Covid-19, situation in the world

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

91.492.398 confirmed cases worldwide since the start of the outbreak
1.979.507 deaths

Europe

29.831.439 confirmed cases
649.489 deaths

Americas

40.548.449 confirmed cases
940.455 deaths

South-East Asia

12.399.976 confirmed cases
190.238 deaths

Eastern Mediterranean

5.280.571 confirmed cases
126.991 deaths

Africa

2.237.380 confirmed cases
50.787 deaths

Western Pacific

1.240.368 confirmed cases
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).

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