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For the Netherlands, based on overall excess mortality, an estimated 20,000 people died from COVID-19 in 2020, [10] while only the death of 11,525 identified COVID-19 cases was registered. [9] The official count of COVID-19 deaths as of December 2021 is slightly more than 5.4 million, according to World Health Organization's report in May 2022.
It was the first country in the Middle East to report a confirmed case. [4] The first patient, a 73-year-old Chinese woman, was released on 9 February after recovering. [5] The first two deaths were confirmed on 20 March. On 22 March, Dubai started an 11-day sterilisation campaign as an effort to contain COVID-19.
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 global COVID-19 pandemicarrived in Europewith its first confirmed case in Bordeaux, France, on 24 January 2020, and subsequently spread widely across the continent. By 17 March 2020, every country in Europe had confirmed a case,[62]and all have reported at least one death, with the exception of Vatican City.
Global excess and reported COVID-19 deaths and deaths per 100,000, according to the WHO study [65] As of 10 March 2023, more than 6.88 million [8] deaths had been attributed to COVID-19. The first confirmed death was in Wuhan on 9 January 2020. [66]
As of 27 October 2024, 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.
Weekly confirmed COVID-19 deaths Map of cumulative COVID-19 death rates by U.S. state [8] On December 31, 2019, China announced the discovery of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan. The first American case was reported on January 20, [9] and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar declared a public health emergency on January 31. [10]
The death toll remains at 130. [147] New Zealand has reported no new cases, with the total number remaining 1,815 (1,464 confirmed and 351 probable). One person has recovered, bringing the total number of recovered to 1,729. There are 61 active cases and three remain in hospital. The death toll remains at 25. [148]