COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic
Last updated: May 28, 2020, 09:05 GMT
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Coronavirus Cases:

5,806,965
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Deaths:

357,777

Recovered:

2,510,138
Active Cases
2,939,050
Currently Infected Patients
2,886,092 (98%)
in Mild Condition

52,958 (2%)
Serious or Critical

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Closed Cases
2,867,915
Cases which had an outcome:
2,510,138 (88%)
Recovered / Discharged

357,777 (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
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Deaths		 New
Deaths		 Total
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Critical		 Tot Cases/
1M pop		 Deaths/
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1M pop 		Population Continent
World 5,784,603 +106,475 356,937 +5,283 2,494,856 2,932,810 52,973 742 45.8 All
1 China 82,993 +1 4,634 78,280 79 5 58 3 1,439,323,776 Asia
2 USA 1,745,803 +20,546 102,107 +1,535 490,130 1,153,566 17,166 5,277 309 15,875,473 47,988 330,822,304 North America
3 Brazil 414,661 +22,301 25,697 +1,148 166,647 222,317 8,318 1,952 121 871,839 4,104 212,418,030 South America
4 Russia 370,680 +8,338 3,968 +161 142,208 224,504 2,300 2,540 27 9,415,992 64,525 145,928,826 Europe
5 Spain 283,849 +510 27,118 +1 196,958 59,773 854 6,071 580 3,556,567 76,071 46,753,147 Europe
6 UK 267,240 +2,013 37,460 +412 N/A N/A 1,559 3,939 552 3,798,490 55,981 67,852,992 Europe
7 Italy 231,139 +584 33,072 +117 147,101 50,966 505 3,822 547 3,607,251 59,654 60,469,746 Europe
8 France 182,913 +191 28,596 +66 66,584 87,733 1,501 2,803 438 1,384,633 21,217 65,260,368 Europe
9 Germany 181,895 +607 8,533 +35 162,800 10,562 763 2,172 102 3,952,971 47,194 83,759,426 Europe
10 Turkey 159,797 +1,035 4,431 +34 122,793 32,573 723 1,897 53 1,894,650 22,488 84,252,379 Asia
11 India 158,086 +7,293 4,534 +190 67,749 85,803 8,944 115 3 3,242,160 2,352 1,378,715,135 Asia
12 Iran 141,591 +2,080 7,564 +56 111,176 22,851 2,551 1,688 90 856,546 10,210 83,889,077 Asia
13 Peru 135,905 +6,154 3,983 +195 56,169 75,753 926 4,127 121 905,278 27,493 32,927,196 South America
14 Canada 87,519 +872 6,765 +126 46,164 34,590 502 2,321 179 1,530,931 40,597 37,710,897 North America
15 Chile 82,289 +4,328 841 +35 33,540 47,908 1,251 4,308 44 514,523 26,937 19,100,718 South America
16 Saudi Arabia 78,541 +1,815 425 +14 51,022 27,094 384 2,259 12 754,268 21,699 34,760,671 Asia
17 Mexico 74,560 +3,455 8,134 +501 52,219 14,207 378 579 63 235,129 1,825 128,803,542 North America
18 Pakistan 59,151 +1,446 1,225 +28 19,142 38,784 111 268 6 499,399 2,265 220,462,432 Asia
19 Belgium 57,592 +137 9,364 +30 15,465 32,763 220 4,971 808 804,890 69,477 11,584,977 Europe
20 Qatar 48,947 +1,740 30 +2 13,283 35,634 203 17,018 10 201,180 69,945 2,876,244 Asia
21 Netherlands 45,768 +190 5,871 +15 N/A N/A 188 2,672 343 335,524 19,585 17,131,422 Europe
22 Belarus 38,956 +897 214 +6 15,923 22,819 92 4,123 23 485,534 51,381 9,449,602 Europe
23 Bangladesh 38,292 +1,541 544 +22 7,925 29,823 1 233 3 266,456 1,619 164,533,357 Asia
24 Ecuador 38,103 +748 3,275 +72 18,425 16,403 219 2,163 186 109,541 6,218 17,616,823 South America
25 Sweden 35,088 +648 4,220 +95 4,971 25,897 264 3,476 418 238,800 23,659 10,093,401 Europe
26 Singapore 32,876 +533 23 17,276 15,577 7 5,624 4 334,691 57,251 5,846,018 Asia
27 UAE 31,969 +883 255 +2 16,371 15,343 1 3,236 26 2,072,493 209,790 9,878,903 Asia
28 Portugal 31,292 +285 1,356 +14 18,349 11,587 66 3,068 133 764,093 74,916 10,199,336 Europe
29 Switzerland 30,776 +15 1,917 +2 28,300 559 42 3,558 222 380,671 44,015 8,648,693 Europe
30 South Africa 25,937 +1,673 552 +28 13,451 11,934 128 438 9 634,996 10,720 59,236,519 Africa
31 Ireland 24,803 +68 1,631 +16 22,089 1,083 54 5,028 331 325,795 66,051 4,932,505 Europe
32 Colombia 24,104 +1,101 803 +27 6,111 17,190 136 474 16 271,118 5,334 50,831,115 South America
33 Indonesia 23,851 +686 1,473 +55 6,057 16,321 87 5 278,411 1,019 273,247,624 Asia
34 Kuwait 23,267 +692 175 +3 7,946 15,146 193 5,456 41 278,945 65,412 4,264,401 Asia
35 Poland 22,473 +399 1,028 +4 10,330 11,115 160 594 27 824,774 21,790 37,850,312 Europe
36 Ukraine 21,905 +321 658 +14 7,995 13,252 259 501 15 312,532 7,143 43,756,559 Europe
37 Egypt 19,666 +910 816 +19 5,205 13,645 41 193 8 135,000 1,322 102,141,537 Africa
38 Romania 18,594 +165 1,227 +11 12,162 5,205 198 966 64 397,563 20,654 19,248,782 Europe
39 Israel 16,793 +36 281 14,570 1,942 39 1,826 31 552,471 60,067 9,197,590 Asia
40 Japan 16,651 +28 858 +12 13,973 1,820 147 132 7 278,642 2,203 126,510,637 Asia
41 Austria 16,591 +34 645 +2 15,228 718 32 1,843 72 418,706 46,514 9,001,628 Europe
42 Dominican Republic 15,723 +459 474 +6 8,790 6,459 123 1,451 44 70,972 6,549 10,837,562 North America
43 Philippines 15,049 +380 904 +18 3,506 10,639 81 138 8 315,363 2,882 109,439,758 Asia
44 Argentina 13,933 +705 500 +16 4,349 9,084 171 309 11 140,218 3,105 45,156,510 South America
45 Afghanistan 12,456 +625 227 +7 1,138 11,091 19 321 6 33,864 872 38,838,960 Asia
46 Panama 11,728 +281 315 +2 7,379 4,034 72 2,722 73 61,895 14,367 4,308,096 North America
47 Denmark 11,480 +52 565 +2 10,106 809 22 1,983 98 576,061 99,487 5,790,332 Europe
48 Serbia 11,275 +48 240 +1 6,277 4,758 10 1,290 27 229,485 26,255 8,740,460 Europe
49 S. Korea 11,265 +40 269 10,295 701 15 220 5 852,876 16,637 51,265,201 Asia
50 Bahrain 9,692 +326 15 +1 5,152 4,525 10 5,718 9 291,127 171,743 1,695,130 Asia
51 Kazakhstan 9,304 +335 37 4,768 4,499 58 496 2 710,352 37,875 18,755,108 Asia
52 Czechia 9,086 +36 317 6,370 2,399 18 849 30 417,422 38,985 10,707,177 Europe
53 Algeria 8,857 +160 623 +6 5,129 3,105 32 202 14 43,772,270 Africa
54 Nigeria 8,733 +389 254 +5 2,501 5,978 7 42 1 44,458 216 205,612,176 Africa
55 Norway 8,401 +18 235 7,727 439 11 1,551 43 239,864 44,278 5,417,258 Europe
56 Oman 8,373 +255 39 +2 2,177 6,157 31 1,644 8 72,000 14,137 5,093,172 Asia
57 Armenia 7,774 +372 98 +7 3,255 4,421 10 2,624 33 53,678 18,118 2,962,740 Asia
58 Malaysia 7,619 +15 115 6,083 1,421 8 236 4 519,944 16,084 32,325,930 Asia
59 Morocco 7,601 +24 202 4,978 2,421 1 206 5 170,713 4,630 36,868,513 Africa
60 Moldova 7,537 +232 274 +7 3,884 3,379 256 1,868 68 40,565 10,054 4,034,794 Europe
61 Ghana 7,303 +186 34 2,412 4,857 16 236 1 205,890 6,640 31,007,405 Africa
62 Australia 7,139 +6 103 +1 6,566 470 6 280 4 1,338,321 52,542 25,471,489 Australia/Oceania
63 Bolivia 7,136 +476 274 +13 677 6,185 3 612 24 22,294 1,912 11,657,564 South America
64 Finland 6,692 +64 313 +1 5,100 1,279 11 1,208 56 173,313 31,284 5,539,940 Europe
65 Cameroon 5,436 175 1,996 3,265 28 205 7 26,477,611 Africa
66 Iraq 5,135 +287 175 +6 2,904 2,056 41 128 4 206,381 5,143 40,130,509 Asia
67 Azerbaijan 4,568 +165 54 +2 2,897 1,617 42 451 5 280,663 27,705 10,130,533 Asia
68 Honduras 4,401 +212 188 +6 493 3,720 13 445 19 14,790 1,496 9,889,121 North America
69 Sudan 4,146 +170 184 +14 588 3,374 95 4 401 9 43,744,402 Africa
70 Luxembourg 4,001 +6 110 3,791 100 4 6,402 176 70,148 112,241 624,975 Europe
71 Guatemala 3,954 +194 63 +4 289 3,602 5 221 4 31,427 1,757 17,882,519 North America
72 Hungary 3,793 +22 505 +6 1,856 1,432 25 393 52 169,960 17,590 9,662,523 Europe
73 Tajikistan 3,424 +158 47 1,575 1,802 360 5 9,515,811 Asia
74 Uzbekistan 3,369 +79 14 2,668 687 4 101 0.4 460,000 13,763 33,421,893 Asia
75 Guinea 3,275 20 1,673 1,582 24 250 2 14,407 1,100 13,095,550 Africa
76 Senegal 3,253 +92 38 +2 1,586 1,629 18 195 2 37,547 2,249 16,697,987 Africa
77 Thailand 3,054 +9 57 2,931 66 59 44 0.8 375,453 5,380 69,784,013 Asia
78 Greece 2,903 +11 173 1,374 1,356 17 278 17 166,245 15,943 10,427,500 Europe
79 Djibouti 2,697 +229 18 +4 1,185 1,494 2,734 18 23,140 23,454 986,598 Africa
80 Ivory Coast 2,556 +79 31 +1 1,302 1,223 97 1 25,524 970 26,310,853 Africa
81 DRC 2,546 +143 68 365 2,113 29 0.8 89,271,601 Africa
82 Bulgaria 2,460 +17 133 +3 912 1,415 22 354 19 76,391 10,987 6,952,943 Europe
83 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,435 +19 151 +2 1,744 540 4 742 46 61,111 18,617 3,282,587 Europe
84 Gabon 2,319 +81 14 631 1,674 12 1,044 6 12,060 5,432 2,220,348 Africa
85 Croatia 2,244 101 2,047 96 6 546 25 64,266 15,646 4,107,462 Europe
86 El Salvador 2,109 +67 37 +1 873 1,199 29 325 6 79,711 12,295 6,483,178 North America
87 North Macedonia 2,039 +25 119 +3 1,470 450 21 979 57 26,463 12,702 2,083,382 Europe
88 Cuba 1,974 +11 82 1,724 168 4 174 7 97,003 8,564 11,327,235 North America
89 Estonia 1,840 +6 66 +1 1,561 213 1,387 50 79,605 60,013 1,326,455 Europe
90 Iceland 1,805 +1 10 1,792 3 5,293 29 59,613 174,800 341,036 Europe
91 Somalia 1,731 +20 67 265 1,399 2 109 4 15,846,666 Africa
92 Lithuania 1,647 +8 66 +1 1,184 397 17 604 24 281,232 103,188 2,725,434 Europe
93 Mayotte 1,645 +11 20 1,314 311 10 6,045 73 5,200 19,108 272,138 Africa
94 Kyrgyzstan 1,520 +52 16 1,043 461 4 233 2 105,815 16,245 6,513,579 Asia
95 Slovakia 1,515 +2 28 1,327 160 1 278 5 163,362 29,923 5,459,404 Europe
96 New Zealand 1,504 21 1,462 21 301 4 267,435 53,465 5,002,100 Australia/Oceania
97 Slovenia 1,471 +2 108 1,354 9 2 708 52 77,947 37,494 2,078,912 Europe
98 Kenya 1,471 +123 55 +3 408 1,008 7 27 1 67,341 1,255 53,650,862 Africa
99 Sri Lanka 1,469 +150 10 732 727 1 69 0.5 57,327 2,678 21,404,986 Asia
100 Maldives 1,457 +19 5 197 1,255 9 2,700 9 11,775 21,822 539,599 Asia
101 Venezuela 1,245 +34 11 302 932 2 44 0.4 897,695 31,561 28,443,061 South America
102 Guinea-Bissau 1,195 +17 7 42 1,146 609 4 1,500 764 1,963,230 Africa
103 Haiti 1,174 +111 33 +2 22 1,119 103 3 3,475 305 11,389,143 North America
104 Lebanon 1,161 +21 26 692 443 3 170 4 77,488 11,348 6,828,121 Asia
105 Mali 1,116 +39 70 632 414 55 3 3,483 173 20,189,289 Africa
106 Hong Kong 1,067 +1 4 1,034 29 1 142 0.5 202,930 27,089 7,491,257 Asia
107 Latvia 1,057 +4 23 +1 741 293 3 560 12 103,553 54,849 1,887,954 Europe
108 Zambia 1,057 +137 7 779 271 1 58 0.4 24,275 1,324 18,329,866 Africa
109 Tunisia 1,051 48 929 74 2 89 4 49,113 4,160 11,806,826 Africa
110 Albania 1,050 +21 33 812 205 3 365 11 13,768 4,784 2,878,078 Europe
111 Equatorial Guinea 1,043 12 165 866 746 9 854 611 1,398,014 Africa
112 South Sudan 994 +188 10 +2 6 978 89 0.9 3,356 300 11,181,121 Africa
113 Costa Rica 984 +28 10 639 335 2 193 2 24,338 4,782 5,089,715 North America
114 Niger 952 63 796 93 39 3 5,989 248 24,110,413 Africa
115 Cyprus 939 17 594 328 4 778 14 106,028 87,878 1,206,536 Asia
116 Nepal 886 +114 4 183 699 30 0.1 158,564 5,452 29,084,694 Asia
117 Paraguay 884 +7 11 392 481 124 2 26,760 3,756 7,124,097 South America
118 Burkina Faso 845 +13 53 +1 672 120 41 3 20,843,247 Africa
119 Uruguay 803 +14 22 650 131 5 231 6 40,229 11,585 3,472,627 South America
120 Sierra Leone 782 +28 45 +1 297 440 98 6 7,960,641 Africa
121 Andorra 763 51 676 36 3 9,877 660 3,750 48,541 77,254 Europe
122 Nicaragua 759 35 370 354 115 5 6,616,977 North America
123 Georgia 735 +3 12 557 166 6 184 3 50,208 12,584 3,989,847 Asia
124 Ethiopia 731 +30 6 181 544 1 6 0.05 91,616 799 114,669,653 Africa
125 Jordan 720 +2 9 486 225 5 71 0.9 167,892 16,470 10,193,504 Asia
126 Chad 715 +15 64 +2 359 292 44 4 16,376,161 Africa
127 Diamond Princess 712 13 651 48 4 0
128 CAR 702 +31 1 23 678 146 0.2 11,570 2,400 4,821,444 Africa
129 San Marino 667 +1 42 294 331 19,661 1,238 4,079 120,236 33,925 Europe
130 Malta 612 +1 7 +1 491 114 1 1,386 16 64,334 145,738 441,436 Europe
131 Madagascar 612 +26 2 151 459 10 22 0.07 9,681 351 27,617,161 Africa
132 Congo 571 +84 19 +3 161 391 104 3 5,504,079 Africa
133 Jamaica 564 +8 9 267 288 1 191 3 10,570 3,571 2,959,976 North America
134 Channel Islands 560 +1 45 512 3 3,224 259 10,255 59,035 173,711 Europe
135 Tanzania 509 21 183 305 7 9 0.4 59,555,005 Africa
136 Réunion 460 +1 1 411 48 1 514 1 17,200 19,224 894,714 Africa
137 Sao Tome and Principe 443 +2 12 68 363 2,025 55 175 800 218,753 Africa
138 Taiwan 441 7 419 15 19 0.3 71,405 2,999 23,812,861 Asia
139 Palestine 434 +5 3 365 66 85 0.6 44,876 8,818 5,089,275 Asia
140 French Guiana 406 +22 1 150 255 2 1,363 3 297,878 South America
141 Togo 395 +4 13 183 199 48 2 17,501 2,119 8,258,842 Africa
142 Cabo Verde 390 4 155 231 702 7 1,307 2,353 555,410 Africa
143 Rwanda 346 +7 245 101 27 60,443 4,679 12,919,074 Africa
144 Isle of Man 336 24 306 6 2 3,953 282 4,669 54,935 84,991 Europe
145 Mauritius 334 10 322 2 263 8 108,501 85,328 1,271,577 Africa
146 Vietnam 327 278 49 1 3 275,000 2,828 97,255,746 Asia
147 Montenegro 324 9 315 0 516 14 10,167 16,188 628,059 Europe
148 Mauritania 292 +24 16 +3 15 261 63 3 2,583 557 4,636,938 Africa
149 Uganda 281 +28 69 212 6 89,019 1,953 45,586,273 Africa
150 Eswatini 272 +11 2 168 102 235 2 4,994 4,309 1,159,019 Africa
151 Liberia 266 27 +1 144 95 53 5 5,045,496 Africa
152 Yemen 256 +7 53 +4 10 193 9 2 120 4 29,759,172 Asia
153 Mozambique 227 +14 1 71 155 7 0.03 9,036 290 31,163,434 Africa
154 Benin 210 +2 3 134 73 17 0.2 28,179 2,331 12,090,168 Africa
155 Myanmar 206 6 126 74 4 0.1 21,593 397 54,375,747 Asia
156 Martinique 197 14 91 92 525 37 375,291 North America
157 Faeroe Islands 187 187 0 3,828 9,386 192,155 48,846 Europe
158 Guadeloupe 161 14 115 32 3 402 35 3,573 8,930 400,118 North America
159 Gibraltar 157 +3 147 10 4,660 6,859 203,579 33,692 Europe
160 Mongolia 148 +7 43 105 25 45 12,708 3,883 3,273,095 Asia
161 Brunei 141 2 +1 137 2 2 323 5 18,648 42,665 437,082 Asia
162 Cayman Islands 140 +3 1 67 72 2,133 15 10,174 154,978 65,648 North America
163 Guyana 139 11 67 61 2 177 14 1,500 1,908 786,201 South America
164 Bermuda 139 9 91 39 2 2,231 144 6,826 109,570 62,298 North America
165 Zimbabwe 132 +76 4 25 103 9 0.3 37,039 2,496 14,841,813 Africa
166 Cambodia 124 122 2 1 7 18,392 1,102 16,696,479 Asia
167 Syria 121 4 43 74 7 0.2 17,456,890 Asia
168 Trinidad and Tobago 116 8 108 0 83 6 3,074 2,197 1,399,073 North America
169 Malawi 101 4 37 60 1 5 0.2 3,372 177 19,078,629 Africa
170 Aruba 101 3 97 1 3 946 28 2,091 19,593 106,724 North America
171 Bahamas 100 11 46 43 1 255 28 2,043 5,200 392,887 North America
172 Libya 99 +22 4 +1 40 55 14 0.6 5,154 751 6,862,224 Africa
173 Monaco 98 4 90 4 2 2,499 102 39,216 Europe
174 Barbados 92 7 76 9 1 320 24 5,038 17,533 287,343 North America
175 Comoros 87 2 +1 24 61 100 2 867,725 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 10,227 42,829 North America
178 Angola 71 +1 4 18 49 2 0.1 10,000 305 32,757,041 Africa
179 French Polynesia 60 60 0 214 3,964 14,119 280,757 Australia/Oceania
180 Macao 45 45 0 69 648,476 Asia
181 Burundi 42 1 20 21 4 0.08 284 24 11,853,218 Africa
182 Saint Martin 40 3 33 4 1 1,036 78 553 14,326 38,601 North America
183 Eritrea 39 39 0 11 3,541,651 Africa
184 Botswana 35 1 20 14 15 0.4 17,991 7,666 2,346,847 Africa
185 Bhutan 28 +1 6 22 36 15,862 20,579 770,795 Asia
186 Antigua and Barbuda 25 3 19 3 1 255 31 183 1,870 97,853 North America
187 Gambia 25 1 19 5 10 0.4 1,730 718 2,409,532 Africa
188 Timor-Leste 24 24 0 18 1,290 980 1,315,933 Asia
189 Grenada 23 18 5 4 204 3,007 26,735 112,475 North America
190 Namibia 22 +1 14 8 9 3,201 1,262 2,536,326 Africa
191 Laos 19 16 3 3 5,938 817 7,265,262 Asia
192 Belize 18 2 16 0 45 5 1,517 3,822 396,910 North America
193 Curaçao 18 1 14 3 110 6 572 3,487 164,031 North America
194 Fiji 18 15 3 20 2,400 2,679 895,837 Australia/Oceania
195 New Caledonia 18 18 0 63 5,454 19,121 285,238 Australia/Oceania
196 Saint Lucia 18 18 0 98 965 5,257 183,550 North America
197 St. Vincent Grenadines 18 14 4 162 216 1,948 110,908 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 53,164 North America
200 Falkland Islands 13 13 0 3,747 466 134,333 3,469 South America
201 Greenland 13 +1 11 2 229 2,005 35,324 56,761 North America
202 Suriname 12 +1 1 9 2 20 2 488 833 586,135 South America
203 Turks and Caicos 12 1 10 1 310 26 129 3,336 38,666 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 98,290 Africa
207 MS Zaandam 9 2 7 0
208 Western Sahara 9 1 6 2 15 2 595,825 Africa
209 British Virgin Islands 8 1 7 0 265 33 167 5,528 30,212 North America
210 Papua New Guinea 8 8 0 0.9 2,402 269 8,930,081 Australia/Oceania
211 Caribbean Netherlands 6 6 0 229 424 16,183 26,200 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 2,140,653 Africa
215 Saint Pierre Miquelon 1 1 0 173 5,796 North America
Total: 5,784,603 +106,475 356,937 +5,283 2,494,856 2,932,810 52,973 742.1 45.8 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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