COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic
Last updated: May 30, 2020, 05:50 GMT
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Coronavirus Cases:

6,034,666
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Deaths:

366,896

Recovered:

2,661,257
Active Cases
3,006,513
Currently Infected Patients
2,952,778 (98%)
in Mild Condition

53,735 (2%)
Serious or Critical

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Closed Cases
3,028,153
Cases which had an outcome:
2,661,257 (88%)
Recovered / Discharged

366,896 (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
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Cases		 Serious,
Critical		 Tot Cases/
1M pop		 Deaths/
1M pop		 Total
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1M pop 		Population Continent
World 6,026,418 +125,511 366,421 +4,872 2,656,144 3,003,853 53,735 773 47.0 All
1 China 82,995 4,634 78,291 70 4 58 3 1,439,323,776 Asia
2 USA 1,793,530 +25,069 104,542 +1,212 519,569 1,169,419 17,204 5,421 316 16,810,778 50,814 330,832,890 North America
3 Brazil 468,338 +29,526 27,944 +1,180 193,181 247,213 8,318 2,205 132 930,013 4,378 212,426,274 South America
4 Russia 387,623 +8,572 4,374 +232 159,257 223,992 2,300 2,656 30 10,000,061 68,527 145,929,167 Europe
5 Spain 285,644 +658 27,121 +2 196,958 61,565 617 6,110 580 3,556,567 76,071 46,753,246 Europe
6 UK 271,222 +2,095 38,161 +324 N/A N/A 1,559 3,997 562 4,043,686 59,593 67,854,937 Europe
7 Italy 232,248 +516 33,229 +87 152,844 46,175 475 3,841 550 3,755,279 62,102 60,469,262 Europe
8 France 186,835 +597 28,714 +52 67,803 90,318 1,361 2,863 440 1,384,633 21,217 65,261,155 Europe
9 Germany 183,019 +567 8,594 +24 164,100 10,325 729 2,185 103 3,952,971 47,194 83,760,886 Europe
10 India 173,491 +8,105 4,980 +269 82,627 85,884 8,944 126 4 3,483,838 2,527 1,378,789,216 Asia
11 Turkey 162,120 +1,141 4,489 +28 125,963 31,668 662 1,924 53 1,964,364 23,314 84,257,335 Asia
12 Peru 148,285 +6,506 4,230 +131 62,791 81,264 926 4,503 128 963,617 29,263 32,929,707 South America
13 Iran 146,668 +2,819 7,677 +50 114,931 24,060 2,547 1,748 92 896,571 10,687 83,894,952 Asia
14 Chile 90,638 +3,695 944 +54 38,598 51,096 1,350 4,745 49 546,506 28,610 19,101,613 South America
15 Canada 89,418 +906 6,979 +102 47,518 34,921 1,618 2,371 185 1,596,449 42,332 37,712,703 North America
16 Saudi Arabia 81,766 +1,581 458 +17 57,013 24,295 384 2,352 13 787,465 22,652 34,763,636 Asia
17 Mexico 81,400 +3,377 9,044 +447 56,638 15,718 378 632 70 244,858 1,901 128,810,940 North America
18 Pakistan 64,028 +2,801 1,317 +57 22,305 40,406 111 290 6 520,017 2,359 220,485,909 Asia
19 Belgium 58,061 +212 9,430 +42 15,682 32,949 187 5,012 814 836,879 72,237 11,585,252 Europe
20 Qatar 52,907 +1,993 36 +3 20,604 32,267 216 18,393 13 212,897 74,012 2,876,510 Asia
21 Netherlands 46,126 +176 5,931 +28 N/A N/A 180 2,692 346 348,256 20,328 17,131,629 Europe
22 Bangladesh 42,844 +2,523 582 +23 9,015 33,247 1 260 4 287,067 1,745 164,542,316 Asia
23 Belarus 40,764 +906 224 +5 17,390 23,150 92 4,314 24 512,418 54,227 9,449,585 Europe
24 Ecuador 38,571 +100 3,334 +21 19,190 16,047 220 2,189 189 113,808 6,460 17,618,288 South America
25 Sweden 36,476 +749 4,350 +84 4,971 27,155 289 3,614 431 238,800 23,658 10,093,745 Europe
26 Singapore 33,860 +611 23 19,631 14,206 8 5,792 4 334,691 57,249 5,846,269 Asia
27 UAE 33,170 +638 260 +2 17,097 15,813 1 3,357 26 2,110,493 213,622 9,879,555 Asia
28 Portugal 31,946 +350 1,383 +14 18,911 11,652 66 3,132 136 795,838 78,030 10,199,174 Europe
29 Switzerland 30,828 +32 1,919 28,300 609 32 3,564 222 390,697 45,172 8,649,038 Europe
30 South Africa 29,240 +1,837 611 +34 15,093 13,536 128 494 10 680,175 11,482 59,240,605 Africa
31 Colombia 26,688 +1,322 853 +31 6,913 18,922 136 525 17 283,346 5,574 50,834,077 South America
32 Indonesia 25,216 +678 1,520 +24 6,492 17,204 92 6 300,545 1,100 273,263,419 Asia
33 Kuwait 25,184 +1,072 194 +9 9,273 15,717 191 5,905 45 282,341 66,203 4,264,746 Asia
34 Ireland 24,876 +35 1,645 +6 22,089 1,142 47 5,043 333 325,795 66,047 4,932,806 Europe
35 Poland 23,155 +330 1,051 +13 10,692 11,412 160 612 28 873,456 23,077 37,850,086 Europe
36 Ukraine 22,811 +429 679 +10 8,934 13,198 267 521 16 337,318 7,709 43,755,130 Europe
37 Egypt 22,082 +1,289 879 +34 5,511 15,692 41 216 9 135,000 1,322 102,152,100 Africa
38 Romania 18,982 +191 1,248 +13 12,829 4,905 182 986 65 421,451 21,896 19,248,085 Europe
39 Israel 16,987 +115 284 14,776 1,927 37 1,847 31 565,311 61,463 9,197,590 Asia
40 Japan 16,719 +36 874 +7 14,254 1,591 131 132 7 284,763 2,251 126,508,530 Asia
41 Austria 16,655 +27 668 15,347 640 25 1,850 74 434,302 48,246 9,001,908 Europe
42 Philippines 16,634 +1,046 942 +21 3,720 11,972 81 152 9 332,689 3,040 109,447,729 Asia
43 Dominican Republic 16,531 +463 488 +3 9,266 6,777 106 1,525 45 76,930 7,098 10,838,156 North America
44 Argentina 15,419 +717 520 +12 4,788 10,111 259 341 12 150,486 3,332 45,158,774 South America
45 Afghanistan 13,659 +623 246 +11 1,259 12,154 19 352 6 35,923 925 38,843,762 Asia
46 Panama 12,531 +400 326 +6 7,540 4,665 79 2,908 76 63,202 14,669 4,308,467 North America
47 Denmark 11,593 +81 568 10,240 785 18 2,002 98 606,574 104,754 5,790,443 Europe
48 S. Korea 11,402 +58 269 10,363 770 15 222 5 885,120 17,265 51,265,441 Asia
49 Serbia 11,354 +54 242 +1 6,524 4,588 8 1,299 28 239,234 27,371 8,740,269 Europe
50 Bahrain 10,449 +397 15 5,700 4,734 9 6,163 9 304,179 179,408 1,695,455 Asia
51 Kazakhstan 9,932 +356 37 5,057 4,838 62 530 2 761,727 40,612 18,756,335 Asia
52 Oman 9,820 +811 40 2,396 7,384 31 1,928 8 72,000 14,135 5,093,884 Asia
53 Nigeria 9,302 +387 261 +2 2,697 6,344 7 45 1 58,726 286 205,640,180 Africa
54 Czechia 9,196 +56 319 6,500 2,377 19 859 30 430,564 40,212 10,707,285 Europe
55 Algeria 9,134 +137 638 +8 5,422 3,074 34 209 15 43,776,603 Africa
56 Armenia 8,676 +460 120 +7 3,297 5,259 10 2,928 41 56,042 18,915 2,962,770 Asia
57 Norway 8,422 +11 236 7,727 459 8 1,555 44 245,352 45,289 5,417,490 Europe
58 Bolivia 8,387 +619 293 +13 738 7,356 3 719 25 22,294 1,912 11,658,434 South America
59 Moldova 7,896 +171 288 +6 4,278 3,330 256 1,957 71 40,565 10,054 4,034,743 Europe
60 Malaysia 7,732 +103 115 6,235 1,382 8 239 4 519,944 16,083 32,328,196 Asia
61 Morocco 7,714 +71 202 5,271 2,241 1 209 5 190,061 5,155 36,870,903 Africa
62 Ghana 7,616 +313 34 2,421 5,161 17 246 1 208,328 6,718 31,010,956 Africa
63 Australia 7,173 +23 103 6,582 488 4 282 4 1,397,622 54,867 25,473,105 Australia/Oceania
64 Finland 6,776 +33 314 +1 5,500 962 10 1,223 57 179,400 32,383 5,539,987 Europe
65 Iraq 5,873 +416 185 +6 3,044 2,644 45 146 5 211,485 5,269 40,135,453 Asia
66 Cameroon 5,436 177 +2 3,326 1,933 28 205 7 26,481,233 Africa
67 Azerbaijan 4,989 +230 58 +2 3,125 1,806 42 492 6 284,669 28,099 10,131,032 Asia
68 Honduras 4,752 +112 196 +2 519 4,037 13 480 20 14,790 1,495 9,889,983 North America
69 Sudan 4,521 +175 233 +38 816 3,472 103 5 401 9 43,750,011 Africa
70 Guatemala 4,348 +203 80 +12 565 3,703 5 243 4 31,427 1,757 17,884,332 North America
71 Luxembourg 4,012 +4 110 3,815 87 4 6,419 176 72,996 116,788 625,031 Europe
72 Hungary 3,841 +25 517 +8 2,024 1,300 24 398 54 180,152 18,645 9,662,389 Europe
73 Tajikistan 3,686 +123 47 1,769 1,870 387 5 9,516,984 Asia
74 Guinea 3,656 +103 22 2,000 1,634 24 279 2 14,407 1,100 13,097,504 Africa
75 Uzbekistan 3,468 +24 14 2,728 726 7 104 0.4 460,000 13,762 33,424,544 Asia
76 Senegal 3,429 +81 41 +2 1,738 1,650 18 205 2 39,499 2,365 16,700,407 Africa
77 Thailand 3,076 +11 57 2,945 74 59 44 0.8 375,453 5,380 69,784,967 Asia
78 Djibouti 2,914 20 1,241 1,653 2,953 20 25,257 25,598 986,677 Africa
79 Greece 2,909 +3 175 1,374 1,360 16 279 17 174,844 16,768 10,427,224 Europe
80 DRC 2,833 +173 69 400 2,364 32 0.8 89,286,547 Africa
81 Ivory Coast 2,750 +109 32 1,370 1,348 105 1 26,548 1,009 26,314,434 Africa
82 Gabon 2,613 +182 15 +1 709 1,889 15 1,177 7 13,833 6,229 2,220,636 Africa
83 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,485 +23 153 1,803 529 4 757 47 63,596 19,374 3,282,476 Europe
84 Bulgaria 2,485 +8 136 +2 1,016 1,333 22 357 20 79,389 11,419 6,952,659 Europe
85 El Salvador 2,278 +84 42 +3 1,015 1,221 30 351 6 84,650 13,057 6,483,357 North America
86 Croatia 2,245 103 +1 2,059 83 4 547 25 65,509 15,949 4,107,324 Europe
87 North Macedonia 2,129 +52 126 +5 1,516 487 21 1,022 60 27,684 13,288 2,083,381 Europe
88 Cuba 2,005 +22 82 1,760 163 3 177 7 101,108 8,926 11,327,197 North America
89 Estonia 1,859 +8 67 +1 1,610 182 1,401 51 81,719 61,607 1,326,459 Europe
90 Somalia 1,828 72 310 1,446 2 115 5 15,849,098 Africa
91 Iceland 1,805 10 1,794 1 5,292 29 60,491 177,367 341,049 Europe
92 Kenya 1,745 +127 62 +4 438 1,245 7 33 1 74,003 1,379 53,657,349 Africa
93 Mayotte 1,699 +29 21 1,385 293 9 6,242 77 5,200 19,105 272,174 Africa
94 Lithuania 1,662 +6 68 1,216 378 17 610 25 294,091 107,914 2,725,228 Europe
95 Kyrgyzstan 1,662 +68 16 1,088 558 4 255 2 109,521 16,813 6,514,168 Asia
96 Maldives 1,591 +78 5 197 1,389 9 2,948 9 11,775 21,820 539,651 Asia
97 Sri Lanka 1,558 +28 10 754 794 1 73 0.5 60,878 2,844 21,405,475 Asia
98 Slovakia 1,520 28 1,338 154 278 5 167,562 30,692 5,459,418 Europe
99 New Zealand 1,504 22 1,481 1 301 4 275,852 55,147 5,002,100 Australia/Oceania
100 Slovenia 1,473 108 1,357 8 2 709 52 79,284 38,137 2,078,914 Europe
101 Haiti 1,443 +123 35 +1 22 1,386 127 3 3,475 305 11,389,903 North America
102 Venezuela 1,370 +45 14 +3 302 1,054 3 48 0.5 961,899 33,819 28,442,623 South America
103 Equatorial Guinea 1,306 +263 12 200 1,094 934 9 854 611 1,398,267 Africa
104 Guinea-Bissau 1,256 +61 8 42 1,206 640 4 1,500 764 1,963,484 Africa
105 Mali 1,226 +32 73 +1 669 484 61 4 3,483 172 20,192,489 Africa
106 Nepal 1,212 +170 6 +1 206 1,000 42 0.2 169,632 5,832 29,087,562 Asia
107 Lebanon 1,172 +4 26 705 441 6 172 4 80,239 11,752 6,827,955 Asia
108 Albania 1,099 +23 33 851 215 5 382 11 14,269 4,958 2,878,060 Europe
109 Hong Kong 1,080 +13 4 1,035 41 1 144 0.5 202,930 27,088 7,491,589 Asia
110 Tunisia 1,071 +3 48 946 77 2 91 4 50,380 4,267 11,807,501 Africa
111 Latvia 1,064 +3 24 745 295 3 564 13 106,931 56,642 1,887,841 Europe
112 Zambia 1,057 7 779 271 1 58 0.4 24,275 1,324 18,332,690 Africa
113 Costa Rica 1,022 +22 10 653 359 2 201 2 25,503 5,010 5,089,969 North America
114 South Sudan 994 10 6 978 89 0.9 3,356 300 11,181,838 Africa
115 Ethiopia 968 +137 8 +1 197 763 4 8 0.07 101,581 886 114,685,261 Africa
116 Niger 955 64 813 78 40 3 6,020 250 24,115,230 Africa
117 Cyprus 942 +1 17 784 141 4 781 14 111,270 92,219 1,206,584 Asia
118 Paraguay 917 +17 11 413 493 1 129 2 28,337 3,977 7,124,576 South America
119 CAR 874 +119 1 23 850 181 0.2 14,557 3,019 4,821,903 Africa
120 Burkina Faso 847 53 720 74 41 3 20,846,391 Africa
121 Sierra Leone 829 +17 45 386 398 104 6 7,961,529 Africa
122 Uruguay 816 +5 22 680 114 6 235 6 42,624 12,274 3,472,692 South America
123 Andorra 764 +1 51 684 29 4 9,889 660 3,750 48,541 77,254 Europe
124 Chad 759 +33 65 444 250 46 4 16,378,747 Africa
125 Nicaragua 759 35 370 354 115 5 6,617,408 North America
126 Georgia 746 +8 12 576 158 6 187 3 53,618 13,439 3,989,806 Asia
127 Jordan 730 +2 9 507 214 5 72 0.9 180,119 17,669 10,194,057 Asia
128 Diamond Princess 712 13 651 48 4 0
129 Madagascar 698 +42 5 +3 164 529 9 25 0.2 10,249 371 27,621,064 Africa
130 San Marino 671 +1 42 344 285 1 19,779 1,238 4,382 129,167 33,925 Europe
131 Malta 616 9 +2 514 93 1 1,395 20 66,664 151,014 441,442 Europe
132 Congo 571 19 161 391 104 3 5,504,824 Africa
133 Jamaica 569 9 284 276 2 192 3 11,460 3,872 2,960,047 North America
134 Channel Islands 560 45 512 3 3,224 259 10,255 59,032 173,720 Europe
135 Tanzania 509 21 183 305 7 9 0.4 59,564,340 Africa
136 Réunion 470 +5 1 411 58 1 525 1 17,200 19,223 894,749 Africa
137 Sao Tome and Principe 463 +5 12 68 383 2,116 55 175 800 218,775 Africa
138 French Guiana 450 +14 1 172 277 2 1,510 3 297,920 South America
139 Palestine 446 3 368 75 88 0.6 44,876 8,817 5,089,925 Asia
140 Taiwan 442 +1 7 420 15 19 0.3 71,750 3,013 23,813,096 Asia
141 Togo 428 +6 13 202 213 52 2 19,162 2,320 8,259,905 Africa
142 Mauritania 423 +77 20 +1 21 382 91 4 2,583 557 4,637,608 Africa
143 Cabo Verde 405 +15 4 155 246 729 7 1,307 2,353 555,443 Africa
144 Rwanda 355 +6 247 108 27 65,608 5,078 12,920,834 Africa
145 Isle of Man 336 24 309 3 3,953 282 4,756 55,957 84,994 Europe
146 Mauritius 335 +1 10 322 3 263 8 114,236 89,837 1,271,588 Africa
147 Uganda 329 +12 72 257 7 93,062 2,041 45,594,205 Africa
148 Vietnam 327 279 48 1 3 275,000 2,827 97,260,527 Asia
149 Montenegro 324 9 315 0 516 14 10,167 16,188 628,059 Europe
150 Yemen 283 +5 65 +8 11 207 10 2 120 4 29,762,769 Asia
151 Eswatini 279 2 168 109 241 2 4,994 4,309 1,159,085 Africa
152 Liberia 273 +4 27 146 100 54 5 5,046,147 Africa
153 Malawi 273 +70 4 42 227 1 14 0.2 3,372 177 19,081,339 Africa
154 Mozambique 234 +1 2 84 148 8 0.06 10,001 321 31,168,238 Africa
155 Benin 224 +14 3 136 85 19 0.2 30,817 2,549 12,091,909 Africa
156 Myanmar 207 +1 6 130 71 4 0.1 23,951 440 54,377,737 Asia
157 Martinique 200 +3 14 98 88 533 37 375,289 North America
158 Faeroe Islands 187 187 0 3,828 9,568 195,877 48,847 Europe
159 Mongolia 179 +18 43 136 11 55 13,594 4,153 3,273,383 Asia
160 Guadeloupe 162 +1 14 138 10 1 405 35 4,137 10,339 400,118 North America
161 Gibraltar 161 +3 148 13 4,779 7,315 217,114 33,692 Europe
162 Guyana 150 11 67 72 2 191 14 1,586 2,017 786,222 South America
163 Zimbabwe 149 4 28 117 10 0.3 40,847 2,752 14,842,996 Africa
164 Brunei 141 2 138 1 2 323 5 18,962 43,381 437,104 Asia
165 Cayman Islands 141 +1 1 68 72 2,148 15 11,139 169,667 65,652 North America
166 Bermuda 140 9 92 39 2 2,247 144 6,941 111,418 62,297 North America
167 Cambodia 124 122 2 1 7 19,457 1,165 16,697,744 Asia
168 Syria 122 4 43 75 7 0.2 17,459,220 Asia
169 Libya 118 +13 5 41 72 17 0.7 5,154 751 6,862,735 Africa
170 Trinidad and Tobago 116 8 108 0 83 6 3,122 2,231 1,399,098 North America
171 Bahamas 102 +2 11 48 43 1 260 28 2,087 5,312 392,908 North America
172 Aruba 101 3 98 0 946 28 2,117 19,836 106,727 North America
173 Monaco 98 4 90 4 2 2,499 102 39,217 Europe
174 Barbados 92 7 76 9 1 320 24 5,272 18,347 287,345 North America
175 Comoros 87 2 24 61 100 2 867,826 Africa
176 Liechtenstein 82 1 55 26 2,151 26 900 23,610 38,119 Europe
177 Angola 81 +7 4 18 59 2 0.1 10,000 305 32,762,654 Africa
178 Sint Maarten 77 15 60 2 1 1,798 350 450 10,506 42,832 North America
179 French Polynesia 60 60 0 214 4,006 14,268 280,766 Australia/Oceania
180 Macao 45 45 0 69 648,524 Asia
181 Burundi 42 1 20 21 4 0.08 284 24 11,855,161 Africa
182 Saint Martin 40 3 33 4 1 1,036 78 553 14,325 38,604 North America
183 Eritrea 39 39 0 11 3,541,919 Africa
184 Botswana 35 1 20 14 15 0.4 17,991 7,665 2,347,107 Africa
185 Bhutan 31 6 25 40 16,547 21,466 770,842 Asia
186 St. Vincent Grenadines 26 +1 14 12 234 472 4,256 110,910 North America
187 Antigua and Barbuda 25 3 19 3 1 255 31 183 1,870 97,857 North America
188 Gambia 25 1 20 4 10 0.4 1,756 729 2,409,904 Africa
189 Timor-Leste 24 24 0 18 1,290 980 1,316,071 Asia
190 Grenada 23 18 5 4 204 3,007 26,734 112,478 North America
191 Namibia 23 +1 14 9 9 3,412 1,345 2,536,578 Africa
192 Laos 19 16 3 3 6,141 845 7,265,839 Asia
193 New Caledonia 19 18 1 67 6,416 22,492 285,253 Australia/Oceania
194 Belize 18 2 16 0 45 5 1,572 3,960 396,949 North America
195 Curaçao 18 1 14 3 110 6 572 3,487 164,035 North America
196 Fiji 18 15 3 20 2,431 2,714 895,872 Australia/Oceania
197 Saint Lucia 18 18 0 98 1,012 5,513 183,554 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 53,166 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 1,334 586,164 South America
203 Turks and Caicos 12 1 10 1 310 26 129 3,336 38,669 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 98,294 Africa
207 MS Zaandam 9 2 7 0
208 Western Sahara 9 1 6 2 15 2 595,905 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 8,931,009 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 41 2,735 14,991 North America
214 Lesotho 2 1 1 0.9 283 132 2,140,745 Africa
215 Saint Pierre Miquelon 1 1 0 173 5,796 North America
Total: 6,026,418 +125,511 366,421 +4,872 2,656,144 3,003,853 53,735 773.1 47.0 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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