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[1] [2] [3] As of 3 February 2025, 777,334,464 [4] cases have been stated by government agencies from around the world to be confirmed. Of the 248 recognized countries and territories around the world, 229 have reported cases of COVID-19 [ 5 ] .
The COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Europe with 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, [315] and all had reported at least one death, with the exception of Vatican City.
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New Zealand has reported three new confirmed cases (all imported), bringing the total number of cases to 1,801 (1,450 confirmed and 351 probable). 16 new recoveries were reported, bringing the total to 1,694. There are 83 active cases, with three in hospital. [102] Singapore has reported 34 new cases, bringing the total to 57,488. [103] [104]
The first case of coronavirus was confirmed to have reached Saint Lucia on 13 March 2020. [195] On 22 April 2020, it was announced that all confirmed cases had recovered. [196] On 28 April 2020, two new cases were discovered. [197] As of 11 October 2021, Saint Lucia reported 12,017 total cases, 837 active cases, and 224 deaths. [93]
The first confirmed human infections were in Wuhan. A study of the first 41 cases of confirmed COVID‑19, published in January 2020 in The Lancet, reported the earliest date of onset of symptoms as 1 December 2019. [420] [421] [422] Official publications from the WHO reported the earliest onset of symptoms as 8 December 2019. [423]
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.
New Zealand has reported one new case, bringing the total number of confirmed and probable to cases to 1,499. There remain 45 active cases. Five more people have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,433. [117] The latest confirmed case is a Canterbury toddler linked to the Rosewood cluster in Christchurch. [118]