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The COVID-19 pandemic in China is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). China was the first country to experience an outbreak of the disease, the first to impose drastic measures in response (including lockdowns and face mask mandates), and ...
On 21 August, Taigu and Pingyao of Shanxi and Nanchong of Sichuan went into lockdown. [190] On 28 August, Hebei authorities issued a stay-at-home order for residents of Xianghe, Zhuozhou and all urban districts of Shijiazhuang. [191] On 31 August, Daqing in Heilongjiang was put into lockdown. [192]
The COVID-19 vaccines are widely credited for their role in reducing the severity and death caused by COVID-19. [ 128 ] [ 129 ] As of March 2023, more than 5.5 billion people had received one or more doses [ 130 ] (11.8 billion in total) in over 197 countries.
The spread of the JN.1 Omicron variant has led to a surge of COVID-19 cases in New Zealand, resulting in 400 hospitalisations per week and 25 deaths. [340] The JN.1 variant accounted for 14% of sequenced cases reported in New Zealand during the week leading up to 15 December.
This page contains the number of cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reported by each country and territory to the World Health Organization in August 2021 and published in the latter's daily spreadsheet. [1] [failed verification] For other months see COVID-19 pandemic cases. There is also a column there listing the date of the first ...
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This article documents the chronology of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in August 2021, which originated in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Some developments may become known or fully understood only in retrospect. Reporting on this ...
This article documents the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, in August 2022. The first human cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan , China, in December 2019.
Fiji has confirmed 467 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number to 40,237. Three new deaths were reported bringing the death toll to 371. There are 23,831 active cases. [105] Greece has reported its first COVID-19 death of a fully-vaccinated patient. [106] Malaysia has reported 20,546 new cases, bringing the total number to 1,404,899.