
On 31 December 2019, the Municipal Health Commission of Wuhan (China) reported to the World Health Organization a cluster of pneumonia cases of unknown aetiology in Wuhan City, Hubei province. On 9 January 2020, the China CDC reported that a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) had been detected as the causative agent of the respiratory disease later named Covid-19. China immediately made the genome sequence publicly available. This allowed rapid development of a diagnostic test.
International situation
Latest WHO data*
*Source: Health Emergency Dashboard, (January 15, 12.50CET)
Global
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91.492.398 confirmed cases worldwide since the start of the outbreak
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1.979.507 deaths
Europe
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29.831.439 confirmed cases
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649.489 deaths
Americas
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40.548.449 confirmed cases
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940.455 deaths
South-East Asia
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12.399.976 confirmed cases
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190.238 deaths
Eastern Mediterranean
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5.280.571 confirmed cases
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126.991 deaths
Africa
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2.237.380 confirmed cases
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50.787 deaths
Western Pacific
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1.240.368 confirmed cases
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21.917 deaths
Warning: From 17 February, WHO data include both laboratory-confirmed and clinically-diagnosed cases (currently the clinically-diagnosed cases are only those from Hubei Province in China).
See also:
Links
See the case updates on the websites of the two main international agencies:
- WHO Dashboard
- JHU CSSE- Johns Hopkins University
- WHO - Situation report
- ECDC - COVID-19
- ECDC - Risk Assessment Updates
- ECDC – the situation in Europe