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, (August 5, 10.45 CET)
Global
- 18.318.928 confirmed cases worldwide since the start of the outbreak
- 695.043 deaths
- 208 countries, areas or territories with cases
China
- 88.682 cases with clinical and laboratory confirmation
- 4.683 deaths
Other countries
- 18.230.246 confirmed cases
- 690.360 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
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