Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020
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This article documents the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2,[5] the virus responsible for the 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak which originated in Wuhan, China in March 2020, and may not include all contemporary major responses and measures. Furthermore, some developments may become known or fully understood only in retrospect. (Reporting on this outbreak began in December 2019.)
Case statistics
Outbreak chronology
1 March
WHO Situation Report 41:[6]
Armenia confirmed its first case, a 29-year-old man returning from Iran.[7]
Australia confirmed the first death in the country, a 78-year-old man from the cruise ship Diamond Princess.[8] One additional case was confirmed, bringing the total number to 26.[9]
Austria confirmed 4 more cases, bringing the total number to 14.[10]
Canada confirmed four new cases in Ontario, bringing the total to 24. All four patients have travel history to Iran or Egypt.[11]
China confirmed 573 new cases; 570 of which were in Hubei province, bringing the total number to 79,824. Deaths increased by 35 to a total of 2,870.[12]
Czech Republic confirmed the first three cases in the country, individuals that have travelled from Northern Italy.[13]
Dominican Republic confirmed its first case, a 62-year-old Italian tourist.[14]
Ecuador confirmed five more cases, bringing the total to six.[15][16]
Egypt confirmed one more case, bringing the total number to 2.[17]
Finland confirmed two more cases related to woman diagnosed on 27 February, bringing the total number to 6.[18]
France confirmed 30 more cases, bringing the total number to 130.[19]
Germany confirmed 63 more cases, bringing the total number to 129.[20]
Hong Kong confirmed three additional cases, bringing the total number to 98.[21]
Iran confirmed 385 new cases with 11 more deaths, bringing the total number to 978 and 54, respectively.[22] A total of 23 members of Parliament of Iran, about 8%, have tested positive for the virus.[23]
Iraq confirmed 6 more cases, bringing the total number to 19.[24]
Italy confirmed 566 new cases and 5 deaths, bringing the total number to 1,694 and 34, respectively.[25]
Japan confirmed another death from the coronavirus, bringing the total to 6.[26]
Malaysia confirmed four more cases, bringing the total number to 29.[27]
Mexico confirmed one additional case, bringing the total number to 5.[28]
The Netherlands confirmed three more cases, bringing the total number to 10.[29]
San Marino confirmed 7 extra cases and its first death.[30]
Singapore confirmed four more cases, bringing the total number to 106.[31]
South Korea confirmed 376 more cases, bringing the total number to 3,526. Another 210 cases were later confirmed with the 18th death reported, bringing the total number to 3,736.[32]
Spain confirmed 26 more cases, bringing the total number to 84.[33] Spain also confirmed its first death due to the outbreak, in Valencia.[34]
Sweden confirmed one more case, bringing the total number to 14.[35]
Thailand confirmed its first death from the coronavirus, a 35-year-old retail worker who also had dengue fever.[36]
The United Kingdom confirmed an additional thirteen cases of the virus, including one person from Essex who had not travelled to any country previously affected by the virus, bringing the total in the country to 35.[37] A 36th case was reported in the evening, also being the first case in Scotland.[38]
The United States reported the second confirmed death in Washington state. The first cases in Rhode Island, Florida, and New York were confirmed. The authorities confirmed 21 more cases in total, bringing the number to 89.[39][40]
2 March
WHO Situation Report 42:[41]
Andorra confirmed its first case.[42]
Australia confirmed four new cases, bringing the total number to 30, including its first human-to-human transmission.[43]
Canada confirmed three more cases, all in Ontario, bringing the total number to 27.[44]
China confirmed 202 new cases, bringing the total number to 80,026. Deaths increased by 42 to a total of 2,912.[45]
Germany confirmed 21 more cases, bringing the total number to 150.[46]
India reported its first cases since the initial outbreak. One case was detected in New Delhi, while the other is from Telangana. Another confirmed case was later detected in Jaipur, bringing the total number to 6.[47]
Indonesian president Joko Widodo announced the first two confirmed cases in the country.[48] The two patients contracted the virus from a Japanese in Depok, who later tested positive in Malaysia. The mother and daughter are now hospitalized in North Jakarta.[49][50]
Iran's total cases rose to 1,501 with 66 deaths.[51]
Iraq confirmed two more cases, bringing the total number to 21.[52]
Italy confirmed 342 new cases and 18 deaths, bringing the total number to 2,064 and 52, respectively.[53]
Jordan confirmed its first case.[54]
Kuwait confirmed ten more cases, bringing the total number to 56.[55]
Latvia confirmed its first case.[56]
Morocco saw its first case confirmed.[57]
The Netherlands confirmed eight new cases, bringing the total number to 18.[58]
Portugal confirmed its first two cases, one of whom had returned from Italy, the other from Spain.[59]
Qatar confirmed four new cases, taking their total to 7.[60]
Russia confirmed one additional case, bringing the total to 6 cases.[61]
Saudi Arabia confirmed their first case in a citizen who had traveled to Iran and returned to Saudi Arabia via Bahrain.[62]
Senegal confirmed its first case, where the person had recently travelled from France.[63]
Singapore confirmed two more cases, bringing the total number to 108.[64]
South Korea confirmed 476 more cases, bringing the total number to 4,212. Four more deaths were confirmed, bringing the total to 22.[65] Another 123 cases were later confirmed, bringing the total number to 4,335.[66]
Sweden confirmed one more case, bringing the total number to 15.[67]
Taiwan confirmed one additional case, bringing the total to 41 cases.[68]
Tunisia confirmed its first case.[69]
The United Kingdom confirmed three additional cases, taking the total to 39. An original fourth diagnosis of positive of a patient was confirmed later as negative.[70]
The United States confirmed 13 more cases, bringing the total number to 102. Five more deaths were also confirmed, bringing the total number to 6.[71]
3 March
WHO Situation Report 43:
Argentina confirmed its first case, a patient who had recently returned from Italy.[72]
Canada confirmed three more cases, two in Ontario and one in British Columbia, bringing the total to 30.[73][74]
Chile confirmed its first case.[75]
China confirmed 125 new cases, the lowest number of new cases since January, bringing the total number to 80,151. 31 new deaths were also confirmed, bringing the total to 2,943.[76]
Gibraltar confirmed its first case, a person who had travelled back from Northern Italy via Malaga airport.[77]
Iran confirmed that 23 MPs were diagnosed with the virus.[78]
Italy confirmed 466 new cases and 28 deaths, bringing the total number to 2,502 and 80, respectively.[79]
Liechtenstein confirmed its first case.[80]
Malaysia confirmed seven more cases, bringing the total number to 36.[81]
Singapore confirmed two more cases, bringing the total number to 110.[82]
South Korea confirmed 600 more cases, bringing the total number to 4,812. 12 more deaths were also confirmed, bringing the total to 34.[83] 377 more cases were confirmed in the afternoon, along with two more deaths, taking total to 5,186 cases and 36 deaths.[84]
Sweden confirmed 15 more cases, bringing the total number to 30.[85]
Ukraine confirmed its first case, a person having travelled from Italy via Romania.[86]
The United Kingdom confirmed 12 new cases, bringing the total number from 39 to 51.[87]
3 additional deaths in the U.S. brings total to 9.[88] First case reported in the state of North Carolina, from the nursing home in Washington state responsible for the first deaths from the virus in the United States.[89]
4 March
Events, reactions, and measures in mainland China
2 March
Wuhan closed its first makeshift hospital, one of the 16 built to contain the epidemic after the last patients are discharged. This comes as the number of new cases decline.[90]
3 March
Shanghai and Guangdong province will quarantine travellers arriving from coronavirus-hit countries for 14 days.[91]
Reactions and measures outside Mainland China
Running summary (as of 3 March 2020): The virus has spread to six continents and there are at least 92,000 cases confirmed with more than 3,100 deaths. The 80 nations and territories with SARS-CoV-2 infections are:
Afghanistan
Algeria
Andorra
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Belarus
Belgium
Brazil
Cambodia
Canada
Chile
China
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hong Kong
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Kuwait
Latvia
Lebanon
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Malaysia
Mexico
Monaco
Morocco
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Singapore
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
Tunisia
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Vietnam
Strict surveillance measures are being enforced at airports, seaports and border crossings to prevent the disease wide-spreading into countries/territories which share border or locate in the neighbourhood of Mainland China. Accordingly, some countries are thermally monitoring passengers arriving at their major international airports, while flights from and to infected countries were ceased operating. More seriously, countries such as North Korea and Papua New Guinea bans travellers from all Asian countries.
Land and sea borders are being closed over the fears of the virus. For example, Hong Kong, Mongolia, North Korea, and Russia have closed their borders with Mainland China, while Papua New Guinea closed its land border with Indonesia. Singapore has closed its borders to all recent travellers of China.
Visas have also been suspended for some countries. Vietnam ceased issuing visas to Chinese citizens, only apart from diplomatic work. Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, the Philippines also suspended visa issuance: on arrival with Chinese citizens, toward the entire infected area of China, toward Hubei-related visitors who previously had travel history or currently hold a passport issued by Hubei and its neighbourhood's authorities.
Evacuations of each country's citizens have been done and most of them are repatriated and quarantined for at least 14 days. Travel restrictions and advisory have been issued, mainly to China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Italy, Thailand, Iran, France, Germany, Malaysia, and Hong Kong.
1 March
Authorities in South Korea advised people to stay indoors and not attend any events. In addition, the school break was extended by one week across the country, and three weeks in Daegu.[32]
Seoul authorities have filed a complaint to prosectors, asking them to charge the leader of Shincheonji Church of Jesus, Lee Man-hee and 11 others for murder and obstructing efforts to contain the coronavirus.[92]
In the United States, the American Physical Society cancels its annual meeting, which was to be held in Denver, Colorado from 2 to 6 March.[93]
In Japan, a Sharp Corporation's factory currently making displays will turn its production capacity to masks. At end of March it will produce 150,000 masks a day, rising to 500,000 a day.[94]
2 March
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control announced that it has increased the risk level from moderate to high for people in the European Union.[95]
In the United States, several schools were closed in the state of Washington due to the rise of coronavirus cases.[96]
The United Kingdom calls an emergency meeting on the virus, as cases there increased by 12.[97]
The Lower House of the Polish Parliament passed bill on special measures regarding the spread of the new coronavirus.[98]
The leader of Shincheonji Church of Jesus, Lee Man-hee, apologised for its role in the outbreak.[99]
New Zealand extended travel restrictions on Iran and China by seven days. In addition, travelers arriving from northern Italy and South Korea will be required to self-isolate for 14 days.[100]
The Badminton World Federation announced it has postponed the Portugal International tournament, originally scheduled to be held from 5 to 8 March.[101]
3 March
South Korean president Moon Jae-in declared war on the epidemic, with more hospital beds and face masks to be made available. More than 30 trillion won will be injected into the economy for support, and government agencies will operate round the clock.[83]
Indonesia plans to build a hospital in Galang Island to treat coronavirus patients.[102]
Singapore will ban visitors arriving from South Korea, Iran and northern Italy from 4 March, with Singapore citizens, permanent residents and long-term pass holders returning from these places to be issued Stay-Home Notices (SHN) lasting 14 days. In addition, all travellers entering Singapore with fever or signs of respiratory illness will be required to undergo swab tests, with penalties for refusal. The travel advisory is expanded to include Iran, northern Italy, Japan and South Korea.[103]
India suspended all visas belonging to citizens of Italy, Iran, South Korea and Japan immediately, along with travellers who went to these places. Authorities advised against non-essential travel to China, Iran, Italy and South Korea, along with medical screening for travellers arriving from 14 places.[104]
Iran has temporarily released more than 54,000 prisoners due to the spread of the new coronavirus in crowded jails.[105] Iran has also announced plans to mobilise 300,000 soldiers and volunteers against the outbreak.[106]
Hong Kong arranged four chartered flights to evacuate 533 Hong Kong residents stuck in Hubei province.[107]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that the new coronavirus outbreak has a higher mortality rate than season flu, 3.4% and 1% respectively.[108]
4 March
The Portuguese Parliament is due to discuss the outbreak on the 4th of March, as the Portuguese Prime-Minister António Costa will open the biweekly debate on the theme of "the prevention and containment of the COVID-19 epidemic".[109]
See also
- Timeline of the 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak in December 2019 – January 2020
- Timeline of the 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak in February 2020
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