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This article documents the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in December 2020, the virus which causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
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Countries and territories that confirmed their first cases during December 2020:
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By 31 December 2020, only the following countries and territories have not reported any cases of SARS-CoV-2 infections:
Africa
Asia
Europe
Oceania
In Belgium, virologist Marc Van Ranst said the new variant was "minor" and had been detected in Belgium in recent months. "We observed four cases in our lab,"
The UK has recorded another 36,804 cases of the virus and announced 691 deaths. The number of deaths is the highest announced in a 24 hour period since early May.
US surpasses 19 million Covid-19 cases.
...and one has been confirmed to have been infected by the variant found in South Africa.