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The timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic lists the articles containing the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2, [1] the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 occurred in Wuhan, People's Republic of China, on or about 17 November 2019. [2]
This is a list of notable people reported as having died either from coronavirus disease 2019 or post COVID-19 , as a result of infection by the virus SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic and post-COVID-19 pandemic.
Animated map showing confirmed COVID-19 cases spreading from 22 January (high resolution) Date when first case in each first-level administration was reported. This article documents the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in March 2020, the virus which causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and is responsible for the COVID-19 ...
A second death occurred in a 69-year-old man in China on 15 January. [ 84 ] [ 85 ] The first known travel-related case of 2019 novel coronavirus entered the United States: "The patient from Washington with confirmed 2019-nCoV infection returned to the United States from Wuhan on January 15, 2020.
On January 20, Chinese authorities announced the confirmation that human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus had already occurred. [19] [20]The first recorded U.S. case of the new virus was also reported on January 20, in a 35-year-old American citizen traveling from Wuhan, China, to his home in Washington state.
For even more international statistics in table, graph, and map form see COVID-19 pandemic by country. COVID-19 pandemic is the worst-ever worldwide calamity experienced on a large scale (with an estimated 7 million deaths) in the 21st century. The COVID-19 death toll is the highest seen on a global scale since the Spanish flu and World War II.
The United Kingdom reported 39,237 confirmed COVID-19 cases, the highest record in any one day since the start of the pandemic. [170] There were also 744 new deaths, the highest COVID-19 fatalities reported since 29 April. [171] It was also announced that the new 501.V2 variant of coronavirus discovered in South Africa had reached the UK. [172]
Kyrgyzstan reported its first death from the coronavirus. [39] Latvia confirmed its first coronavirus-related death, a 99-year-old woman with various underlying chronic conditions. [41] Malaysia confirmed 217 new cases, bringing the country's total to 3,333. The country also reported three more deaths, bring the total death toll to 53. [42]