13,993 4,862 2,878,069 Europe
107 Tunisia 1,068 +17 48 938 82 2 90 4 49,951 4,231 11,807,164 Africa
108 Hong Kong 1,067 4 1,035 28 1 142 0.5 202,930 27,088 7,491,423 Asia
109 Latvia 1,061 +4 24 +1 741 296 3 562 13 105,504 55,884 1,887,898 Europe
110 Zambia 1,057 7 779 271 1 58 0.4 24,275 1,324 18,331,278 Africa
111 Equatorial Guinea 1,043 12 165 866 746 9 854 611 1,398,140 Africa
112 Nepal 1,042 +156 5 +1 187 850 36 0.2 162,730 5,595 29,086,128 Asia
113 Costa Rica 1,000 +16 10 646 344 2 196 2 24,897 4,892 5,089,842 North America
114 South Sudan 994 10 6 978 89 0.9 3,356 300 11,181,480 Africa
115 Niger 955 +3 64 +1 803 88 40 3 6,020 250 24,112,822 Africa
116 Cyprus 941 +2 17 784 140 4 780 14 111,270 92,221 1,206,560 Asia
117 Paraguay 900 +16 11 402 487 1 126 2 27,425 3,849 7,124,337 South America
118 Burkina Faso 847 +2 53 719 75 41 3 20,844,819 Africa
119 Ethiopia 831 +100 7 +1 191 633 1 7 0.06 96,566 842 114,677,457 Africa
120 Sierra Leone 812 +30 45 361 406 102 6 7,961,085 Africa
121 Uruguay 811 +8 22 654 135 5 234 6 41,469 11,942 3,472,659 South America
122 Andorra 763 51 681 31 3 9,877 660 3,750 48,541 77,254 Europe
123 Nicaragua 759 35 370 354 115 5 6,617,193 North America
124 CAR 755 +53 1 23 731 157 0.2 11,570 2,400 4,821,674 Africa
125 Georgia 738 +3 12 573 153 6 185 3 52,117 13,062 3,989,827 Asia
126 Jordan 728 +8 9 497 222 5 71 0.9 177,092 17,373 10,193,780 Asia
127 Chad 726 +11 65 +1 413 248 44 4 16,377,454 Africa
128 Diamond Princess 712 13 651 48 4 0
129 San Marino 670 +3 42 322 306 1 19,749 1,238 4,303 126,839 33,925 Europe
130 Madagascar 656 +44 2 154 500 10 24 0.07 9,848 357 27,619,112 Africa
131 Malta 616 +4 7 501 108 1 1,395 16 65,471 148,313 441,439 Europe
132 Congo 571 19 161 391 104 3 5,504,452 Africa
133 Jamaica 569 +5 9 279 281 2 192 3 11,259 3,804 2,960,012 North America
134 Channel Islands 560 45 512 3 3,224 259 10,255 59,033 173,716 Europe
135 Tanzania 509 21 183 305 7 9 0.4 59,559,672 Africa
136 Réunion 465 +5 1 411 53 1 520 1 17,200 19,224 894,731 Africa
137 Sao Tome and Principe 458 +15 12 68 378 2,094 55 175 800 218,764 Africa
138 Palestine 446 +12 3 368 75 88 0.6 44,876 8,817 5,089,600 Asia
139 Taiwan 441 7 420 14 19 0.3 71,581 3,006 23,812,979 Asia
140 French Guiana 436 +30 1 161 274 2 1,464 3 297,899 South America
141 Togo 422 +27 13 197 212 51 2 18,696 2,264 8,259,373 Africa
142 Cabo Verde 390 4 155 231 702 7 1,307 2,353 555,426 Africa
143 Rwanda 349 +3 245 104 27 64,268 4,974 12,919,954 Africa
144 Mauritania 346 +54 19 +3 15 312 75 4 2,583 557 4,637,273 Africa
145 Isle of Man 336 24 306 6 2 3,953 282 4,732 55,675 84,993 Europe
146 Mauritius 334 10 322 2 263 8 111,358 87,574 1,271,582 Africa
147 Vietnam 327 278 49 1 3 275,000 2,828 97,258,136 Asia
148 Montenegro 324 9 315 0 516 14 10,167 16,188 628,059 Europe
149 Uganda 317 +36 69 248 7 90,832 1,992 45,590,239 Africa
150 Eswatini 279 +7 2 168 109 241 2 4,994 4,309 1,159,052 Africa
151 Yemen 278 +22 57 +4 11 210 9 2 120 4 29,760,970 Asia
152 Liberia 269 +3 27 144 98 53 5 5,045,821 Africa
153 Mozambique 233 +6 2 +1 82 149 7 0.06 9,036 290 31,165,836 Africa
154 Benin 210 3 134 73 17 0.2 28,324 2,343 12,091,039 Africa
155 Myanmar 206 6 126 74 4 0.1 22,791 419 54,376,742 Asia
156 Malawi 203 +102 4 37 162 1 11 0.2 3,372 177 19,079,984 Africa
157 Martinique 197 14 91 92 525 37 375,290 North America
158 Faeroe Islands 187 187 0 3,828 9,466 193,793 48,846 Europe
159 Guadeloupe 161 14 115 32 3 402 35 3,573 8,930 400,118 North America
160 Mongolia 161 +13 43 118 11 49 13,225 4,040 3,273,239 Asia
161 Gibraltar 158 +1 147 11 4,690 7,073 209,931 33,692 Europe
162 Guyana 150 +11 11 67 72 2 191 14 1,559 1,983 786,212 South America
163 Zimbabwe 149 +17 4 28 117 10 0.3 37,039 2,495 14,842,405 Africa
164 Brunei 141 2 138 1 2 323 5 18,707 42,799 437,093 Asia
165 Bermuda 140 +1 9 92 39 2 2,247 144 6,941 111,416 62,298 North America
166 Cayman Islands 140 1 67 72 2,133 15 10,466 159,421 65,650 North America
167 Cambodia 124 122 2 1 7 18,392 1,102 16,697,111 Asia
168 Syria 122 +1 4 43 75 7 0.2 17,458,055 Asia
169 Trinidad and Tobago 116 8 108 0 83 6 3,107 2,221 1,399,086 North America
170 Libya 105 +6 5 +1 41 59 15 0.7 5,154 751 6,862,479 Africa
171 Aruba 101 3 98 0 3 946 28 2,105 19,723 106,726 North America
172 Bahamas 100 11 46 43 1 255 28 2,043 5,200 392,898 North America
173 Monaco 98 4 90 4 2 2,499 102 39,217 Europe
174 Barbados 92 7 76 9 1 320 24 5,201 18,100 287,344 North America
175 Comoros 87 2 24 61 100 2 867,776 Africa
176 Liechtenstein 82 1 55 26 2,151 26 900 23,611 38,118 Europe
177 Sint Maarten 77 15 60 2 1 1,798 350 438 10,226 42,831 North America
178 Angola 74 +3 4 18 52 2 0.1 10,000 305 32,759,848 Africa
179 French Polynesia 60 60 0 214 4,006 14,268 280,762 Australia/Oceania
180 Macao 45 45 0 69 648,500 Asia
181 Burundi 42 1 20 21 4 0.08 284 24 11,854,190 Africa
182 Saint Martin 40 3 33 4 1 1,036 78 553 14,325 38,603 North America
183 Eritrea 39 39 0 11 3,541,785 Africa
184 Botswana 35 1 20 14 15 0.4 17,991 7,666 2,346,977 Africa
185 Bhutan 31 +3 6 25 40 15,862 20,578 770,818 Asia
186 Antigua and Barbuda 25 3 19 3 1 255 31 183 1,870 97,855 North America
187 Gambia 25 1 19 5 10 0.4 1,730 718 2,409,718 Africa
188 St. Vincent Grenadines 25 +7 14 11 225 216 1,948 110,909 North America
189 Timor-Leste 24 24 0 18 1,290 980 1,316,002 Asia
190 Grenada 23 18 5 4 204 3,007 26,735 112,476 North America
191 Namibia 22 14 8 9 3,370 1,329 2,536,452 Africa
192 Laos 19 16 3 3 6,066 835 7,265,550 Asia
193 New Caledonia 19 +1 18 1 67 6,416 22,493 285,245 Australia/Oceania
194 Belize 18 2 16 0 45 5 1,517 3,822 396,929 North America
195 Curaçao 18 1 14 3 110 6 572 3,487 164,033 North America
196 Fiji 18 15 3 20 2,431 2,714 895,854 Australia/Oceania
197 Saint Lucia 18 18 0 98 965 5,257 183,552 North America
198 Dominica 16 16 0 222 433 6,016 71,970 North America
199 Saint Kitts and Nevis 15 15 0 282 394 7,411 53,165 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 35,764 56,761 North America
202 Suriname 12 1 9 2 20 2 782 1,334 586,149 South America
203 Turks and Caicos 12 1 10 1 310 26 129 3,336 38,668 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 98,292 Africa
207 MS Zaandam 9 2 7 0
208 Western Sahara 9 1 6 2 15 2 595,865 Africa
209 British Virgin Islands 8 1 7 0 265 33 167 5,527 30,213 North America
210 Papua New Guinea 8 8 0 0.9 2,402 269 8,930,545 Australia/Oceania
211 Caribbean Netherlands 6 6 0 229 424 16,183 26,201 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 14,991 North America
214 Lesotho 2 1 1 0.9 283 132 2,140,699 Africa
215 Saint Pierre Miquelon 1 1 0 173 5,796 North America
Total: 5,900,907 +116,304 361,549 +4,612 2,589,238 2,950,120 53,975 757.0 46.4 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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May 29 (GMT)

Updates
  • 24,656 new cases and 1,201 new deaths in the United States

    Louisiana Department of Health: "Due to network technical issues, case and testing data could not be updated today. The data on deaths and hospitalization have not been impacted. Once resolved, LDH will update at the next noon update." [source]

  • 6,506 new cases and 131 new deaths in Peru [source]
  • 597 new cases and 52 new deaths in France. 'Total Cases' is the sum of total cases in hospitals and EMS probable cases [source] [source]
  • 658 new cases and 2 new deaths in Spain. 'Total Cases' is the sum of total cases detected by PRC and antibodies tests   [source]
  • 2,819 new cases and 50 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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