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This is a general overview and status of places affected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus which causes coronavirus disease 2019 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan, the capital of the province of Hubei in China in December 2019. It ...
By March 26, 2020, the United States, with the world's third-largest population, surpassed China and Italy as the country with the world's highest number of confirmed cases. [86] By April 25, the U.S. had more than 905,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and nearly 52,000 deaths, giving it a mortality rate around 5.7 percent.
As of 17 February 2025, 115 countries and territories have at least 200,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, and of them, 90 (18 out of 23 or nearly 78.3%) have at least half a million confirmed COVID-19 cases, incl. Egypt and Hungary. On 11 March 2022, the second anniversary of the day when the COVID-19 outbreak became a pandemic was commemorated.
Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center: Global aggregated data including cases, testing, contact tracing, and vaccine development [12]; World Health Organization (WHO) Coronavirus Disease Dashboard: a database of confirmed cases and deaths reported globally and broken down by region. [13]
Many hospitals during August 2021 ran out of beds. It required them to transfer critically ill patients on planes, helicopters and ambulances often hundreds of miles to other hospitals in different states for treatment. [10] The surge pushed hospitals to the edge in various states, as they became desperate to find beds for patients. [10]
Due to different peaks across the country, coastal cities may experience another wave of coronavirus infections after their first one. MAP: See when the coronavirus outbreak will peak in every ...
Description: Map of the COVID-19 outbreak. Total cumulative confirmed COVID-19 cases by country. See the file history farther down for the latest upload date.Be aware that since this is a rapidly evolving situation, new cases may not be immediately represented visually.
At 5.4% the mortality rate is 2 percentage points higher than the global average - a number that reflects the country's lack of testing.