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The COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2). The outbreak was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The World Health Organization declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January, and a pandemic on 11 March. As of 3 May 2020, more than 3.5 million cases of COVID-19 have been reported in 187 countries and territories, resulting in more than 247,000 deaths. More than 1.12 million people have recovered.
This article lists the pages containing the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and is responsible for the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019. At this stage it is not possible to determine precisely how humans in China were initially infected with SARS-CoV-2. Furthermore, some developments may become known or fully understood only in retrospect.
The ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019, a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, spread to the United States in January 2020. The first U.S. case was identified on January 20, in a man who had returned from Wuhan, China to Snohomish County, Washington on January 15. The first report of a U.S. death came on February 29. An earlier U.S. death, on February 6, was determined in late April, and is believed to be community transmission. By the end of March, cases had occurred in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and all inhabited U.S. territories except American Samoa. By April 11, the federal government approved disaster declarations for all states and inhabited territories except American Samoa. The same day, the U.S. death toll became the highest in the world when the number of cases reached 20,000, surpassing that of Italy. As of April 24, the U.S. death rate was 152 per million people, the tenth highest rate globally. On April 28, the total number of confirmed cases across the country surpassed 1 million, and by April 29, according to Johns Hopkins University at a minimum, 58,356 people had died as a result of COVID-19, more than the Americans who had died during the Vietnam War. As of May 3, 2020, the U.S. has the most confirmed active cases and deaths in the world.
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic was confirmed to have reached North America in January 2020. As of 25 March 2020, all North American countries have reported at least one case of COVID-19.
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic was confirmed to have reached Cameroon in March 2020.
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic was confirmed to have reached Togo in March 2020.
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic was confirmed to have reached South America, first reported on 26 February when Brazil confirmed a case in São Paulo. By 3 April, all countries and territories in South America, including the French overseas department of French Guiana, and the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands, have recorded at least one case.
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Cuba on 11 March 2020 when three Italian tourists tested positive for the virus.
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic spread to Angola started in late March 2020, with its first two cases confirmed on 21 March.
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic was confirmed to have reached Benin in March 2020.
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic was confirmed to have reached Burundi on 1 April 2020.
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic was confirmed to have reached the French overseas collectivity of French Polynesia in March 2020. As of 17 April, cases are confined to Tahiti and Moorea.
The 2020 coronavirus pandemic in United States Virgin Islands is part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was reported to have spread to the United States Territory of the Virgin Islands with the first confirmed case of COVID-19 on March 13, 2020.
The 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Dominica is part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was confirmed to have reached Dominica on 22 March 2020.
The first COVID-19 case in London, England, was confirmed on 12 February 2020 in a woman who had recently arrived from China, where the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic began. By mid-March, there had been almost 500 confirmed cases in London and 23 deaths; a month later, the number of deaths had topped 4,000, with death rates surpassing those experienced during the Blitz in World War II.
The 2020 coronavirus pandemic in British Virgin Islands is part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was confirmed to have reached the British Overseas Territory of the British Virgin Islands in March 2020.
Antarctica is the only continent with no confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 amid the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic was confirmed to have reached the Luhansk People's Republic in March 2020. For the rest of Ukraine, see 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Ukraine.
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic was confirmed to have reached the Donetsk People's Republic in March 2020. For the rest of Ukraine, see 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Ukraine.
The first case of the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic in the Indian state of Bihar was reported in Munger on 22 March 2020. A 38-year-old who was confirmed positive for coronavirus, was also its first victim. He had travel history to Qatar. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has confirmed a total of 482 cases as of 2 May 2020 including 4 deaths and 117 recoveries. The virus has spread in 30 districts of the state, of which Munger has the highest number of cases.
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