Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in January 2020

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A CDC computer rendering of 2019-nCoV
Date when first case in each first-level administration was reported
COVID-19 cases in Mainland China  ()
     Deaths        Recoveries        Tested        Clinically diagnosed (C.D.)        Tested or C.D.
20192019202020202021202120222022
DecDec
JanJanFebFebMarMarAprAprMayMayJunJunJulJulAugAugSepSepOctOctNovNovDecDec
JanJanFebFebMarMarAprAprMayMayJunJunJulJulAugAugSepSepOctOctNovNovDecDec
JanJan
Last 15 daysLast 15 days
Date
Number of cases
(excluding C.D.)
Number of cases
(including C.D.)
2019-12-31
27(n.a.)
27(=)
2020-01-03
44(+63%)
2020-01-04
44(=)
2020-01-05
59(+34%)
59(=)
2020-01-10
41(n.a.)
2020-01-11
41(=)
2020-01-12
41(=)
41(=)
2020-01-15
41(=)
2020-01-16
45(+9.8%)
2020-01-17
62(+38%)
2020-01-18
121(+95%)
2020-01-19
198(+64%)
2020-01-20
291(+47%)
2020-01-21
440(+51%)
2020-01-22
571(+30%)
2020-01-23
830(+45%)
2020-01-24
1,287(+55%)
2020-01-25
1,975(+53%)
2020-01-26
2,744(+39%)
2020-01-27
4,515(+65%)
2020-01-28
5,974(+32%)
2020-01-29
7,711(+29%)
2020-01-30
9,692(+26%)
2020-01-31
11,791(+22%)
2020-02-01
14,380(+22%)
2020-02-02
17,205(+20%)
2020-02-03
20,438(+19%)
2020-02-04
24,324(+19%)
2020-02-05
28,018(+15%)
2020-02-06
31,161(+11%)
2020-02-07
34,546(+11%)
2020-02-08
37,198(+7.7%)
2020-02-09
40,171(+8%)
2020-02-10[i]
42,638(+6.1%) 48,315(n.a.)
2020-02-11
44,653(+4.7%) 55,220(+14%)
2020-02-12[ii]
46,472(+4.1%) 58,761(+6.4%)
2020-02-13
48,467(+4.3%) 63,851(+8.7%)
2020-02-14
49,970(+3.1%) 66,492(+4.1%)
2020-02-15
51,091(+2.2%) 68,500(+3.0%)
2020-02-16
70,548(+3.0%)
2020-02-17
72,436(+2.7%)
2020-02-18[iii]
74,185(+2.4%)
2020-02-19[iv]
75,002(+1.1%)
2020-02-20
75,891(+1.2%)
2020-02-21
76,288(+0.52%)
2020-02-22
76,936(+0.85%)
2020-02-23
77,150(+0.28%)
2020-02-24
77,658(+0.66%)
2020-02-25
78,064(+0.52%)
2020-02-26
78,497(+0.55%)
2020-02-27
78,824(+0.42%)
2020-02-28
79,251(+0.54%)
2020-02-29
79,824(+0.72%)
2020-03-01
80,026(+0.25%)
2020-03-02
80,151(+0.16%)
2020-03-03
80,270(+0.15%)
2020-03-04
80,409(+0.17%)
2020-03-05
80,552(+0.18%)
2020-03-06
80,651(+0.12%)
2020-03-07
80,695(+0.05%)
2020-03-08
80,735(+0.05%)
2020-03-09
80,754(+0.02%)
2020-03-10
80,778(+0.03%)
2020-03-11
80,793(+0.02%)
2020-03-12
80,813(+0.02%)
2020-03-13
80,824(+0.01%)
2020-03-14
80,844(+0.02%)
2020-03-15
80,860(+0.02%)
2020-03-16
80,881(+0.03%)
2020-03-17
80,894(+0.02%)
2020-03-18
80,928(+0.04%)
2020-03-19
80,967(+0.05%)
2020-03-20
81,008(+0.05%)
2020-03-21
81,054(+0.06%)
2020-03-22
81,093(+0.05%)
2020-03-23
81,171(+0.1%)
2020-03-24
81,218(+0.06%)
2020-03-25
81,285(+0.08%)
2020-03-26
81,340(+0.07%)
2020-03-27
81,394(+0.07%)
2020-03-28
81,439(+0.06%)
2020-03-29
81,470(+0.04%)
2020-03-30
81,518(+0.06%)
2020-03-31
81,554(+0.04%)
2020-04-01
81,589(+0.04%)
2020-04-02
81,620(+0.04%)
2020-04-03
81,639(+0.02%)
2020-04-04
81,669(+0.04%)
2020-04-05
81,708(+0.05%)
2020-04-06
81,740(+0.04%)
2020-04-07
81,802(+0.08%)
2020-04-08
81,865(+0.08%)
2020-04-09
81,907(+0.05%)
2020-04-10
81,953(+0.06%)
2020-04-11
82,052(+0.12%)
2020-04-12
82,160(+0.13%)
2020-04-13
82,249(+0.11%)
2020-04-14
82,295(+0.06%)
2020-04-15
82,341(+0.06%)
2020-04-16
82,692(+0.43%)
2020-04-17
82,719(+0.03%)
2020-04-18
82,735(+0.02%)
2020-04-19
82,747(+0.01%)
2020-04-20
82,758(+0.01%)
2020-04-21
82,788(+0.04%)
2020-04-22
82,798(+0.01%)
2020-04-23
82,804(+0.01%)
2020-04-24
82,816(+0.01%)
2020-04-25
82,827(+0.01%)
2020-04-26
82,830(=)
2020-04-27
82,836(+0.01%)
2020-04-28
82,858(+0.03%)
2020-04-29
82,862(=)
2020-04-30
82,874(+0.01%)
2020-05-01
82,875(=)
2020-05-02
82,877(=)
2020-05-03
82,880(=)
2020-05-04
82,881(=)
2020-05-05
82,883(=)
2020-05-06
82,885(=)
2020-05-07
82,886(=)
2020-05-08
82,887(=)
2020-05-09
82,901(+0.02%)
2020-05-10
82,918(+0.02%)
2020-05-11
82,919(=)
2020-05-12
82,926(+0.01%)
2020-05-13
82,929(=)
2020-05-14
82,933(=)
2020-05-15
82,941(+0.01%)
2020-05-16
82,947(+0.01%)
2020-05-17
82,954(+0.01%)
2020-05-18
82,960(+0.01%)
2020-05-19
82,965(+0.01%)
2020-05-20
82,967(=)
2020-05-21
82,971(=)
2020-05-22
82,971(=)
2020-05-23
82,974(=)
2020-05-24
82,985(+0.01%)
2020-05-25
82,992(+0.01%)
2020-05-26
82,993(=)
2020-05-27
82,995(=)
2020-05-28
82,995(=)
2020-05-29
82,999(=)
2020-05-30
83,001(=)
2020-05-31
83,017(+0.02%)
2020-06-01
83,022(+0.01%)
2020-06-02
83,021(=)
2020-06-03
83,022(=)
2020-06-04
83,027(+0.01%)
2020-06-05
83,030(=)
2020-06-06
83,036(+0.01%)
2020-06-07
83,040(=)
2020-06-08
83,043(=)
2020-06-09
83,046(=)
2020-06-10
83,057(+0.01%)
2020-06-11
83,064(+0.01%)
2020-06-12
83,075(+0.01%)
2020-06-13
83,132(+0.07%)
2020-06-14
83,181(+0.06%)
2020-06-15
83,221(+0.05%)
2020-06-16
83,265(+0.05%)
2020-06-17
83,293(+0.03%)
2020-06-18
83,325(+0.04%)
2020-06-19
83,352(+0.03%)
2020-06-20
83,378(+0.03%)
2020-06-21
83,396(+0.02%)
2020-06-22
83,418(+0.03%)
2020-06-23
83,430(+0.01%)
2020-06-24
83,449(+0.02%)
2020-06-25
83,462(+0.02%)
2020-06-26
83,483(+0.03%)
2020-06-27
83,500(+0.02%)
2020-06-28
83,512(+0.01%)
2020-06-29
83,531(+0.02%)
2020-06-30
83,534(=)
2020-07-01
83,537(=)
2020-07-02
83,542(+0.01%)
2020-07-03
83,545(=)
2020-07-04
83,553(+0.01%)
2020-07-05
83,557(=)
2020-07-06
83,565(+0.01%)
2020-07-07
83,572(+0.01%)
2020-07-08
83,581(+0.01%)
2020-07-09
83,585(=)
2020-07-10
83,587(=)
2020-07-11
83,594(+0.01%)
2020-07-12
83,602(+0.01%)
2020-07-13
83,605(=)
2020-07-14
83,611(+0.01%)
2020-07-15
83,612(=)
2020-07-16
83,622(+0.01%)
2020-07-17
83,644(+0.03%)
2020-07-18
83,660(+0.02%)
2020-07-19
83,682(+0.03%)
2020-07-20
83,693(+0.01%)
2020-07-21
83,707(+0.02%)
2020-07-22
83,729(+0.03%)
2020-07-23
83,750(+0.03%)
2020-07-24
83,784(+0.04%)
2020-07-25
83,830(+0.05%)
2020-07-26
83,891(+0.07%)
2020-07-27
83,959(+0.08%)
2020-07-28
84,060(+0.12%)
2020-07-29
84,165(+0.12%)
2020-07-30
84,292(+0.15%)
2020-07-31
84,337(+0.05%)
2020-08-01
84,385(+0.06%)
2020-08-02
84,428(+0.05%)
2020-08-03
84,464(+0.04%)
2020-08-04
84,491(+0.03%)
2020-08-05
84,528(+0.04%)
2020-08-06
84,565(+0.04%)
2020-08-07
84,596(+0.04%)
2020-08-08
84,619(+0.03%)
2020-08-09
84,668(+0.06%)
2020-08-10
84,712(+0.05%)
2020-08-11
84,737(+0.03%)
2020-08-12
84,756(+0.02%)
2020-08-13
84,786(+0.04%)
2020-08-14
84,808(+0.03%)
2020-08-15
84,827(+0.02%)
2020-08-16
84,849(+0.03%)
2020-08-17
84,871(+0.03%)
2020-08-18
84,888(+0.02%)
2020-08-19
84,895(+0.01%)
2020-08-20
84,917(+0.03%)
2020-08-21
84,939(+0.03%)
2020-08-22
84,951(+0.01%)
2020-08-23
84,967(+0.02%)
2020-08-24
84,981(+0.02%)
2020-08-25
84,996(+0.02%)
2020-08-26
85,004(+0.01%)
2020-08-27
85,013(+0.01%)
2020-08-28
85,022(+0.01%)
2020-08-29
85,031(+0.01%)
2020-08-30
85,048(+0.02%)
2020-08-31
85,058(+0.01%)
2020-09-01
85,066(+0.01%)
2020-09-02
85,077(+0.01%)
2020-09-03
85,102(+0.03%)
2020-09-04
85,112(+0.01%)
2020-09-05
85,122(+0.01%)
2020-09-06
85,134(+0.01%)
2020-09-07
85,144(+0.01%)
2020-09-08
85,146(=)
2020-09-09
85,153(+0.01%)
2020-09-10
85,168(+0.02%)
2020-09-11
85,174(+0.01%)
2020-09-12
85,184(+0.01%)
2020-09-13
85,194(+0.01%)
2020-09-14
85,202(+0.01%)
2020-09-15
85,214(+0.01%)
2020-09-16
85,223(+0.01%)
2020-09-17
85,255(+0.04%)
2020-09-18
85,269(+0.02%)
2020-09-19
85,279(+0.01%)
2020-09-20
85,291(+0.01%)
2020-09-21
85,297(+0.01%)
2020-09-22
85,307(+0.01%)
2020-09-23
85,314(+0.01%)
2020-09-24
85,322(+0.01%)
2020-09-25
85,337(+0.02%)
2020-09-26
85,351(+0.02%)
2020-09-27
85,372(+0.02%)
2020-09-28
85,384(+0.01%)
2020-09-29
85,403(+0.02%)
2020-09-30
85,414(+0.01%)
2020-10-01
85,424(+0.01%)
2020-10-02
85,434(+0.01%)
2020-10-03
85,450(+0.02%)
2020-10-04
85,470(+0.02%)
2020-10-05
85,482(+0.01%)
2020-10-06
85,489(+0.01%)
2020-10-07
85,500(+0.01%)
2020-10-08
85,521(+0.02%)
2020-10-09
85,536(+0.02%)
2020-10-10
85,557(+0.02%)
2020-10-11
85,578(+0.02%)
2020-10-12
85,591(+0.02%)
2020-10-13
85,611(+0.02%)
2020-10-14
85,622(+0.01%)
2020-10-15
85,646(+0.03%)
2020-10-16
85,659(+0.02%)
2020-10-17
85,672(+0.02%)
2020-10-18
85,685(+0.02%)
2020-10-19
85,704(+0.02%)
2020-10-20
85,715(+0.01%)
2020-10-21
85,729(+0.02%)
2020-10-22
85,747(+0.02%)
2020-10-23
85,775(+0.03%)
2020-10-24
85,790(+0.02%)
2020-10-25
85,810(+0.02%)
2020-10-26
85,826(+0.02%)
2020-10-27
85,868(+0.05%)
2020-10-28
85,915(+0.05%)
2020-10-29
85,940(+0.03%)
2020-10-30
85,973(+0.04%)
2020-10-31
85,997(+0.03%)
2020-11-01
86,021(+0.03%)
2020-11-02
86,070(+0.06%)
2020-11-03
86,087(+0.02%)
2020-11-04
86,115(+0.03%)
2020-11-05
86,151(+0.04%)
2020-11-06
86,184(+0.04%)
2020-11-07
86,212(+0.03%)
2020-11-08
86,245(+0.04%)
2020-11-09
86,267(+0.03%)
2020-11-10
86,284(+0.02%)
2020-11-11
86,299(+0.02%)
2020-11-12
86,307(+0.01%)
2020-11-13
86,325(+0.02%)
2020-11-14
86,338(+0.02%)
2020-11-15
86,346(+0.01%)
2020-11-16
86,361(+0.02%)
2020-11-17
86,369(+0.01%)
2020-11-18
86,381(+0.01%)
2020-11-19
86,398(+0.02%)
2020-11-20
86,414(+0.02%)
2020-11-21
86,431(+0.02%)
2020-11-22
86,442(+0.01%)
2020-11-23
86,464(+0.03%)
2020-11-24
86,469(+0.01%)
2020-11-25
86,490(+0.02%)
2020-11-26
86,495(+0.01%)
2020-11-27
86,501(+0.01%)
2020-11-28
86,512(+0.01%)
2020-11-29
86,530(+0.02%)
2020-11-30
86,542(+0.01%)
2020-12-01
86,551(+0.01%)
2020-12-02
86,567(+0.02%)
2020-12-03
86,584(+0.02%)
2020-12-04
86,601(+0.02%)
2020-12-05
86,619(+0.02%)
2020-12-06
86,634(+0.02%)
2020-12-07
86,646(+0.01%)
2020-12-08
86,661(+0.02%)
2020-12-09
86,673(+0.01%)
2020-12-10
86,688(+0.02%)
2020-12-11
86,701(+0.01%)
2020-12-12
86,725(+0.03%)
2020-12-13
86,741(+0.02%)
2020-12-14
86,758(+0.02%)
2020-12-15
86,770(+0.01%)
2020-12-16
86,777(+0.01%)
2020-12-17
86,789(+0.01%)
2020-12-18
86,806(+0.02%)
2020-12-19
86,829(+0.03%)
2020-12-20
86,852(+0.03%)
2020-12-21
86,867(+0.02%)
2020-12-22
86,882(+0.02%)
2020-12-23
86,899(+0.02%)
2020-12-24
86,913(+0.02%)
2020-12-25
86,933(+0.02%)
2020-12-26
86,955(+0.03%)
2020-12-27
86,976(+0.02%)
2020-12-28
87,003(+0.03%)
2020-12-29
87,027(+0.03%)
2020-12-30
87,052(+0.03%)
2020-12-31
87,071(+0.02%)
2021-01-01
87,093(+0.03%)
2021-01-02
87,117(+0.03%)
2021-01-03
87,150(+0.04%)
2021-01-04
87,183(+0.04%)
2021-01-05
87,215(+0.04%)
2021-01-06
87,278(+0.07%)
2021-01-07
87,331(+0.06%)
2021-01-08
87,364(+0.04%)
2021-01-09
87,433(+0.08%)
2021-01-10
87,536(+0.12%)
2021-01-11
87,591(+0.06%)
2021-01-12
87,706(+0.13%)
2021-01-13
87,844(+0.16%)
2021-01-14
87,988(+0.16%)
2021-01-15
88,118(+0.15%)
2021-01-16
88,227(+0.12%)
2021-01-17
88,336(+0.12%)
2021-01-18
88,454(+0.13%)
2021-01-19
88,557(+0.12%)
2021-01-20
88,701(+0.16%)
2021-01-21
88,804(+0.12%)
2021-01-22
88,911(+0.12%)
2021-01-23
88,991(+0.09%)
2021-01-24
89,115(+0.14%)
2021-01-25
89,197(+0.09%)
2021-01-26
89,272(+0.08%)
2021-01-27
89,326(+0.06%)
2021-01-28
89,378(+0.06%)
2021-01-29
89,430(+0.06%)
2021-01-30
89,522(+0.1%)
2021-01-31
89,564(+0.05%)
2021-02-01
89,594(+0.03%)
2021-02-02
89,619(+0.03%)
2021-02-03
89,649(+0.03%)
2021-02-04
89,669(+0.02%)
2021-02-05
89,681(+0.01%)
2021-02-06
89,692(+0.01%)
2021-02-07
89,706(+0.02%)
2021-02-08
89,720(+0.02%)
2021-02-09
89,734(+0.02%)
2021-02-10
89,736(=)
2021-02-11
89,748(+0.01%)
2021-02-12
89,756(+0.01%)
2021-02-13
89,763(+0.01%)
2021-02-14
89,772(+0.01%)
2021-02-15
89,788(+0.02%)
2021-02-16
89,795(+0.01%)
2021-02-17
89,806(+0.01%)
2021-02-18
89,816(+0.01%)
2021-02-19
89,824(+0.01%)
2021-02-20
89,831(+0.01%)
2021-02-21
89,842(+0.01%)
2021-02-22
89,852(+0.01%)
2021-02-23
89,864(+0.01%)
2021-02-24
89,871(+0.01%)
2021-02-25
89,877(+0.01%)
2021-02-26
89,887(+0.01%)
2021-02-27
89,893(+0.01%)
2021-02-28
89,912(+0.02%)
2021-03-01
89,923(+0.01%)
2021-03-02
89,933(+0.01%)
2021-03-03
89,943(+0.01%)
2021-03-04
89,952(+0.01%)
2021-03-05
89,962(+0.01%)
2021-03-06
89,975(+0.01%)
2021-03-07
89,994(+0.02%)
2021-03-08
90,002(+0.01%)
2021-03-09
90,007(+0.01%)
2021-03-10
90,018(+0.01%)
2021-03-11
90,027(+0.01%)
2021-03-12
90,034(+0.01%)
2021-03-13
90,044(+0.01%)
2021-03-14
90,049(+0.01%)
2021-03-15
90,062(+0.01%)
2021-03-16
90,066(=)
2021-03-17
90,072(+0.01%)
2021-03-18
90,083(+0.01%)
2021-03-19
90,087(=)
2021-03-20
90,099(+0.01%)
2021-03-21
90,106(+0.01%)
2021-03-22
90,115(+0.01%)
2021-03-23
90,125(+0.01%)
2021-03-24
90,136(+0.01%)
2021-03-25
90,147(+0.01%)
2021-03-26
90,159(+0.01%)
2021-03-27
90,167(+0.01%)
2021-03-28
90,182(+0.02%)
2021-03-29
90,190(+0.01%)
2021-03-30
90,201(+0.01%)
2021-03-31
90,217(+0.02%)
2021-04-01
90,226(+0.01%)
2021-04-02
90,252(+0.03%)
2021-04-03
90,273(+0.02%)
2021-04-04
90,305(+0.04%)
2021-04-05
90,329(+0.03%)
2021-04-06
90,341(+0.01%)
2021-04-07
90,365(+0.03%)
2021-04-08
90,386(+0.02%)
2021-04-09
90,400(+0.02%)
2021-04-10
90,410(+0.01%)
2021-04-11
90,426(+0.02%)
2021-04-12
90,435(+0.01%)
2021-04-13
90,447(+0.01%)
2021-04-14
90,457(+0.01%)
2021-04-15
90,468(+0.01%)
2021-04-16
90,483(+0.02%)
2021-04-17
90,499(+0.02%)
2021-04-18
90,510(+0.01%)
2021-04-19
90,520(+0.01%)
2021-04-20
90,541(+0.02%)
2021-04-21
90,547(+0.01%)
2021-04-22
90,566(+0.02%)
2021-04-23
90,575(+0.01%)
2021-04-24
90,588(+0.01%)
2021-04-25
90,599(+0.01%)
2021-04-26
90,610(+0.01%)
2021-04-27
90,622(+0.01%)
2021-04-28
90,642(+0.02%)
2021-04-29
90,655(+0.01%)
2021-04-30
90,671(+0.02%)
2021-05-01
90,686(+0.02%)
2021-05-02
90,697(+0.01%)
2021-05-03
90,714(+0.02%)
2021-05-04
90,721(+0.01%)
2021-05-05
90,726(+0.01%)
2021-05-06
90,739(+0.01%)
2021-05-07
90,746(+0.01%)
2021-05-08
90,758(+0.01%)
2021-05-09
90,769(+0.01%)
2021-05-10
90,783(+0.02%)
2021-05-11
90,799(+0.02%)
2021-05-12
90,808(+0.01%)
2021-05-13
90,815(+0.01%)
2021-05-14
90,829(+0.02%)
2021-05-15
90,847(+0.02%)
2021-05-16
90,872(+0.03%)
2021-05-17
90,894(+0.02%)
2021-05-18
90,908(+0.02%)
2021-05-19
90,920(+0.01%)
2021-05-20
90,944(+0.03%)
2021-05-21
90,954(+0.01%)
2021-05-22
90,973(+0.02%)
2021-05-23
90,991(+0.02%)
2021-05-24
91,006(+0.02%)
2021-05-25
91,019(+0.01%)
2021-05-26
91,038(+0.02%)
2021-05-27
91,045(+0.01%)
2021-05-28
91,061(+0.02%)
2021-05-29
91,072(+0.01%)
2021-05-30
91,099(+0.03%)
2021-05-31
91,122(+0.03%)
2021-06-01
91,146(+0.03%)
2021-06-02
91,170(+0.03%)
2021-06-03
91,194(+0.03%)
2021-06-04
91,218(+0.03%)
2021-06-05
91,248(+0.03%)
2021-06-06
91,267(+0.02%)
2021-06-07
91,300(+0.04%)
2021-06-08
91,316(+0.02%)
2021-06-09
91,337(+0.02%)
2021-06-10
91,359(+0.02%)
2021-06-11
91,394(+0.04%)
2021-06-12
91,428(+0.04%)
2021-06-13
91,451(+0.03%)
2021-06-14
91,471(+0.02%)
2021-06-15
91,492(+0.02%)
2021-06-16
91,511(+0.02%)
2021-06-17
91,534(+0.03%)
2021-06-18
91,564(+0.03%)
2021-06-19
91,587(+0.03%)
2021-06-20
91,604(+0.02%)
2021-06-21
91,629(+0.03%)
2021-06-22
91,653(+0.03%)
2021-06-23
91,669(+0.02%)
2021-06-24
91,693(+0.03%)
2021-06-25
91,718(+0.03%)
2021-06-26
91,732(+0.02%)
2021-06-27
91,753(+0.02%)
2021-06-28
91,771(+0.02%)
2021-06-29
91,780(+0.01%)
2021-06-30
91,792(+0.01%)
2021-07-01
91,810(+0.02%)
2021-07-02
91,833(+0.03%)
2021-07-03
91,847(+0.02%)
2021-07-04
91,869(+0.02%)
2021-07-05
91,892(+0.03%)
2021-07-06
91,949(+0.06%)
2021-07-07
91,966(+0.02%)
2021-07-08
91,989(+0.03%)
2021-07-09
92,015(+0.03%)
2021-07-10
92,039(+0.03%)
2021-07-11
92,066(+0.03%)
2021-07-12
92,095(+0.03%)
2021-07-13
92,119(+0.03%)
2021-07-14
92,147(+0.03%)
2021-07-15
92,183(+0.04%)
2021-07-16
92,213(+0.03%)
2021-07-17
92,246(+0.04%)
2021-07-18
92,277(+0.03%)
2021-07-19
92,342(+0.07%)
2021-07-20
92,364(+0.02%)
2021-07-21
92,414(+0.05%)
2021-07-22
92,462(+0.05%)
2021-07-23
92,497(+0.04%)
2021-07-24
92,529(+0.03%)
2021-07-25
92,605(+0.08%)
2021-07-26
92,676(+0.08%)
2021-07-27
92,762(+0.09%)
2021-07-28
92,811(+0.05%)
2021-07-29
92,875(+0.07%)
2021-07-30
92,930(+0.06%)
2021-07-31
93,005(+0.08%)
2021-08-01
93,103(+0.11%)
2021-08-02
93,193(+0.1%)
2021-08-03
93,289(+0.1%)
2021-08-04
93,374(+0.09%)
2021-08-05
93,498(+0.13%)
2021-08-06
93,605(+0.11%)
2021-08-07
93,701(+0.1%)
2021-08-08
93,826(+0.13%)
2021-08-09
93,969(+0.15%)
2021-08-10
94,080(+0.12%)
2021-08-11
94,161(+0.09%)
2021-08-12
94,260(+0.11%)
2021-08-13
94,326(+0.07%)
2021-08-14
94,379(+0.06%)
2021-08-15
94,430(+0.05%)
2021-08-16
94,472(+0.04%)
2021-08-17
94,500(+0.03%)
2021-08-18
94,546(+0.05%)
2021-08-19
94,579(+0.03%)
2021-08-20
94,599(+0.02%)
2021-08-21
94,631(+0.03%)
2021-08-22
94,652(+0.02%)
2021-08-23
94,687(+0.04%)
2021-08-24
94,707(+0.02%)
2021-08-25
94,733(+0.03%)
2021-08-26
94,765(+0.03%)
2021-08-27
94,786(+0.02%)
2021-08-28
94,819(+0.03%)
2021-08-29
94,842(+0.02%)
2021-08-30
94,879(+0.04%)
2021-08-31
94,898(+0.02%)
2021-09-01
94,926(+0.03%)
2021-09-02
94,954(+0.03%)
2021-09-03
94,982(+0.03%)
2021-09-04
95,010(+0.03%)
2021-09-05
95,028(+0.02%)
2021-09-06
95,064(+0.04%)
2021-09-07
95,083(+0.02%)
2021-09-08
95,111(+0.03%)
2021-09-09
95,128(+0.02%)
2021-09-10
95,153(+0.03%)
2021-09-11
95,199(+0.05%)
2021-09-12
95,248(+0.05%)
2021-09-13
95,340(+0.1%)
2021-09-14
95,413(+0.08%)
2021-09-15
95,493(+0.08%)
2021-09-16
95,577(+0.09%)
2021-09-17
95,623(+0.05%)
2021-09-18
95,689(+0.07%)
2021-09-19
95,738(+0.05%)
2021-09-20
95,810(+0.08%)
2021-09-21
95,851(+0.04%)
2021-09-22
95,894(+0.04%)
2021-09-23
95,948(+0.06%)
2021-09-24
95,986(+0.04%)
2021-09-25
96,015(+0.03%)
2021-09-26
96,050(+0.04%)
2021-09-27
96,081(+0.03%)
2021-09-28
96,106(+0.03%)
2021-09-29
96,128(+0.02%)
2021-09-30
96,162(+0.04%)
2021-10-01
96,203(+0.04%)
2021-10-02
96,231(+0.03%)
2021-10-03
96,258(+0.03%)
2021-10-04
96,284(+0.03%)
2021-10-05
96,310(+0.03%)
2021-10-06
96,335(+0.03%)
2021-10-07
96,357(+0.02%)
2021-10-08
96,374(+0.02%)
2021-10-09
96,398(+0.02%)
2021-10-10
96,423(+0.03%)
2021-10-11
96,435(+0.01%)
2021-10-12
96,457(+0.02%)
2021-10-13
96,478(+0.02%)
2021-10-14
96,488(+0.01%)
2021-10-15
96,502(+0.01%)
2021-10-16
96,522(+0.02%)
2021-10-17
96,546(+0.02%)
2021-10-18
96,571(+0.03%)
2021-10-19
96,601(+0.03%)
2021-10-20
96,622(+0.02%)
2021-10-21
96,665(+0.04%)
2021-10-22
96,715(+0.05%)
2021-10-23
96,758(+0.04%)
2021-10-24
96,797(+0.04%)
2021-10-25
96,840(+0.04%)
2021-10-26
96,899(+0.06%)
2021-10-27
96,938(+0.04%)
2021-10-28
97,002(+0.07%)
2021-10-29
97,080(+0.08%)
2021-10-30
97,151(+0.07%)
2021-10-31
97,243(+0.09%)
2021-11-01
97,314(+0.07%)
2021-11-02
97,423(+0.11%)
2021-11-03
97,527(+0.11%)
2021-11-04
97,605(+0.08%)
2021-11-05
97,660(+0.06%)
2021-11-06
97,734(+0.08%)
2021-11-07
97,823(+0.09%)
2021-11-08
97,885(+0.06%)
2021-11-09
97,939(+0.06%)
2021-11-10
98,001(+0.06%)
2021-11-11
98,099(+0.1%)
2021-11-12
98,174(+0.08%)
2021-11-13
98,263(+0.09%)
2021-11-14
98,315(+0.05%)
2021-11-15
98,337(+0.02%)
2021-11-16
98,368(+0.03%)
2021-11-17
98,403(+0.04%)
2021-11-18
98,427(+0.02%)
2021-11-19
98,450(+0.02%)
2021-11-20
98,467(+0.02%)
2021-11-21
98,505(+0.04%)
2021-11-22
98,524(+0.02%)
2021-11-23
98,546(+0.02%)
2021-11-24
98,570(+0.02%)
2021-11-25
98,583(+0.01%)
2021-11-26
98,608(+0.03%)
2021-11-27
98,631(+0.02%)
2021-11-28
98,672(+0.04%)
2021-11-29
98,711(+0.04%)
2021-11-30
98,824(+0.11%)
2021-12-01
98,897(+0.07%)
2021-12-02
98,993(+0.1%)
2021-12-03
99,083(+0.09%)
2021-12-04
99,142(+0.06%)
2021-12-05
99,203(+0.06%)
2021-12-06
99,297(+0.09%)
2021-12-07
99,371(+0.07%)
2021-12-08
99,454(+0.08%)
2021-12-09
99,517(+0.06%)
2021-12-10
99,604(+0.09%)
2021-12-11
99,679(+0.08%)
2021-12-12
99,780(+0.1%)
2021-12-13
99,856(+0.08%)
2021-12-14
99,923(+0.07%)
2021-12-15
100,000(+0.08%)
2021-12-16
100,076(+0.08%)
2021-12-17
100,201(+0.12%)
2021-12-18
100,284(+0.08%)
2021-12-19
100,386(+0.1%)
2021-12-20
100,467(+0.08%)
2021-12-21
100,544(+0.08%)
2021-12-22
100,644(+0.1%)
2021-12-23
100,731(+0.09%)
2021-12-24
100,871(+0.14%)
2021-12-25
101,077(+0.2%)
2021-12-26
101,277(+0.2%)
2021-12-27
101,486(+0.21%)
2021-12-28
101,683(+0.19%)
2021-12-29
101,890(+0.2%)
2021-12-30
102,083(+0.19%)
2021-12-31
102,314(+0.23%)
2022-01-01
102,505(+0.19%)
2022-01-02
102,666(+0.16%)
2022-01-03
102,841(+0.17%)
2022-01-04
102,932(+0.09%)
2022-01-05
103,121(+0.18%)
2022-01-06
103,295(+0.17%)
2022-01-07
103,454(+0.15%)
2022-01-08
103,619(+0.16%)
2022-01-09
103,776(+0.15%)
2022-01-10
103,968(+0.19%)
2022-01-11
104,189(+0.21%)
2022-01-12
104,379(+0.18%)
2022-01-13
104,580(+0.19%)
2022-01-14
104,745(+0.16%)
2022-01-15
104,864(+0.11%)
2022-01-16
105,087(+0.21%)
2022-01-17
105,258(+0.16%)
2022-01-18
105,345(+0.08%)
2022-01-19
105,411(+0.06%)
2022-01-20
105,484(+0.07%)
2022-01-21
105,547(+0.06%)
2022-01-22
105,603(+0.05%)
2022-01-23
105,660(+0.05%)
2022-01-24
105,705(+0.04%)
2022-01-25
105,749(+0.04%)
2022-01-26
105,811(+0.06%)
2022-01-27
105,875(+0.06%)
2022-01-28
105,934(+0.06%)
2022-01-29
106,015(+0.08%)
2022-01-30
106,073(+0.05%)
2022-01-31
106,139(+0.06%)
From 10 February 2020 onwards, the data includes the cases in Hubei that were not tested for the virus but clinically diagnosed based on medical imaging showing signs of pneumonia.[1]
The lab-tested data was also separately available for 10–15 February 2020.[2]
Data from 16 February 2020 onwards did not include a separate number of lab-tested cases.
From 19 February 2020 onwards, only new lab-tested cases were counted towards the total (but clinically diagnosed cases counted earlier were not discarded).[3]
On 17 April 2020, following the Wuhan government's issuance of a report on accounting for COVID-19 deaths that occurred at home that went previously unreported, as well as the subtraction of deaths that were previously double-counted by different hospitals, the NHC revised their cumulative totals dating to 16 April, adding 325 cumulative cases and 1,290 deaths.[4]
Data sourced from NHC daily reports. (In another link before January 25, on Wuhan MHC website before January 10)
  1. ^ The 02-10 and 02-11 clinically diagnosed data has been based on appendix in the 02-11 Hubei WJW data, with 02-10's data obtained from deducting the number of new C.D. cases on that day from the total.
  2. ^ The 02-12 data has been corrected based on the 02-13 NHC subtraction data and corresponding 02-13 Hubei data.
  3. ^ The 02-18 number of tested cases is calculated based on the 02-19 subtraction data.
  4. ^ Data from 02-19 excludes clinical diagnoses, so the calculation is made provisionally for ease of understanding the progression of the situation.

This article documents the chronology and epidemiology of the Novel coronavirus[5] responsible for the 2019–20 outbreak in Wuhan, China, and may not include all contemporary major responses and measures. Furthermore, some developments may become known or fully understood only in retrospect.

Case statistics

Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Mainland China by gender and age ()[88]
Classification Cases Fatal cases
Number (%) Number (%) Rate (%)
All 44,672 (100.0) 1,023 (100.0) 2.3
Sex Male 22,981 (51.4) 653 (63.8) 2.8
Female 21,691 (48.6) 370 (36.2) 1.7
Age Above 80 1,408 (3.2) 208 (20.3) 14.8
70–79 3,918 (8.8) 312 (30.5) 8.0
60–69 8,583 (19.2) 309 (30.2) 3.6
50–59 10,008 (22.4) 130 (12.7) 1.3
40–49 8,571 (19.2) 38 (3.7) 0.4
30–39 7,600 (17.0) 18 (1.8) 0.2
20–29 3,619 (8.1) 7 0.7 0.2
10–19 549 (1.2) 1 0.1 0.2
0–9 416 (0.9) 0 0.0 -
Data as of 2020/02/11.


Cases of 2019-nCoV in mainland China by provincial division ()
Type Last

Updated

South Central East North Northeast Southwest Northwest
Hubei
Hunan
Henan
Guangdong
Guangxi
Hainan
Shanghai
Zhejiang
Jiangsu
Shandong
Anhui
Jiangxi
Fujian
Beijing
Tianjin
Hebei
Shanxi
Inner
Mongolia
Heilongjiang
Jilin
Liaoning
Chongqing
Sichuan
Yunnan
Guizhou
Tibet
Shaanxi
Gansu
Ningxia
Xinjiang
Qinghai
Imported National
Current active 2020/06/29 0 0 0 4 0 0 26 1 1 0 0 0 5 317 1 10 0 0 0 0 6 3 12 0 0 0 10 21 0 0 0 418
Daily confirmed 2020/04/05 8 5 1 1 1 1 20 1 38 39
Daily deaths 2020/04/05 2 2
Total confirmed[89] 68135 1019 1276 1637 254 168 536 1264 651 780 990 937 350 587 180 327 138 118 524 98 142 579 559 184 147 1 256 139 75 76 18 951 81,708
Total recovery[90] 63623 1015 1254 1625 252 162 383 1230 633 755 984 935 305 443 144 310 133 74 469 92 128 570 540 172 144 1 246 132 75 73 18 258 77,078
Total deaths[91] 2020/06/29 4512 4 22 8 2 6 6 1 0 7 6 1 1 8 3 6 0 1 13 1 2 6 3 2 2 0 3 2 0 3 0 3,331
Population [92] 59M 69M 96M 112M 49M 10M 24M 57M 80M 100M 63M 46M 39M 22M 16M 75M 37M 25M 38M 27M 44M 30M 83M 48M 36M 3M 38M 26M 7M 25M 6M 1.4B
Provincial

Sources

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New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Mainland China by Province-Level Divisions ()
Date (CST) South Central East North Northeast Southwest Northwest Additional

Sources

Hubei
Hunan
Henan
Guangdong
Guangxi
Hainan
Shanghai
Zhejiang
Jiangsu
Shandong
Anhui
Jiangxi
Fujian
Beijing
Tianjin
Hebei
Shanxi
Inner
Mongolia
Heilongjiang
Jilin
Liaoning
Chongqing
Sichuan
Yunnan
Guizhou
Tibet
Shaanxi
Gansu
Ningxia
Xinjiang
Qinghai
National
(confirmed)
Excluding
Hubei[125]
Wuhan,
Hubei
Hubei:
outside Wuhan[126]
2020/01/11 41 41 41 [127]
2020/01/12 [128]
2020/01/13 [129]
2020/01/14 [130]
2020/01/15 [131]
2020/01/16 4 4 4 [132]
2020/01/17 17 17 17 [133]
2020/01/18 59 59 59 [19]
2020/01/19 77 1 78 1 77 [19]
2020/01/20 72 13 2 5 92 20 60 12 [134]
2020/01/21 105 1 1 12 7 5 1 2 5 2 5 2 1 149 44 105 0 [135]
2020/01/22 69 8 4 6 2 4 7 5 1 5 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 2 4 3 3 3 1 131 62 62 7 [136]
2020/01/23 105 15 4 21 11 4 4 33 8 3 14 4 4 12 1 1 1 4 2 2 18 10 1 2 2 1 2 259 154 70 35 [137]
2020/01/24 180 19 23 25 10 2 13 19 9 12 24 11 5 10 3 6 5 1 5 1 8 30 13 3 1 10 2 1 1 457 264 77 103 [138]
2020/01/25 323 26 51 20 10 12 7 42 13 18 21 18 19 15 2 5 3 5 6 5 18 16 6 1 7 3 1 1 1 688 365 46 277 [139]
2020/01/26 371 31 45 48 13 9 13 24 16 24 10 12 27 17 4 5 4 4 6 2 5 35 25 8 2 13 7 3 1 3 769 398 80 291 [140]
2020/01/27 1,291 43 40 42 5 7 13 45 23 24 36 24 17 12 9 15 7 2 9 2 5 22 21 7 2 11 5 4 5 2 1,771 480 892 399 [141]
2020/01/28 840 78 38 53 7 5 14 123 29 34 46 37 9 11 1 15 7 2 7 1 9 15 18 25 10 5 1 3 1,459 619 315 525 [142]
2020/01/29 1,032 56 72 70 20 3 21 132 30 24 48 53 19 20 3 17 8 3 6 5 3 18 34 19 3 1 7 2 5 1 1,736 704 356 676 [143]
2020/01/30 1,220 55 74 82 9 3 27 109 39 33 37 78 19 21 5 17 4 2 16 4 41 36 10 3 24 3 4 3 2 1,979 759 378 842 [144]
2020/01/31 1,347 67 70 127 13 8 41 62 34 28 60 46 24 24 5 14 8 3 21 3 20 41 30 11 14 14 6 5 1 1 2,101 754 576 771 [145]
2020/02/01 1,921 64 71 84 11 6 8 62 34 19 43 47 15 27 8 8 9 4 15 6 1 15 23 8 9 15 5 2 2 2 2,586 665 894 1,027 [145]
2020/02/02 2,103 58 73 79 16 8 26 63 35 34 68 58 20 29 11 9 10 7 26 8 9 50 23 15 8 12 11 3 4 2 2,827 724 1,033 1,070 [146]
2020/02/03 2,345 72 109 114 12 7 5 105 37 11 72 85 15 16 4 13 8 1 34 11 1 25 28 3 10 14 4 3 5 2 3,234 889 1,242 1,103 [147]
2020/02/04 3,156 68 89 73 11 11 25 66 33 28 50 72 11 25 9 9 7 7 35 12 7 29 19 5 8 23 2 3 2 3,887 731 1,967 1,189 [148]
2020/02/05 2,987 50 87 74 18 11 21 59 32 45 61 52 10 21 2 22 9 4 37 5 8 23 20 6 5 8 5 6 4 1 3,694 707 1,766 1,221 [149]
2020/02/06 2,447 61 63 74 4 11 15 52 35 36 74 61 9 23 10 14 6 4 36 6 5 22 23 7 6 11 5 3 3 3,129 682 1,501 946 [88]
2020/02/07 2,841 31 66 57 11 11 12 42 31 28 68 37 15 18 2 24 7 2 18 4 5 15 19 3 12 11 4 1 3 3,395 554 1,985 856 [87]
2020/02/08 2,060 35 53 45 12 6 11 15 29 28 46 41 11 11 2 11 12 2 26 9 6 20 23 2 9 13 8 1 3 2,567 507 1,378 682 [150]
2020/02/09 2,618 41 40 31 15 8 3 29 24 24 51 33 11 11 3 12 4 4 24 2 2 22 19 1 13 5 4 4 4 3,051 431 1,921 697 [151]
2020/02/10 2,097 33 32 26 5 6 7 25 23 27 30 32 6 5 7 21 3 29 1 1 18 12 8 18 6 3 4 6 2,478 381 1,552 545 [152]
2020/02/11 1,638 34 30 42 7 3 4 14 28 11 29 40 5 10 11 12 2 2 18 2 8 19 19 5 13 6 5 4 2,015 377 1,104 534 [153][154]
2020/02/12 1,508
12,289
22 34 22 12 7 14 27 9 21 28 7 14 6 14 2 1 17 1 2 13 15 1 4 4 1 6 4 1,820
14,109
312 1,072
11,451
436
838
[154][155][156]
2020/02/13 1,728
3,095
20 15 20 4 5 10 23 13 24 28 2 6 7 18 4 23 2 1 11 12 7 5 1 3 3 2 1,995
5,090
266 1,330
2,580
398
515
[156][157][158]
2020/02/14 1,282
1,138
13 28 33 9 5 8 7 11 11 16 12 4 3 1 8 1 3 7 2 2 8 7 6 3 2 3 5 1,503
2,640
220 1,001
922
281
216
[158][159][160]
2020/02/15 955
888
3 19 22 2 2 5 13 7 12 12 2 5 2 9 1 2 20 1 1 7 11 1 1 4 1 1,121
2,009
166 1,548 295 [160][161]
2020/02/16 1,933 2 15 6 1 3 4 9 4 11 5 3 1 2 1 1 2 12 1 7 14 2 4 4 2,048 115 1,690 243 [162][163]
2020/02/17 1,807 1 11 6 4 1 2 1 3 2 9 3 2 6 1 1 1 1 7 2 13 1 1 1 1,886 79 1,600 207 [164]
2020/02/18 1,693 1 5 3 2 1 2 1 4 1 1 6 3 4 1 2 6 1 2 6 1 2 1 1,749 56 1,660 33 [165]
2020/02/19 775 2 4 1 1 5 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 6 1 5 6 (-1) 3 673 45 615 160 [166][167]
2020/02/20 631 1 2 1 1 1 28[i 1] 202[i 2] 1 1 1 1 3 7 5 2 889 258 319 312[i 3] [170][171]
2020/02/21 366 2 3 6 3 2 2 1 3 2 1 5 1 397 31 314 52 [172]
2020/02/22 630 3 1 3 1 4 2 2 1 1 648 18 541 89 [173]
2020/02/23 398 3 2 1 2 2 1 409 11 348 50 [174]
2020/02/24 499 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 508 9 464 35 [175]
2020/02/25 401 1 1 1 2 406 5 370 31 [176]
2020/02/26 409 1 1 1 2 10 5 3 1[i 4] 433 24 383 26 [178]
2020/02/27 318 1 1 1 1 1 4 327 9 313 5 [179]
2020/02/28 423 1 1 1 1[i 5] 427 7 420 3 [181]
2020/02/29 570 2[i 6] 1 573 3 565 5 [183]
2020/03/01 196 1[i 7] 1[i 8] 2 1 1[i 9] 202 6 193 3 [185]
2020/03/02 114 1 7[i 10] 3 125 11 111 3 [186]
2020/03/03 115 3[i 11] 1 119 4 114 1 [188]
2020/03/04 134 2[i 12] 1 1 1 134 5 134 3 [190]
2020/03/05 126 1 1[i 13] 4[i 14] 11[i 15] 143 17 126 0 [194]
2020/03/06 74 1[i 16] 3[i 17] 4[i 18] 17[i 19] 99 25 74 0 [199]
2020/03/07 41 2[i 20] 1[i 21] 44 3 41 0 [202]
2020/03/08 36 4[i 22] 40 4 36 0
2020/03/09 17 1[i 23] 1[i 24] 19 2 17 0
2020/03/10 13 2[i 25] 1[i 26] 6[i 27] 1[i 28] 24 11 13 0
2020/03/11 8 1[i 29] 3[i 30] 2[i 31] 15 7 8 0
2020/03/12 5 2[i 32] 1[i 33] 8 3 5 0
2020/03/13 4 4[i 34] 1[i 35] 2[i 36] 11 7 4 0
Total 67707 1018 1276 1352 252 168 342 1203 631 757 990 934 296 428 141 318 133 75 481 93 127 576 539 172 155 1 246 120 75 76 18 80813 12989 49,912 17,795
Date (CST)
Hubei
Hunan
Henan
Guangdong
Guangxi
Hainan
Shanghai
Zhejiang
Jiangsu
Shandong
Anhui
Jiangxi
Fujian
Beijing
Tianjin
Hebei
Shanxi
Inner
Mongolia
Heilongjiang
Jilin
Liaoning
Chongqing
Sichuan
Yunnan
Guizhou
Tibet
Shaanxi
Gansu
Ningxia
Xinjiang
Qinghai
National
(confirmed)
Excluding
Hubei[125]
Wuhan,
Hubei
Hubei:
outside Wuhan[126]
Additional

Sources

South Central East North Northeast Southwest Northwest
Provincial

Sources

[93] [94] [95] [96] [97] [98] [99] [100] [101] [102] [103] [104] [105] [106] [107] [108] [109] [110] [111] [112] [113] [114] [115] [116] [117] [118] [119] [120] [121] [122] [123] [124] [218] [93]
Notes:

^ The sum of the numbers may differ with the total mainland number, because not all province-level divisions report by the interval of 00:00-24:00.

^ When a cell contains two rows of numbers, the upper number is the number of cases confirmed with nucleic acid testing, and the lower number is that of clinical diagnosis per medical imaging features, as specified in the fifth pilot version of the national diagnostic guideline. Clinical diagnosis was used in Hubei exclusively during 12-18 Feb. This table keeps the two distinct for consistency; the sum of the two categories yields the reported total of Hubei.

^ On occasions, a number does not match the source for the day because cases were subtracted after verification the next day. An example is the 12 Feb data for Hubei (clinical), from which 1,043 cases were subtracted the next day. Hubei also subtracted 195 cases on 23 Feb for double counting.

^ For 15 Feb, Hubei did not release separate numbers for its city level divisions.

^ For 19 Feb, three provinces (Jiangxi, Henan, Yunnan) made corrections to their prior case counts by recording a reduction of 1 case each.

^ Since 19 Feb, clinical diagnoses have been excluded from the data as the sixth pilot version of the NHC guidelines removed the category.

Case information:

  1. ^ Includes 27 in Shilifeng Prison.[168]
  2. ^ Includes 200 cases in Rencheng Prison.[169]
  3. ^ Includes 220 in Wuhan Women's Prison and Shayang Hanjin Prison.
  4. ^ The patient travelled from Iran transiting at Moscow and arrived in Shanghai at 23:05 on 20 February. The patient then travelled via Lanzhou and tested positive upon arriving in Ningxia at 1:19 on 24 February. The first COVID-19 case in the world to be imported back into China from another country.[177]
  5. ^ Travel from Tehran, Iran, arrival on 26 Feb.[180]
  6. ^ Both: travel from Iran.[182]
  7. ^ Imported; work in Bristol, UK, travel from London Heathrow, arrival on 28 Feb via Hong Kong.[182]
  8. ^ Imported: Milan, Italy, transit at Moscow, arrival on 28 Feb.[184]
  9. ^ Imported: Iran.[180]
  10. ^ Imported: Milan, Italy. 6: transit at Moscow, arrival on 28 Feb; 1: transit at Frankfurt, arrival on 29 Feb.[184]
  11. ^ Imported: 1 Italy, 1 Iran.[187]
  12. ^ Imported: Italy.[189]
  13. ^ Imported: Iran, transit at Bangkok, arrival on 2 March.[191]
  14. ^ Imported: Italy.[192]
  15. ^ Imported: Iran, via commercial chartered flights.[193]
  16. ^ Imported: Spain, transit at Abu Dhabi, arrival on 2 March in Beijing.[195]
  17. ^ Imported: Iran.[196]
  18. ^ Imported: three Italy.[197]
  19. ^ Imported: Iran, via commercial chartered flights.[198]
  20. ^ Imported: Italy.[200]
  21. ^ Imported: Iran, via commercial chartered flight.[201]
  22. ^ Imported: Iran, via commercial chartered flights.[203]
  23. ^ Imported: Spain.[204]
  24. ^ Imported: UK.[205]
  25. ^ Imported: Italy.[206]
  26. ^ Imported: Italy.[207]
  27. ^ Imported: 5 Italy, 1 US.[208]
  28. ^ Imported: Iran, via commercial chartered flights.[209]
  29. ^ Imported: Italy.[210]
  30. ^ Imported: 1 France, 2 Spain.[211]
  31. ^ Imported: Iran, via commercial chartered flights.[212]
  32. ^ Imported: 1 Italy, 1 US.[213]
  33. ^ Imported: UK.[214]
  34. ^ Imported: Italy.[215]
  35. ^ Imported: US.[216]
  36. ^ Imported: Saudi Arabia.[217]


New Deaths from COVID-19 in Mainland China by Province-Level Divisions ()
Date (CST) South-Central East North Northeast Southwest Northwest Additional

Sources

Hubei
Hubei
(clinical)
Hunan
Henan
Guangdong
Guangxi
Hainan
Shanghai
Zhejiang
Jiangsu
Shandong
Anhui
Jiangxi
Fujian
Beijing
Tianjin
Hebei
Shanxi
Inner
Mongolia
Heilongjiang
Jilin
Liaoning
Chongqing
Sichuan
Yunnan
Guizhou
Tibet
Ningxia
Shaanxi
Gansu
Xinjiang
Qinghai
National
(confirmed)
National
(inclusive)
Excluding
Hubei[125]
Wuhan,
Hubei
Wuhan,
Hubei
(clinical)
Hubei:
outside Wuhan[126]
Hubei:
outside Wuhan
(clinical)[126]
2020/01/11 1 1 1 [127]
2020/01/12 [128]
2020/01/13 [129]
2020/01/14 [130]
2020/01/15 1 1 1 [131]
2020/01/16 [132]
2020/01/17 [133]
2020/01/18 1 1 1 [219]
2020/01/19 [219]
2020/01/20 3 3 3 [134]
2020/01/21 3 3 3 [135]
2020/01/22 8 8 8 [136]
2020/01/23 7 1 8 1 6 1 [137]
2020/01/24 15 1 16 1 15 0 [138]
2020/01/25 13 1 1 15 2 7 6 [139]
2020/01/26 24 24 0 18 6 [140]
2020/01/27 24 1 1 26 2 22 2 [141]
2020/01/28 25 1 26 1 19 6 [142]
2020/01/29 37 1 38 1 25 12 [220]
2020/01/30 42 1 43 1 30 12 [144]
2020/01/31 45 1 46 1 33 12 [145]
2020/02/01 45 45 0 32 13 [221]
2020/02/02 56 1 57 1 41 15 [222]
2020/02/03 64 64 0 48 16 [223]
2020/02/04 65 65 0 49 16 [224]
2020/02/05 70 1 1 1 73 3 52 18 [149]
2020/02/06 69 1 1 1 1 73 4 64 5 [88]
2020/02/07 81 1 1 2 1 86 5 67 14 [87]
2020/02/08 81 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 89 8 63 18 [150]
2020/02/09 91 1 2 1 1 1 97 6 73 18 [225]
2020/02/10 103 1 1 1 1 1 108 5 67 36 [152]
2020/02/11 94 1 1 1 97 3 72 22 [153]
2020/02/12 107 27 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 119 146 10 82 26 25 1 [154][155]
2020/02/13 116 8 1 1 2 1 113 121 5 80 8 28 0 [156][157]
2020/02/14 139 34 2 1 1 109 143 4 77 30 28 4 [158][159]
2020/02/15 139 1 2 142 3 110 29 [160][161]
2020/02/16 100 3 2 105 5 76 24 [163]
2020/02/17 93 1 3 1 98 5 72 21 [164]
2020/02/18 132 1 1 1 1 136 4 116 16 [165]
2020/02/19 108 1 1 1 1 1 1 114 6 88 22 [167]
2020/02/20 115 1 1 1 118 3 99 16 [171]
2020/02/21 106 1 1 1 109 3 90 16 [172]
2020/02/22 96 1 97 1 82 14 [173]
2020/02/23 149 1 150 1 131 18 [174]
2020/02/29 34 1 35 1 26 8
2020/03/01 42 42 0 32 10
Total 2,803 4 22 7 2 5 3 1 0 6 6 1 1 8 3 6 0 0 13 1 1 6 3 2 2 0 1 2 0 3 0 2,912
Date (CST)
Hubei
Hubei
(clinical)
Hunan
Henan
Guangdong
Guangxi
Hainan
Shanghai
Zhejiang
Jiangsu
Shandong
Anhui
Jiangxi
Fujian
Beijing
Tianjin
Hebei
Shanxi
Inner
Mongolia
Heilongjiang
Jilin
Liaoning
Chongqing
Sichuan
Yunnan
Guizhou
Tibet
Ningxia
Shaanxi
Gansu
Xinjiang
Qinghai
National
(confirmed)
National
(inclusive)
Excluding
Hubei[125]
Wuhan,
Hubei
Wuhan,
Hubei
(clinical)
Hubei:
outside Wuhan[126]
Hubei:
outside Wuhan
(clinical)[126]
Additional

Sources

South-Central East North Northeast Southwest Northwest
Provincial

Sources

[93] [94] [95] [96] [97] [98] [99] [100] [101] [102] [103] [104] [105] [106] [107] [108] [109] [110] [111] [112] [113] [114] [115] [116] [117] [118] [121] [119] [120] [122] [123] [124] [218] [93]



New Recoveries from COVID-19 in Mainland China by Province-Level Divisions ()
Date (CST) South-Central East North Northeast Southwest Northwest National Additional

Sources

Hubei
Hunan
Henan
Guangdong
Guangxi
Hainan
Shanghai
Zhejiang
Jiangsu
Jiangxi
Anhui
Shandong
Fujian
Beijing
Tianjin
Hebei
Shanxi
Inner
Mongolia
Heilongjiang
Jilin
Liaoning
Chongqing
Sichuan
Yunnan
Guizhou
Tibet
Ningxia
Shaanxi
Gansu
Xinjiang
Qinghai
2020/01/11 2 2 [127]
2020/01/12 4 4 [128]
2020/01/13 1 1 [129]
2020/01/14 [130]
2020/01/15 5 5 [131]
2020/01/16 [132]
2020/01/17 4 4 [133]
2020/01/18 5 5 [226]
2020/01/19 4 4 [226]
2020/01/20 [134]
2020/01/21 3 3 [135]
2020/01/22 [136]
2020/01/23 3 2 5 [137]
2020/01/24 1 1 1 1 1 5 [138]
2020/01/25 10 1 11 [139]
2020/01/26 2 2 [140]
2020/01/27 3 1 2 2 1 9 [141]
2020/01/28 33 1 2 1 2 2 2 43 [142]
2020/01/29 10 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 21 [220]
2020/01/30 26 2 1 3 1 5 1 4 1 1 1 1 47 [145]
2020/01/31 50 1 1 4 6 3 2 1 2 1 1 72 [145]
2020/02/01 49 5 1 2 1 8 1 1 2 2 4 1 2 2 1 85 [222]
2020/02/02 80 8 10 2 3 13 1 8 2 1 3 1 3 1 4 9 1 3 147 [222]
2020/02/03 101 6 6 6 5 12 1 1 7 1 1 11 2 2 2 1 1 3 157 [227]
2020/02/04 125 13 21 12 3 1 2 15 5 8 6 6 6 1 1 1 2 2 1 5 9 1 1 262 [224]
2020/02/05 113 21 13 17 4 1 3 18 13 10 3 5 4 7 3 2 3 3 1 2 1 4 1 4 2 3 261 [149]
2020/02/06 184 35 14 19 3 3 10 17 12 8 11 13 4 2 9 6 1 2 1 9 10 2 5 3 387 [88]
2020/02/07 298 28 29 29 3 5 29 5 10 13 7 5 1 9 3 4 2 7 13 5 2 6 510 [87]
2020/02/08 324 40 34 28 1 4 11 46 8 17 12 12 4 3 2 5 6 1 1 1 1 8 10 5 1 10 3 3 600 [150]
2020/02/09 356 27 38 18 4 3 28 21 30 14 13 11 7 5 4 2 7 4 12 16 6 4 632 [225]
2020/02/10 427 27 29 38 12 0 4 50 12 25 15 8 4 4 4 6 1 0 12 1 0 15 6 1 3 1 5 5 0 0 716 [152]
2020/02/11 417 50 33 60 1 1 5 28 10 25 20 9 7 8 2 7 4 0 1 5 7 13 3 0 7 0 8 5 3 3 2 744 [153]
2020/02/12 802 49 27 43 2 7 4 48 37 18 20 18 8 12 1 6 3 1 3 4 3 23 8 3 3 1 2 6 7 0 4 1171 [154][155]
2020/02/13 690 40 55 48 2 3 5 40 6 17 38 13 5 11 10 15 3 0 6 3 2 26 12 4 8 0 0 7 8 3 2 1081 [156][157]
2020/02/14 912 37 45 54 5 8 28 42 23 23 32 28 7 18 11 17 2 0 11 0 7 24 10 5 5 0 3 4 5 0 0 1373 [158][159]
2020/02/15 849 41 42 50 6 1 34 28 30 29 34 25 11 8 5 14 8 1 11 3 3 32 12 7 4 0 6 16 5 5 2 1323 [160][161]
2020/02/16 1016 37 41 37 5 13 16 33 36 36 34 11 7 9 8 9 4 1 10 2 9 23 9 0 10 0 0 21 5 1 0 1425 [163]
2020/02/17 1223 34 67 57 7 7 21 44 37 35 27 18 7 8 1 14 3 0 5 4 2 18 27 5 19 0 2 5 4 0 0 1701 [164]
2020/02/18 1266 41 47 41 18 20 16 30 33 52 68 22 5 23 2 13 8 1 23 2 12 29 14 10 3 0 7 10 4 2 2 1824 [165]
Total 9398 542 554 571 76 80 178 544 296 362 361 215 96 144 48 136 61 9 97 36 57 254 177 52 66 1 42 105 65 14 15 14642
Date (CST)
Hubei
Hunan
Henan
Guangdong
Guangxi
Hainan
Shanghai
Zhejiang
Jiangsu
Jiangxi
Anhui
Shandong
Fujian
Beijing
Tianjin
Hebei
Shanxi
Inner
Mongolia
Heilongjiang
Jilin
Liaoning
Chongqing
Sichuan
Yunnan
Guizhou
Tibet
Ningxia
Shaanxi
Gansu
Xinjiang
Qinghai
National Additional

Sources

South-Central East North Northeast Southwest Northwest
Provincial

Sources

[93] [94] [95] [96] [97] [98] [99] [100] [101] [104] [103] [102] [105] [106] [107] [108] [109] [110] [111] [112] [113] [114] [115] [116] [117] [118] [121] [119] [120] [122] [123] [124]


Template:2019–20 Wuhan coronavirus data/International medical cases

Outbreak chronology

1–18 December 2019

Semi-log plot of cumulative incidence of confirmed cases and deaths in China.[228]
Semi-log plot of daily incidence (epidemiology) of confirmed cases and deaths in China.[229]

On 31 December 2019, a consortium of Chinese medical experts were charged by the Chinese CDC with investigating the inception of what is now commonly known as the Wuhan Coronavirus.[230] On 24 January 2020, their report was published in The Lancet.[231] They noted from their review of local medical records that the first patient later to be diagnosed with the Wuhan Coronavirus had first been presented with symptoms on 8 December 2019. However, the consortium found an earlier case of a patient who had first experienced symptoms on 1 December 2019, pointing to an even earlier origin.[232] Apart from this early case, between December 8 and December 18, seven cases later diagnosed with Wuhan Coronavirus were documented, two of them were linked with the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market of Wuhan, five were not.[233]

12 December 2019

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported in a broadcast airing on 12 January 2020 that a "new viral outbreak was first detected in the city of Wuhan, China, on December 12, 2019."[234]

21 December 2019

Chinese epidemiologists with the Chinese Center for Disease Control (CDC) published an article on 1 January 2020 stating that the first cluster of patients with "pneumonia of an unknown cause" had been identified on 21 December 2019.[235]

24 December 2019

On 24 December 2019, the Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) reported that the first case of what would later be named the 2019-nCov (Wuhan Coronavirus) had been diagnosed.[236]

29 December 2019

According to a CDC publication on 31 January 2020, the facts leading up to the identification of the 2019-nCoV were as follows, "On December 29, 2019, a hospital in Wuhan admitted four individuals with pneumonia and recognized that all four had worked in the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, which sells live poultry, aquatic products, and several kinds of wild animals to the public. The hospital reported this occurrence to the local center for disease control (CDC), which lead Wuhan CDC staff to initiate a field investigation with a retrospective search for pneumonia patients potentially linked to the market. The investigators found additional patients linked to the market, and on December 30, health authorities from Hubei Province reported this cluster to China CDC. The following day, China CDC sent experts to Wuhan to support the investigation and control effort. Samples from these patients were obtained for laboratory analyses."[237]

30 December 2019

On 30 December 2019, Dr. Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital in Wuhan, China, posted a warning to alumni from his medical school class via a WeChat online forum that a cluster of seven patients treating within the ophthalmology department had been unsuccessfully treated for symptoms of viral pneumonia and diagnosed with SARS.[238][239] Because these patients did not respond to traditional treatments, they were quarantined in an ER department of the Wuhan Central Hospital.[240] In the WeChat forum, Li posted that this cluster of patients appeared to be infected by SARS. Dr. Li posted a snippet of an RNA analysis finding “SARS coronavirus” and extensive bacteria colonies in a patient’s airways according to a chat transcript that he and other chat members later shared online. (Dr. Li contracted this coronavirus from a patient he treated, was hospitalized on 12 January 2020 and died on 7 February 2020. Dr. Li is widely known for the statement he gave before his death exemplifying how the Chinese government botched the containment of the Wuhan Coronavirus stating, "There should be more than one voice in a healthy society.")[238]

The Chinese National Health Commission announced later that evening that 8 doctors engaging in this WeChat forum had been arrested by Wuhan Police and charged with "llegal acts of fabricating, spreading rumors and disrupting social order..."[241]

Wuhan medical authorities forbade doctors from making public announcements and ordered them to report cases internally.[242]

News of an outbreak of "pneumonia of unknown origin" started circulating on social media on the evening of Monday December 30, 2019.[243][244][245] The social media reports stated that 27 patients in Wuhan - most of them stall holders at the Hunan Seafood Market - had been treated for the mystery illness.[245]

In the evening of Monday, 30 December 2019, an "urgent notice on the treatment of pneumonia of unknown cause" was issued by the Wuhan Municipal Health Committee on its Weibo social media account.[246][247] It was reported that since the beginning of December, there had been "a successive series of patients with unexplained pneumonia" - 27 suspected cases in total, seven of which were in critical condition and 18 were stable, two of which were on the verge of being discharged soon.[246] The Wuhan Municipal Health Committee reported to the WHO that 27 people had been diagnosed with pneumonia of unknown cause.[247] Most were stallholders from the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, seven of whom were in critical condition. The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission also made a public announcement regarding the situation.[154]

Early investigations into the cause of the pneumonia ruled out seasonal flu, SARS, MERS and bird flu.[248][249]

Hong Kong Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan Siu-chee announced after an urgent night-time meeting with officials and experts, "[any suspected cases] including the presentation of fever and acute respiratory illness or pneumonia, and travel history to Wuhan within 14 days before onset of symptoms, we will put the patients in isolation."[245]

31 December 2019

On December 31, various hospitals in Wuhan held an emergency symposium on the topic of the treatment of pneumonia patients of unknown cause which had been diagnosed in various Wuhan, China, hospitals.[250]

As a result of the official announcement of the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan immediately tightened their inbound screening processes.[251][252]

Qu Shiqian, a vendor at the Hunan Seafood Market, said government officials had disinfected the premises on Tuesday 31 January 2019 and told stallholders to wear masks. Qu said he had only learnt of the pneumonia outbreak from media reports. "Previously I thought they had flu," he said. "It should be not serious. We are fish traders. How can we get infected?"[245]

"Chinese state television reported that a team of experts from the National Health Commission had arrived in Wuhan on 31 December 2019 to lead the investigation, while the People's Daily said the exact cause remained unclear and it would be premature to speculate."[244][245] Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported that a team of senior health experts had been dispatched to the city of Wuhan and were reported to be "conducting relevant inspection and verification work."[246]

Tao Lina, a public health expert and former official with Shanghai's Centre for disease control and prevention, said, "I think we are [now] quite capable of killing it in the beginning phase, given China's disease control system, emergency handling capacity and clinical medicine support."[245]

1 January

According to the Chinese state-sponsored Xinhua News, the Hunan Seafood Market was closed on 1 January 2020 for "renovations."[240] However, in the Consortium's report of 24 January 2020, it was stated that the Hunan Seafood Market had been closed on 1 January 2020 for "cleaning and disinfection."[251]

2 January

On 2 January, 41 admitted hospital patients in Wuhan, China, were confirmed to have contracted (laboratory-confirmed) the 2019-nCoV (Wuhan Coronavirus); 27 (66%) patients had direct exposure to Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market.[253] All 41 patients were subsequently relocated from the hospital they had originally been diagnosed in to the Jin Yin-tan Hospital in Wuhan, China.[254]

3 January

On 3 January 2020, Chinese scientists at the National Institute of Viral Disease Control and Prevention (IVDC) identified the genetic sequence of the novel β-genus coronaviruses (naming it '2019-nCoV') from specimens collected from patients in Wuhan, China, and three distinct strains were established.[237] This discovery was not disclosed to the WHO until 6 days later, on 9 January 2020.

Health authorities in Wuhan reported 44 cases, a big jump from the 27 reported on Tuesday. Eleven of the 44 were seriously ill, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission said, though there had been no reported deaths to date. The health of the 121 close contacts of the cases was being monitored.[255]

On 3 January 2020, Dr. Li Wenliang, the Wuhan ophthalmologist who had been arrested for spreading false "rumors" on WeChat, was summoned to the Wuhan Public Security Bureau where he was told to sign an official confession and admonition letter promising to cease spreading false "rumors" regarding the coronavirus. In the letter, he was accused of "making false comments" that had "severely disturbed the social order". The letter stated, "We solemnly warn you: If you keep being stubborn, with such impertinence, and continue this illegal activity, you will be brought to justice - is that understood?" Dr. Li signed the confession writing: "Yes, I understand."[239] Li would later be vindicated in a ruling issued by China's Supreme People's Court on 28 January 2020.[256] On 7 February 2020, Chinese state-sponsored news reported that Dr. Li had died from complications arising from his infection to the Wuhan coronavirus only to later delete the post and report Dr. Li as being in critical condition.[257] He was subsequently confirmed the same day as having regrettably indeed deceased.[258] Dr. Li is now being heralded as a whistleblower who exposed the Chinese government's early efforts to cover up the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic which resulted in its rapid spread across China and the world.[238]

4 January

The head of the University of Hong Kong's Centre for Infection, Ho Pak-leung, warned that the city should implement the strictest possible monitoring system for a mystery new viral pneumonia that infected dozens of people on the mainland, as it was highly possible that the illness was spreading from human to human. The microbiologist also warned that there could be a surge in cases during the upcoming Chinese New Year. Ho said he hoped the mainland would release more details as soon as possible about the patients infected with the disease, such as their medical history, to help experts analyse the illness and to allow for more effective preventive measures to be put in place.[259]

The Singapore Ministry of Health said on Saturday, January 4, that it had been notified of the first suspected case of the "mystery Wuhan virus" in Singapore, involving a three-year-old girl from China who had pneumonia and a travel history to the Chinese city of Wuhan.[260]

Chinese officials were criticized for failing do disclose any information about the "mysterious virus" that machine translations of official reports suggested may be caused by a new coronavirus.[255]

The WHO waited for China to release information about the "mysterious new pneumonia virus".[261] The United Nations agency activated its incident-management system at the country, regional and global level and was standing ready to launch a broader response if it was needed. The WHO’s regional office in Manila said in Twitter posts Saturday.: "#China has reported to WHO regarding a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, Hubei Province.The Govt has also met with our country office,and updated @WHO on the situation. Govt actions to control the incident have been instituted and investigations into the cause are ongoing."[261]

The Wuhan Institute of Virology didn't respond to an emailed request for comment on the infectious source.[262]

5 January

The number of suspected cases reached 59 with seven in a critical condition. All were quarantined and local medical officials commenced the monitoring of 163 of their contacts. At this time, there had been no reported cases of human-to-human transmission or presentations in healthcare workers.[263][264]

6 January

On Monday, January 6, the Wuhan health authorities announced they continued seeking the cause but had so far ruled out influenza, avian influenza, adenovirus, and coronaviruses SARS and MERS as the respiratory pathogen that had infected 59 people as of 5 January.[265]

7 January

Since the outburst of social media discussion of the mysterious pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan, China, Chinese authorities censored the hashtag #WuhanSARS and were now investigating anyone who was allegedly spreading misleading information about the outbreak on social media.[266]

The world continued to wait for China to disclose more information about what had triggered an unexplained pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan, China's tenth-largest city.[267]

“The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice Monday for travelers to Wuhan, Hubei province, China due to the cluster of cases of pneumonia of an unknown etiology…”[268]

AIDS Healthcare Foundation president begged China to disclose more information about the viral infection of pneumonia of an unknown cause currently emerging in Wuhan, China. “With China’s New Year holiday season approaching, this is probably the worst time for a dangerous, unknown virus to be going around—it’s critical that in-country health agencies and the WHO go above and beyond to get it under control,” said AHF President Michael Weinstein.[269]

8 January

Scientists in China announced the discovery of a new coronavirus.[270][271]

South Korea announced first possible case of virus coming from China.[272] South Korea put a 36-year-old Chinese woman under isolated treatment amid concerns that she had brought back a form of viral pneumonia that had sickened dozens in mainland China and Hong Kong in the previous weeks. The unidentified woman, who worked for a South Korean company near capital Seoul, had experienced cough and fever since returning from a five-day trip to China on 30 December, the KCDC said in a press release. The woman had spent time in Wuhan, China, but had not visited the Hunan Seafood Market.

9 January

The WHO confirmed that the novel coronavirus had been isolated from one person who had been hospitalised.[273][274] On the same day, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control posted its first risk assessment.[275] The WHO also reported that Chinese authorities had acted swiftly,[273] identifying the novel coronavirus within weeks of the onset of the outbreak, with the total number of positively tested people being 41.[276] The first death from the virus occurred in a 61-year-old man who was a regular customer at the market. He had several significant medical conditions, including chronic liver disease, and died from heart failure and pneumonia. The incident was reported in China by the health commission via Chinese state media on 11 January.[277][278][279][280]

Chinese scientists reported on Chinese state broadcaster CCTV that they had found a new "coronavirus in 15 of 57 patients with the illness in the central city of Wuhan, saying it has been preliminarily identified as the pathogen for the outbreak".[234] The scientists announced that the current 'Wuhan Virus', a coronavirus, appears to not be as lethal as SARS. They reported that the new viral outbreak was first detected in the city of Wuhan on 12 December 2019.[234] Additionally, a total of 59 people have been identified as contracting the illness, seven patients had been in a critical condition at some stage, and no healthcare workers were reported as having been infected.[234]

10 January

The gene sequencing data of the isolated 2019-nCoV, a virus from the same family as the SARS coronavirus, was posted on Virological.org by researchers from Fudan University, Shanghai. A further three sequences from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, one from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and one from Jinyintan Hospital in Wuhan were posted to the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID) portal.[277][281][282][283] The same day, Public Health England issued its guidance.[275]

On 10 January 2020, Dr. Li Wenliang, Chinese ophthalmologist and Coronavirus whistleblower started having symptoms of a dry cough. On 12 January 2020, Dr. Wenliang started having a fever. He was admitted to the hospital on 14 January 2020. His parents also contracted the Coronavirus (presumably from Dr. Wenliang) and were admitted to the hospital with him. Dr. Wenliang tested negative several times for the Coronavirus until finally testing positive on 30 January 2020.[239]

11–12 January

In China, more than 700 close contacts of the 41 confirmed cases, including more than 400 healthcare workers, had been monitored, with no new cases reported in China since 5 January.[249][263][277][284] The WHO published initial guidance on travel advice, testing in the laboratory and medical investigation.[277]

13 January

The USCDC announced that the genome had been posted on the NIH genetic sequence database, GenBank.[285] On the same day, Thailand witnessed the first confirmed case of 2019-nCoV, the first outside China.[286] The affected 61-year-old Chinese woman, who is a resident of Wuhan, had not visited the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, but was noted to have been to other markets. She had arrived in Bangkok on 8 January.[287]

14 January

On 14 January, two of the 41 confirmed cases in Wuhan were reported to include a married couple, raising the possibility of human-to-human transmission.[287][288]

15 January

A second death occurred in a 69-year-old man in China on 15 January.[289][290] The WHO published a protocol on diagnostic testing for 2019-nCoV, developed by a virology team from Charité Hospital.[289]

16 January

On 16 January, the WHO was alerted by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare that a 30-year-old male Chinese national had tested positive to 2019-nCoV during a hospital stay between 10 and 15 January. He had not visited the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, but possibly had close contact with an affected person in Wuhan.[291][292]

17 January

On 17 January, Thailand's second confirmed case was reported in a 74-year-old woman who arrived in Bangkok on a flight from Wuhan.[293][294] The number of laboratory-confirmed cases rose to 45 in China.[295]

Yang Xiaobo, head of the Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, died of pneumonia caused by the virus on 17 January.[296]

18 January

After the first 41 laboratory-confirmed cases were identified on January 2, 2020,[253] 16 days elapsed with no further confirmed cases being announced by Chinese officials before China reported 17 additional laboratory-confirmed cases, with three cases in critical condition. The number of laboratory-confirmed cases rose to 62 in China, with the ages ranging from 30 to 79, of which 19 were discharged and eight remain critical.[297]

On the same day, the Wuhan City government held an annual banquet in the Baibuting community celebrating the Chinese New Year with forty thousand families in attendance despite the officials' knowledge of the spread of the Wuhan Coronavirus. They shared meals, plates and ate together.[298] On 21 January 2020 when Wuhan mayor Zhou Xianwang was asked on state television why this banquet was held even after the number of cases had risen to 312 he responded, "The reason why the Baibuting community continued to host the banquet this year was based on the previous judgment that the spread of the epidemic was limited between humans, so there was not enough warning."[242]

19 January

On 19 January, the first confirmed cases were reported in China, outside Wuhan, one in the southern province of Guangdong and two in Beijing.[299] Wuhan reported 136 additional laboratory-confirmed cases, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases in China to 201. A new death was also reported in Wuhan, bringing the total number of fatalities in China to three.[300][301]

20 January

Scientists from the China CDC identified three different strains of the 2019-nCoV confirming that the original Wuhan Coronavirus had mutated into two additional strains.[235]

Chinese premier Li Keqiang urged decisive and effective efforts to prevent and control the epidemic.[302] First confirmed case reported in South Korea.[303] Beijing and Guangdong reported an additional three and thirteen laboratory-confirmed cases, respectively. Shanghai confirms its first case, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases in China to 218.[304][155] The investigation team from China's National Health Commission confirmed for the first time that the coronavirus can be transmitted between humans.[256] At least two people had become infected whilst living hundreds of miles from Wuhan.[305]

Five attendees of an as-yet-unnamed private international sales company meeting of 109 attendees, 94 from overseas, held from January 20–22 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Singapore were diagnosed with the Wuhan Caronavirus upon returning home: one from Malaysia, two from South Korea and two from Singapore.[306][307] One of the attendees was from Wuhan, China. It was reported that the company held a buffet for their delegates. These four diagnoses were not reported until February 5, 2020.[308] The first laboratory-confirmed case in Singapore of an unrelated 67 year-old native of Wuhan was not reported until 23 January 2020.[309] These cases linked to the meeting were the first evidence that the Wuhan Caronavirus had spread through human-to-human contact outside China, which the WHO has said is deeply concerning and could signal evidence of a much larger outbreak.[308] As of February 5, 2020, the sister of a Malaysian who attended the meeting had been infected and four more local staff in Singapore were confirmed as having virus symptoms.[308][310]

21 January

A total of 291 cases have now been reported across major cities in China, including Beijing and Shanghai. However most patients are in Wuhan, the central city of 11 million at the heart of the outbreak.[256]

A report by the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis at Imperial College London suggested there could be more than 1,700 infections. However, Gabriel Leung, the dean of medicine at the University of Hong Kong, put the figure closer to 1,300.[256]

After 300 confirmed diagnoses and 6 deaths, Chinese state media warned lower-level officials not to cover up the spread of a new coronavirus.[256] Officials declared that anyone who concealed new cases would "be nailed on the pillar of shame for eternity", the political body responsible for law and order said. Local Chinese officials initially withheld information about the epidemic from the public. It later vastly under-reported the number of people that had been infected, downplayed the risks and failed to provide timely information that experts say could have saved lives. In its commentary published online on Tuesday January 20, 2020, the Communist Party's Central Political and Legal Commission talked of China having learned a "painful lesson" from the Sars epidemic and called for the public to be kept informed. Deception, it warned, could "turn a controllable natural disaster into a man-made disaster".[256]

The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission reported at least 15 medical workers in Wuhan have also been infected with the virus, with one in a critical condition.[256]

WHO Situation Report 1:[311]

Confirmed cases were reported in several new locations in China. Zhejiang province and Tianjin reported five and two laboratory-confirmed cases, respectively.[312][313] Guangdong reported three additional laboratory-confirmed cases.[314] Shanghai and Henan province reported an additional four and one laboratory-confirmed cases, respectively.[315] One laboratory-confirmed case was reported in Sichuan province, and Chongqing reported five laboratory-confirmed cases.[316][317] Shandong, Hunan and Yunnan all reported one laboratory-confirmed case each.[318][319][320] Jiangxi reported two laboratory-confirmed cases.[321] The total number of laboratory-confirmed cases in China increased to 312 and the death toll increased to six.[316][322][323]

New cases were also reported outside of mainland China. Taiwan reported its first laboratory-confirmed case,[324] and the United States reported its first laboratory-confirmed case in the state of Washington, the first in North America.[325][150]

China’s Wuhan Institute filed to patent the use of Gilead’s remdesivir for the treatment of novel coronavirus.[326]

22 January

Animated map showing confirmed 2019-nCoV cases spreading from January 22. (high resolution)

WHO Situation Report 2:[327]

'Health Commission: 440 cases of pneumonitis infected with new coronavirus have been diagnosed' - video news report from China News Service, 22 January 2020 (captions available in English)
'Infectious Disease Expert Discusses Coronavirus Threat with VOA' - Video news report from Voice of America, 22 January 2020

New cases: Macau and Hong Kong reported their first laboratory-confirmed cases,[328][329] with Hong Kong reporting its second on the evening of 22 January.[330] Beijing reported an additional five laboratory-confirmed cases, while Guangdong reported an additional nine laboratory-confirmed cases. Shanghai reported an additional five laboratory-confirmed cases, while Tianjin reported an additional two laboratory-confirmed cases. Zhejiang and Jiangxi reported an additional five and one laboratory-confirmed cases, respectively.[331][better source needed] Liaoning reported its first two laboratory-confirmed cases.[332] Guizhou, Fujian, Anhui, Shanxi and Ningxia reported one laboratory-confirmed case each.[333][334][335][336][337] Hainan reported four laboratory-confirmed cases.[338] Hunan reported three additional laboratory-confirmed cases.[339] Guangxi reported two laboratory-confirmed cases.[340] In all, the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases in China increased to 571 and the death toll to 17.

Internationally, two more laboratory-confirmed cases were reported in Thailand, raising the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases in Thailand to four.[341]

New data showed indications of the current rapid spread of the disease and an increase in the rate of transmission.[342][343]

Officials announce a quarantine of the greater Wuhan, China area to commence 23 January 2020 at 10:00 am. No traffic will be allowed in or out of the city.[344]

23 January

WHO Situation Report 3:[345]

Jiangsu reported its first laboratory-confirmed case.[346] Heilongjiang reported its first two laboratory-confirmed cases.[347] Both Fujian and Guangxi reported an additional three laboratory-confirmed cases each.[348][349] Shanghai reported an additional seven laboratory-confirmed cases.[350] Xinjiang reported two laboratory-confirmed cases.[351] Shaanxi reported three laboratory-confirmed cases.[352] Gansu reported two laboratory-confirmed cases.[353] Macau also reported its second laboratory-confirmed case, another 66-year-old man from Wuhan.[354] In all, the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases in mainland China increased to 628 while the death toll remained at 17.

Singapore reported its first laboratory-confirmed case, a 66-year-old man from China.[355] Vietnam confirmed its first two laboratory-confirmed cases, a 66-year-old father and 28-year-old son from China.[356]

Wuhan suspended all public transportation from 10 a.m. onwards, including all bus, metro and ferry lines. Additionally, all outbound trains and flights were halted.[156]

24 January

WHO Situation Report 4:[357]

'Hong Kong confirms two new cases of pneumonia' - video news report from China News Service, January 24, 2020 (Captions available in English)

Shandong reported six additional laboratory-confirmed cases.[358] Hunan reported 15 additional laboratory-confirmed cases.[359] Liaoning reported one additional laboratory-confirmed case.[360] Fujian reported four additional laboratory-confirmed cases.[361] Anhui reported six additional laboratory-confirmed cases.[362] Ningxia reported one additional laboratory-confirmed case.[363] Shanghai reported 13 additional laboratory-confirmed cases, bringing the total up to 33.[364]

Japan, South Korea, and the United States all confirmed their second cases.[365][366][367] Singapore confirmed its second and third cases.[368] Thailand confirmed its fifth case.[369] Hong Kong confirmed three additional cases, bringing the total number to five.[370] Nepal confirmed its first case, a student who returned from Wuhan.[371] France reported its first three confirmed cases, the first occurrences in the EU.[372][373][374] The French Health Minister Agnès Buzyn stated that it is likely other cases would arise in the country.[375]

The first confirmed incidence of human-to-human transmission outside of China was documented by the WHO in Vietnam.[376]

A study by Chinese researchers indicates that people can be symptom-free for several days while the coronavirus is incubating, increasing the risk of contagious infection without forewarning signs.[253]

By the end of the day, the entire Hubei province have come under a city-by-city quarantine, apart from Xiangyang and Shennongjia Forestry District.

25 January

Chinese president Xi Jinping called the “accelerating spread” of the coronavirus a “grave situation” and that it was "mutating" as Beijing escalates measures to contain the illness.[377]

WHO Situation Report 5:[378]

Australia confirmed its first four cases, one in Victoria[379] and three in New South Wales.[380][381] Malaysia reported its first three cases in Johor Bahru,[382][383] and a fourth case later.[384] Japan confirmed its third case.[385] Canada confirmed its first case in Toronto.[386] Thailand added two new cases for a total of seven.[387] Singapore confirmed their fourth case.[388]

A Chinese and a Sri Lankan suspected with the infection were admitted to a hospital in Sri Lanka.[389]

Liang Wudong, a 62-year-old doctor, reportedly died in the Hubei province from the coronavirus.[390]

26 January

WHO Situation Report 6:[391]

Dark red denotes country of origin; blue, suspected cases; light red, confirmed cases. Data compiled from the USCDC, NYT, and CNBC

The Spring Festival holiday was extended to contain coronavirus outbreak.

Shanghai reported its first death, an 88-year-old man.[392]

The United States confirmed its third, fourth, and fifth cases: two in California[393] and one in Arizona.[394] Macau confirmed three additional cases, bringing its total to five.[395] Hong Kong has confirmed its sixth, seventh, and eighth cases.[396] Thailand has confirmed its eighth case. The first of five patients was already discharged. There are another 39 suspected cases awaiting confirmation.[397]

The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) has started developing vaccines against the coronavirus, an official with the center said on Sunday.[158][398]

Health officials in Ivory Coast are dealing with a suspected case of coronavirus, the country's health ministry has announced.[399]

The United Nation's WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said he was on his way to Beijing to confer with Chinese officials and health experts about the coronavirus outbreak.[400]

China started requiring nationwide use of monitoring stations for screening, identification and immediate isolation of coronavirus-infected travellers, including at airports, railway stations, bus stations and ports.[401]

A tentative clinical profile for the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was published by an assistant professor of population health science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. The lethality of the virus is unknown; however, the death toll has now climbed to above three percent.[402]

Wang Xianliang, a Hubei provincial government official, died of pneumonia caused by the virus.[296]

27 January

WHO Situation Report 7:[403]

Dr. Gabriel Leung, Dean of the University of Hong Kong medical school and one of the foremost world experts on SARS and viruses, gave a three-hour presentation published on YouTube wherein he made nowcasts and forecasts of the Wuhan Virus Pandemic. Using traditional scientific modeling techniques that predict the spread of viruses, Dr. Leung projected the true number of coronavirus infections was likely 10 time more than the official reported numbers.[404] Dr. Leung estimated that there were between 44,000-100,000 infections in China as of 24 January 2020. He stated that draconian measures were needed to slow the progress of the virus but that these measures would have no effect in stopping the coronavirus pandemic. He projected that the number of infections would continue exponentially peaking out in late April or May 2020. Dr. Leung predicted that at the peak of the pandemic, there could be up to 100,000 new infections per day. Dr. Leung subsequently published an article in The Lancet nowcasting and forecasting the likely progression of the Wuhan Coronavirus taking into consideration numerous variables.[405] Zhou Xianwang, the mayor of Wuhan, said on a Chinese state television talkshow that rules imposed by Beijing limited what he could disclose about the threat posed by the Wuhan Coronavirus as it unfolded, suggesting "the central government was partially responsible for a lack of transparency that has marred the response to the fast-expanding health crisis."[406]

Canada reported its first confirmed case and another presumptive case.[407] Health officials have confirmed the fifth case of coronavirus in Australia, and have suspected an additional 5.[408][409] The Sri Lankan Health Ministry confirms its first case of coronavirus, a 43 year old Chinese woman.[410] Cambodia confirms its first case of the virus, a Chinese man who came with his family to Sihanoukville.[411] Singapore confirms a fifth case, a 56 year old Chinese national who arrived from Wuhan on 18 January.[412] Germany confirmed its first case in Bavaria, a case of domestic transmission.[413][414] Taiwan reports its first case of domestic transmission of the coronavirus.[415]

Beijing reports first death from coronavirus.[416]

Three new suspected cases in Austria; previous suspected cases tested negative.[417] The 'Matei Balș' Institute reported the first possible case in Romania.[418] Ecuador reported a suspected case of coronavirus, a Chinese citizen who arrived from Hong Kong.[419] Fiji authorities are holding six Chinese travelers in quarantine in Nadi as a precaution after they failed to gain entry to Samoa due to Samoa's quarantine requirements that were implemented Friday. The quarantine requirements, imposed after an emergency Cabinet meeting, compel anyone who's been in China to "self-quarantine" in a country free from the coronavirus for 14 days.[420] In Poland, two children were admitted to the Kraków hospital with the suspicion of coronavirus.[421] In Mongolia a 14-year-old girl who was studying in China had fallen ill with a suspected case of pneumonia and laryngitis; she was pronounced dead on the same day. Health authorities have since taken a sample from the deceased girl to be analysed at the National Center for Communicable Diseases in Ulaanbaatar.[422] Two Mongolian students returning from Taiwan to Chinggis Khaan International Airport have shown symptoms of high fever and rising temperature and were put into quarantine after landing in Mongolia.[422] In Switzerland, two people were put under quarantine at the Triemli Hospital in Zurich, both had previously been to China.[423] These cases later turned up negative.[424]

In Germany, the first specific, global case of coronavirus being transmitted by a person with no symptoms has been reported. The originally-infected individual is from Shanghai.[425][426][427][428]

28 January

China's Supreme People's Court ruled that whistleblower, Li Wenjian, had not committed the crime of spreading "rumors" when on 30 December 2019 he posted to a WeChat forum for medical school alumni that seven patients under his care appeared to have contracted SARS. In their ruling, the Supreme People's Court stated, “If society had at the time believed those ‘rumors,’ and wore masks, used disinfectant and avoided going to the wildlife market as if there were a SARS outbreak, perhaps it would’ve meant we could better control the coronavirus today,” the court said. “Rumors end when there is openness.”[429][430]

WHO Situation Report 8:[431]

Thailand confirms six more cases, bringing the total infected there to 14. Thailand's health minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, states that “we are not able to stop the spread” of coronavirus in the country.[432] Singapore confirms two more cases, bringing the total infected in Singapore to seven. That was followed by a Hubei-related suspension from 29 January.[433] Japan confirms 3 additional cases, bringing the total infected in Japan to seven, including a man who had never visited Wuhan. He was working as a tour bus driver and had driven a group from Wuhan earlier in January.[434][435] Germany's first confirmed case, reported the previous day, had occurred in a German citizen who had not travelled to China. However, he had close contact with a visiting Chinese colleague who reported starting to feel ill during her return flight to Shanghai and she was diagnosed with coronavirus infection after arriving in China. Germany confirmed 3 new cases, all of whom were coworkers of the first confirmed patient.[436] France confirmed its fourth case, an elderly Chinese tourist who is in critical condition.[437]

The Brazilian Ministry of Health reports three suspected cases ongoing in three locations: Belo Horizonte (MG), Curitiba (PR) and São Leopoldo (RS).[438] Canada reports a new presumptive case in British Columbia, a man in his 40s who had recently travelled to Wuhan.[439]

A UK-Chinese medical research paper reports a statistical model finding that "estimates suggest the actual number of infected cases could be much higher than the reported, with estimated 26,701 cases (as of 28th January 2020)."[440][441]

Scientists from The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) in Melbourne reported that they had successfully grown 2019-nCoV from a patient sample.[442]

Xiangyang became quarantined starting 00:00;[443] the entire Hubei province thus became quarantined save for Shennongjia Forestry District.

29 January

WHO Situation Report 9:[444]

Tibet reported its first suspected case identified on the previous day[445] and declared a level 1 health emergency in the evening, the last mainland provincial division to do so.[446] Suspected cases have now been reported in all 31 mainland provincial divisions.

Companies in Hubei are required not to resume services before 13 February, and schools in Hubei are to postpone the reopening of schools.[163]

The UAE confirms its first case.[447] Shortly afterwards, an Emirates' news agency confirmed four people from a Chinese family to be infected.[448] Finland reports its first case of the virus in Lapland, found in a Chinese tourist who left Wuhan before Wuhan was locked down.[449] Singapore confirms three more cases of the virus, bringing the total infected to 10 cases.[450] Malaysia confirms three additional cases, bringing its total to seven.[451] Japan reports four additional cases, including a tour bus guide that was on the same bus as one of the cases confirmed on 28 January[452] and three evacuated from Wuhan.[453] France confirmed a 5th case, the daughter of the patient in the fourth case.[454]

Two Chinese nationals were placed in isolation wards in Armenia amid the first suspected case of coronavirus in the country. The Chinese nationals were tourists travelling to Armenia from neighbouring Georgia. Liana Torosyan, the head of the Department of Infectious Diseases, advised that samples will be sent to European labs, as Armenia does not have the capacity to test for the novel coronavirus.[455] Brazil reports a total of 9 suspected cases in six states of the country.[456]

Air Canada is halting all direct flights to China following the federal government's advisory to avoid non-essential travel to the mainland due to the coronavirus epidemic. The suspension is effective Thursday and slated to last until Feb. 29.[457]

30 January

WHO Situation Report 10:[458]

Tibet confirms its first case, which was previously suspected.[459] Cases have now been confirmed in all 31 provincial divisions of mainland China.[460] India confirms its first case of coronavirus in a student who had returned from Wuhan University to the Indian state of Kerala.[461] Philippines confirms its first case of coronavirus in a female Chinese national who arrived in Manila via Hong Kong on 21 January.[462] Japan confirms three more cases, bringing the total to 14.[463] Malaysia confirms one more case, bringing the total to eight.[464] Singapore confirms three more cases, bringing the total to 13.[465] South Korea confirms two more cases, with one of them being the first human-to-human transmission there.[466] Vietnam confirms three new cases, bringing the total to five.[467] France confirms its sixth case.[468] Italy confirms its first two cases in a press conference by the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte.[469] Germany confirms its fifth case, an employee of the company where the four previously known cases are also employed.[470]

The United States confirmed its sixth case, the spouse of another patient in Chicago.[471] This is the first confirmed case of human to human transmission within the United States.

31 January

WHO Situation Report 11:[472]

The United Kingdom and Russia confirmed their first coronavirus infections.[473][474] First Swedish and Spanish cases were confirmed.[475][476] Seventh confirmed case in the U.S. is in Santa Clara County, California.[477] A fourth case of coronavirus in Canada has been confirmed in London, Ontario.[478] Thailand confirmed five more cases with the first human-to-human virus transmission inside the country of a local taxi driver, bringing the total to 19.[479][480] Singapore confirmed three more cases, bringing the total to 16.[481] Chinese health experts warn the public that coronavirus patients can become reinfected. China starts repatriating citizens to Wuhan.[164]

1 February

WHO Situation Report 12:[482] Vietnam confirmed its sixth case in Khánh Hòa Province, another domestic transmission in direct contact.[483] Singapore confirms two more cases, bringing the total to 18.[484] Australia reported another three cases, including the first two cases in South Australia, bringing their total to 12.[485] Japan reported three more cases, increasing their total to 20.[486] South Korea confirmed the twelfth case of the coronavirus: a 49-year-old Chinese man who works as a Japanese tour guide in western Seoul.[487] The United States reported its eighth case, a man from Boston who recently returned to college after traveling to Wuhan.[488]

2 February

WHO Situation Report 13:[489]

Vietnam announced its seventh case of nCoV, a Vietnamese-American who had had a two-hour layover at Wuhan Airport.[490] South Korea reported three more cases, bringing their total to 15.[491] UAE reported its fifth case.[492] India announced its second case.[493]

The first confirmed death from 2019-nCoV outside mainland China was announced in the Philippines. The case was that of a 44-year-old male who was the companion of the first confirmed case in the country; both are Chinese nationals from Wuhan who had arrived in Cebu via Hong Kong on 21 January. He had been in stable condition prior to his death on 1 February.[494]

The United States confirmed three more cases, all in California, bringing the total to 11.[495][496] Two Germans aboard the evacuation flight from Wuhan tested positive for the virus, bringing the number of cases there up to twelve.[497]

3 February

WHO Situation Report 14:[498]

Erratum (Surveillance table corrected):[499]

According to WHO, there have been no new countries reporting cases in the past 24 hours. Nonetheless, Vietnam announced its eighth nCoV case, a Vietnamese woman who had been on the same flight with three other positive cases.[500]

India also confirmed its third case in Kerala.[501]

4 February

WHO Situation Report 15:[502]

Hong Kong confirmed its first death from a 39-year-old patient, the 13th confirmed case in the city.[503]

Vietnam announced its ninth and tenth nCoV case, including a Vietnamese man who had been on the same flight with four other positive cases.[504]

South Korea confirmed its 16th nCoV case after a tourist returned from Thailand, the first to have been infected there.[505]

Malaysia confirmed two more nCoV cases, which included a Malaysian citizen, bringing the total to 10 cases.[506]

Singapore confirmed six more cases, including the first locally transmitted cases involving four, bringing the total to 24. 2 others came from an evacuation plane from Wuhan.[507]

Thailand confirmed six more cases, bringing the total to 25.[508]

Belgium confirmed its first case, bringing the total in the European Union to 24.[509]

5 February

WHO Situation Report 16:[510]

Hong Kong confirmed three more cases, bringing the total to 21.[511]

Japan confirmed 10 new cases from a quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess near Yokohama, bringing the total number up to 35 cases. There are more than 3,500 on board to be tested.[512]

South Korea confirmed two more cases of nCoV including a patient who returned from Singapore. That brought the total number of cases to 18.[513][514]

Tianjin, China reported its first death.[515]

Singapore confirmed four more cases including a six-month-old Singaporean, bringing the total cases to 28.[516]

Malaysia announced two more cases, bringing the total cases to 12.[517]

Philippines confirmed its third positive case, a 60-year-old woman from Wuhan, China.[518]

Health officials in the state of Wisconsin announced the first case in that state.[519]

6 February

WHO Situation Report 17:[520]

Hong Kong confirmed three more cases, bringing the total to 24.[521]

Japan confirmed another 10 new cases from Diamond Princess, quarantined in Yokohama, bringing the total to 45.[522]

Malaysia confirmed two more cases, bringing the total to 14. One of the cases was locally transmitted, the first in Malaysia.[523] [524]

Singapore confirmed two more cases, bringing the total to 30.[525]

Taiwan announced three more cases, bringing the total to 16.[526]

Vietnam confirmed two more cases, bringing the total to 12.[527]

The third case of coronavirus was confirmed in the UK, with the patient having visited Singapore.[528]

The doctor, Li Wenliang, a whistleblower who notified the public at large on social media of the coronavirus, died of the same infection.[258]

Germany confirmed its thirteenth case, and Italy confirmed its third case, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Europe to 31.[529]

7 February

Another 41 have tested positive for the coronavirus on Diamond Princess, bringing the total number of cases in Japan to 86.[530]

Malaysia confirmed one more case from a tourist entering from Singapore, bringing the total to 15.[531] [532]

Singapore confirmed three more cases, bringing the total to 33. Most of these cases are of unknown origin, causing the Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (DORSCON) level to increase to Orange.[533]

Vietnam confirmed one additional case, bringing the total to 13.[534]

Events, reactions, and measures in mainland China

30–31 December 2019

On 30 December 2019, an "urgent notice on the treatment of pneumonia of unknown cause" was issued by the Medical Administration and Medical Administration of Wuhan Municipal Health Committee.[535][536]

The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission also made a public announcement regarding the situation.[154] Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan immediately tightened their inbound screening processes as a result.[251][252]

1 January 2020

Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, the source of the initial pneumonia cases, was closed on 1 January 2020 for cleaning and disinfection.[251] On the same day, Chinese state news reported that Wuhan police interviewed eight residents for spreading "misinformation" referring to the new infection as another SARS and "exaggerating" the danger.[537] However, CNA reported on the same date that Wuhan police said they had punished eight people for "publishing or forwarding false information on the internet without verification."[538]

10 January

The gene sequencing data of the isolated 2019-nCoV, a virus from the same family as the SARS coronavirus, was posted on Virological.org by researchers from Fudan University, Shanghai. A further three sequences from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, one from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and one from Jinyintan Hospital in Wuhan were posted to the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID) portal.[281][277][282][283] The same day, Public Health England issued its guidance.[275]

12 January

Hubei's provincial representatives from all over the province met in Wuhan until 18 January.[539]

18 January

The Wuhan government organised an annual banquet of forty thousand families. They shared meals and ate together.[298]

20 January

Chinese premier Li Keqiang urged decisive and effective efforts to prevent and control the epidemic.[302] Beijing and Guangdong reported an additional three and thirteen laboratory-confirmed cases, respectively. Shanghai confirms its first case, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases in China to 218.[304][155] The investigation team from China's National Health Commission confirmed that the coronavirus can be transmitted between humans.

22 January

'Health Commission: 440 cases of pneumonitis infected with new coronavirus have been diagnosed' - video news report from China News Service, 22 January 2020 (captions available in English)

The government announced a quarantine until further notice, cancelling outgoing flights and trains from Wuhan, and suspending public transportation in Wuhan, effective 10:00 (02:00 UTC, UTC+08:00) on 23 January.[540] However, statistics compiled by the Chinese Railway Administration showed that on the same day approximately 100,000 people had already departed from Wuhan Train Station by the deadline.[541] Furthermore, many Wuhan residents bypassed the checkpoints by taking antipyretics, having seen tips shared on Sina Weibo.[541]

23 January

Wuhan suspended all public transportation from 10 a.m. onwards, including all bus, metro and ferry lines. Additionally, all outbound trains and flights were halted.[156] In Wuhan, construction began near midnight for a specialist emergency hospital, modelled after the Xiaotangshan Hospital during the 2003 SARS outbreak in Beijing, after it was proposed earlier in the afternoon. The new Huoshenshan Hospital is expected to open by 3 February with a capacity of at least 1,000 beds.[542]

The three provinces of Zhejiang,[543] Guangdong,[544] and Hunan[545] declared a level 1 public health emergency (the highest possible) in chronological order.[546]

The release of all seven major films for the Lunar New Year was practically cancelled.[547] In an example of black humor, Plague Inc., which was released in 2012, surged to become the most popular app in China.[548]

24 January

The seven provinces, two autonomous regions, and all four municipalities of Hubei,[549] Anhui,[550] Tianjin,[551] Beijing,[552] Shanghai,[553] Chongqing,[554] Sichuan,[555] Jiangxi,[556] Yunnan,[557] Shandong,[558] Fujian,[559] Guangxi,[560] and Hebei[561] declared a level 1 public health emergency, in chronological order.[562] The city of Jingzhou was quarantined, raising the number of people in quarantined cities to 35 million.[563] The entire Hubei province now came under a city-by-city quarantine, save for Xiangyang and Shennongjia Forestry District.

All 70,000 Chinese cinemas were closed until further notice.[564] Multiple tourist sites across China were closed until further notice, including Mount Wutai,[565] Pingyao, Yanmen Pass,[566] Xuanwu Lake, Qixia Mountain, Nanking Massacre Museum, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Canton Tower, Gulangyu,[567] Yu Garden,[568] Shanghai Disneyland,[569] West Lake, and Forbidden City.[570] Citing the coronavirus outbreak, Starbucks and McDonald's suspended some operations in China.[571]

The Beijing and Shanghai governments have "urged residents returning from coronavirus outbreak areas to stay at home for 14 days to prevent its spread."[572]

25 January

Level 1 health emergency was declared in the 10 provinces and three autonomous regions of Jiangsu,[573] Hainan,[574] Xinjiang,[575] Heilongjiang,[576] Henan,[577] Gansu,[578] Liaoning,[579] Shanxi,[580] Shaanxi,[581] Qinghai,[582] Jilin,[583] Ningxia,[584] and Inner Mongolia,[585] in chronological order. It is now in effect in all 30 of the 31 provincial-level divisions in mainland China with cases reported, the exception being Tibet.

China's National Health Commission had sent 1,230 medical staff in six groups to Wuhan City, central China's Hubei Province, to combat the novel coronavirus outbreak in the region. As of 25 January, three of the six groups began their work in the virus-hit area. Local media earlier reported that 450 military medical personnel have also landed in the city to offer support.[586] Wuhan announced building a second emergency specialty hospital, named Leishenshan Hospital, with a planned capacity of 1,300 beds, to be in use in half a month.[587]

Beijing announced it will halt all inter-provincial bus and train services starting 26 January.[588][589]

Politburo of the Communist Party of China met to discuss novel coronavirus prevention and control. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, stated that the country is facing a "grave situation" as the number of infected people is accelerating.[590][591]

26 January

Leading group on the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus outbreak was established, led by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.[592] The leading group has decided to extend Spring Festival holiday to contain coronavirus outbreak.

The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) has started developing vaccines against the coronavirus, an official with the center said on Sunday.[158][398]

The city of Shantou declared a partial lockdown,[593] though this was quickly reversed.[594]

China banned all wildlife trade with immediate effect.[595][596][597]

The United Nation's WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said he was on his way to Beijing to confer with Chinese officials and health experts about the coronavirus outbreak.[400]

China started requiring nationwide use of monitoring stations for screening, identification and immediate isolation of coronavirus-infected travellers, including at airports, railway stations, bus stations and ports.[401]

Schools in Beijing would stay closed until further notice to prevent further spread of the coronavirus. Separately, the Beijing Government stated it will not lock-down the city.[598]

27 January

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited Wuhan, epicentre of virus outbreak, to direct the epidemic prevention work.[599]

China's Finance Ministry and National Health Commission extended 60.33 billion yuan (US$8.74 billion) to help contain coronavirus.[600]

Xiangyang announced suspension of ferry services at 00:00 on 28 January,[443] putting the entirety of Hubei province under a city-by-city quarantine, save for Shennongjia Forestry District. The move came after the closure of its railway stations at 00:00 on 27 January, and shutting down of its airport and inter-city bus services earlier.[443]

Wuhan suspends visa, passports services for Chinese citizens until 30 January.[601]

The Shanghai government has said companies in the city are not allowed to resume operations before 9 February.[602] Chinese tech company Tencent asks staff to work from home until 7 February due to coronavirus.[603]

The mayor of Wuhan acknowledges criticism over his handling of the crisis, admitting that information was not released quickly enough. He said he would resign if it helped with public opinion but pointed out the local government was obliged to seek permission before fully disclosing information about the virus, and that their response had since become "tougher than others".[604]

Tangshan suspends public transit to prevent spread of coronavirus.[605]

28 January

Wanda Group waives all rent and property fees for all merchants from 24 January to 25 February, amounting to an estimated fee reduction of ¥3-4 billion (US$432–577 million).[606]

29 January

Tibet reported its first suspected case identified on the previous day[445] and declared a level 1 health emergency in the evening, the last mainland provincial division to do so.[446] Suspected cases have now been reported in all 31 mainland provincial divisions.

Companies in Hubei are required not to resume services before 13 February, and schools in Hubei are to postpone the reopening of schools.[163]

Chinese police drop their case against eight people, accused on 1 January of spreading "false rumours" about a "new SARS-like virus";[607] they have been referred to as "the eight brave (八勇士)" on some Chinese social media.[608]

30 January

As of 30 January, inter-provincial charter cars in mainland China and inter-provincial passenger routes to Hubei have all been suspended. Passenger transport on roads in ten provinces and municipalities including Hubei and Beijing has been suspended, inter-provincial passenger trains have been suspended in 16 provinces, urban bus routes have been suspended or partially suspended in multiple cities in 28 provinces, and urban rail transportation has been suspended in 5 cities including Wuhan.[609]

The Huanggang Communist Party committee announced the dismissal of its health chief, Tang Zhihong.[610]

31 January

China National Railway Group announced that starting 1 February, rail ticket purchases must provide the traveller's mobile phone number (email address for foreign nationals).[611]

Chinese health experts warn the public that coronavirus patients can become reinfected. China starts repatriating citizens to Wuhan.[164]

1 February

Import duties and US-specific tariffs were exempted on imported materials donated for epidemic prevention and control, including VAT and sales tax; the duties and tariffs previously levied were to be refunded.[612][613]

The Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued a notice late in the evening to deploy medical wastewater and urban sewage supervision, regulate emergency medical wastewater treatment, sterilization and disinfection requirements, in order to prevent the spread of new coronavirus through feces and sewage,[614] after the faeces of a patient was tested positive for the virus in Shenzhen.[615]

The Department of Civil Affairs of Hubei Province suspends all marriage registrations starting on 3 February 2020.[616]

Huanggang, Hubei implements a much stricter control, allowing only one person from each household every two days to be on the street for purchases, unless for medically-related reasons, required for epidemic control, or as shop workers.[617]

Alibaba Group announced free taxi service for health professionals in Wuhan.[613]

Hunan government required companies in the province not to resume business before 24:00 on 9 February; the new semester is not to start earlier than 17 February for primary and secondary schools and kindergartens, and 24 February for post-secondary institutions.[618] Tianjin government issued an notice to postpone business resumption and the start of the new semester.[619]

Huanggang, Hubei converted Dabieshan Medical Centre to an emergency treatment hospital, adding 1000 new beds.[620] Huoshenshan Hospital was fully electrified on 23:49.[621]

China Securities Regulatory Commission waived the 2020 annual listing fee that listed companies in Hubei are required to pay to the stock exchange.[622]

China Federation of Radio and Television Associations issued an notice to pause the filming of all films and TV dramas in mainland China during the epidemic.[623]

310 Hubei citizens were repatriated from Thailand, Malaysia, and Japan.[624]

Apple Inc. temporarily closed all Apple Stores in mainland China until 24:00 on 9 February.[625]

China's National Health Commission (NHC) announced new regulations Saturday requiring that all who lose their lives to the coronavirus must be cremated at the nearest facility. "No farewell ceremonies or other funeral activities involving the corpse shall be held," according to the new ruling.[626]

2 February

Wuhan's Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters[627] arranged for Jointown Pharmaceutical to overtake the warehouse management of Wuhan Red Cross[628][629] after days of scandals and controversies regarding the Red Cross' incompetence, extreme delays in allocating donation resources, and unexplained apparent misallocation of crucial medical supplies.[630][631][632][633][634]

Wenzhou, Zhejiang announces implementing the same measure as Huanggang, where every household may send one person every two days outside for purchases, from 00:00 on 2 February to 24:00 on 8 February.[635]

Huoshenshan Hospital completed construction in the morning and was transferred to the military, half a day earlier than scheduled.[636][637]

Hubei allows imported and re-imported masks that are unlisted in China to be sold in the provincial market.[638]

The Ministry of Transport extended the cut-off time for the minibus toll-free period of the 2020 Spring Festival to 24:00 on 8 February 2020.[639]

Meituan starts an initiative to disinfect all shared bikes in eight mainland cities regardless of the brand.[640]

With immediate effect, Wuhan's government announced the quarantining of "all suspected patients and those known to have been in close contact with a confirmed case." It stated "Patients shall cooperate. Whoever refuses to cooperate will be subject to enforcement by the police."[641]

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has asked the European Union to facilitate the sale of medical supplies “through commercial channels”. According to a Chinese government statement, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said the European Union will try its best and coordinate all necessary resources to provide assistance to China.[642][643]

A new mask factory has started production in Beijing, after only seven days of being proposed and having all licenses on 31 January. According to Beijing Daily the new factory is "capable of producing tens of millions of masks per month". It is located in the Yizhuang Economic-Technological Development Area in southeast Beijing.[644]

3 February

In Wuhan, the People's Liberation Army Ground Force takes over medical supplies delivery.[645] “The Beijing leadership realised that almost all the donation points in Hubei and Wuhan have had delivery problems, that there are some opportunists using this crisis to make money,” according to a military source.[646]

4000 passengers on the World Dream cruise ship were quarantined, after four among them positive to the coronavirus.[647]

4 February

The People’s Bank of China provided an additional 500 billion yuan (roughly US$71 billion) of liquidity into the country’s financial system on Tuesday, following 1.2 trillion yuan (over US$170 billion) the previous day.[648]

Chinese state-backed importers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are investigating the invocation of force majeure to halt existing LNG contracts, as the coronavirus outbreak depresses energy demand.[649]

5 February

National Health Commission releases the fifth diagnostic criteria. For Hubei, CT scan results are no longer required for declaring suspected cases,[650] and "clinical diagnoses" may now be made using "imaging features of the pneumonia", without nucleic acid testing required.[651] For suspected cases, "respiratory symptoms" are now admitted as part of the criteria nationwide.[652][653]

Hubei released an additional ¥200 million (US$28.56 million) as special subsidies for the construction of treatment sites.[654]

The first shelter hospital[655] is put into use.[656] Designated hospitals in Wuhan will now accept only serious cases (confirmed or suspected); other existing and future patients would be redirected to shelter hospitals or community quarantine points.[657]

The Wuhan Institute of Virology applied for a patent of Gilead's antiviral drug, remdesivir, as applied toward 2019-nCoV, in China. The granting of a patent by Chinese authorities was not certain, but a patent would provide China with leverage in negotiating license fees with Gilead. The institute said that it made the patent application "out of national interest, and won’t exercise its patent rights if foreign pharmaceutical firms work together with China to curb the contagion." Seeking a patent instead of a “compulsory license” option does demonstrate some sensitivity on China's part toward honoring Gilead's intellectual property rights. Gilead is working with China on Phase III clinical trials there.[658][659][660][661]

6 February

Dali City apologises for intercepting and requisitioning 300 thousand masks designated as emergency supplies for Chongqing[662] and promises to "return" all of them.[663]

The start of the new semester is postponed to at least the end of February in Zhejiang,[664] Jiangsu,[664] Chongqing,[665] and Shanghai.[666]

Sichuan[667] and Guangdong[668] rolled out measures to help small and medium-sized enterprises in response to the epidemic.

7 February

Dr. Li Wenliang, a 34-year-old ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital and one of eight doctors who tried to share information about the coronavirus when it was first emerging, only to be reprimanded by Wuhan police, died from coronavirus infection at 2:58 a.m. local time.[258]

Reactions and measures outside Mainland China

Running summary (as of 4 February 2020): Aside from China, the 27 nations with 2019-nCoV coronavirus infections are Australia, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States and Vietnam.[669][670][671]

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 the China Mainland. Accordingly, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and some ASEAN countries (notably Myanmar, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, and Vietnam) are thermally monitoring passengers arriving at their major international airports, while flights from and/or to Wuhan were ceased operating. Activity through gateways in Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam are put under extra supervision from the Government and medical staffs. More seriously, North Korea even bans international flights and foreign visitors, and Papua New Guinea bans travellers from all Asian countries.

Mongolia, North Korea, and Russia have closed their borders with mainland China. Hong Kong closes four out of its eleven border checkpoints with mainland China. Nepal shuts down Rasuwa Fort border crossing for a fortnight. Vietnam shuts down two border gates, with nine auxiliary gates while the others are still in active with strict measures. PNG ordered a close on border with Indonesia on the island of New Guinea. The Inter-Korean Liaison Office was halted for an unspecified time.

Singapore has closed its borders to all recent travellers of China. Vietnam ceased issuing visa to Chinese citizens, only apart from diplomatic work. Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, the Philippines suspend visa issuance either: 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.

The United States is closing its borders to all foreign nationals "who pose a threat of transmitting the virus from entering the country and would quarantine U.S. citizens returning from Hubei province in China, the epicentre of the outbreak, for up to 14 days," starting Sunday, 2 February at 5 p.m. This was announced the same day as Singapore's similar action.

3 January

Thailand Thailand began screening passengers arriving from Wuhan at four different airports.[281][672][673] Singapore Singapore began screening passengers at Changi Airport on the same day.[674]

6 January

United States The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USCDC) issued a travel watch at Level 1 ("Practice usual precautions") on 6 January, with recommendations on washing hands and more specifically advising avoiding animals, animal markets, and contact with unwell people if travelling to Wuhan.[249][263]

21 January

World Health Organization The World Health Organization announced that it would hold an emergency meeting on the virus the following day to determine if the virus is a "public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC)".[675]

22 January

North KoreaChina North Korea closed its borders and banned foreign tourists over the nCoV.[676]

World Health Organization WHO's emergency committee was unable to reach a consensus—with one member stating that the vote was "50/50. Even."—on whether the outbreak should be classified as PHEIC due to lack of information.[677] The committee will resume discussion the next day.[678]

23 January

Singapore Following the first laboratory-confirmed case on 23 January, Singaporean airline Scoot cancelled flights to Wuhan between 23 and 26 January over the virus outbreak, after a lockdown was imposed.[679] Schools have also asked parents to declare their travel plans and monitor their children's health. Other measures will also be taken to ensure the safety of students.[680][681] MINDEF has since issued two medical advisories to service personnel.[682]

North Korea Flights in and out of North Korea were halted. Coronavirus cases in Sinuiju were suspected and promptly quarantined for two weeks.[683]

24 January

Vietnam Following the two laboratory-confirmed cases on 23 January, Vietnam Aviation Authority sent a written directive requesting that all flights from and to Wuhan, to be cancelled immediately until further notice and the tickets should be refunded.[684] Exceptionally, the Authority operates four special flights to carry Wuhan passengers home during the period from 24–27 January,[685] and a backward flight to excavate Vietnamese citizens and diplomats.[686] In Singapore, border control measures were enhanced and extended to land and sea checkpoints with the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority and Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore starting temperature checks from noon of that day.[687][688]

RussiaChina The Russian Far East had closed its border with China until 7 February, while Russian tour operators were inhibited starting 27 January.[689]

25 January

Hong Kong Hong Kong declared a state of emergency[690] and announced it would close schools until 17 February.[691] Hong Kong Disneyland and Ocean Park close until further notice.[692]

United States The States announces plans to evacuate US citizens out of Wuhan by charter jet.[693] The US government later clarified that it only had limited capacity for private citizen evacuations.

26 January

Hong Kong Hong Kong announced it will ban anyone who has been to Hubei Province in the last 14 days from entering the city starting 27 January.[694]

27 January

MongoliaChinaVietnam Mongolia closes border with China, shuts down schools until 2 March, and calls for all public gatherings to be cancelled.[695] The pair of international border gates Hekou (Yunnan, China) - Lào Cai (Vietnam) are suspended against Chinese tourists. The decision was declared by the head of Lào Cai Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, after an urgent notice from Yunnan Province's Authorities.[696][697]

Macau Following the action from Hong Kong authorities, Macau stated that it will deny entry to visitors from the Mainland's Hubei province or those who had visited the province 14 days prior to arrival unless they are virus-free.[698]

Singapore Singapore imposes a 14 days leave of absence for those working in schools, healthcare and eldercare who travelled to China in the last 14 days.[699]

Malaysia Malaysia suspends all visa facilities for Chinese tourists from Hubei and its neighbouring provinces in China.[700]

Mexico Tijuana, Mexico receives its final scheduled non-stop flight from mainland China before a previously scheduled suspension of service. Passengers and crew were screened by health officials upon arrival to the Tijuana International Airport. Flights between Tijuana and Mainland China are scheduled to resume in May 2020.[701]

United States The USCDC expands travel advisory from Wuhan to the whole of Hubei Province.[702] Later that day, the US State Department raised the travel advisory for China to Level 3 ("Reconsider Travel: Avoid travel due to serious risks to safety and security.") due to coronavirus.[703] The same day, the USCDC again updates its travel health notice to Warning - Level 3, Avoid All Nonessential Travel to China.[704][705]

28 January

PhilippinesSri Lanka The Philippines and Sri Lanka suspended issuance of visa-on-arrival to Chinese nationals.[706][707] Singapore Singapore announced a suspension from 29 January, 12pm of entry or transit for all new visitors with recent Hubei travel history within the last 14 days, or holders of China passports issued in Hubei.[433]

Hong Kong Hong Kong temporarily closes four of the eleven ports with the Mainland.[708] Carrie Lam, the Chief Executive, stated the high-speed rail service between Hong Kong and mainland China would be suspended starting 30 January and all cross-border ferry services would also be suspended in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus.[709] Additionally, flights from mainland China would be cut in half, cross-border bus services reduced, and the Hong Kong government is asking all its employees (except those providing essential or emergency services) to work from home. In a later press conference, Carrie Lam said that the Man Kam To and Sha Tau Kok border checkpoints would be closed.[710]

Thailand Thailand starts scanning all travellers from China with immediate effect.[711][712]

United Kingdom The UK's Foreign Office warns Britons not to travel to mainland China, unless their journey is essential.[713]

United States The USCDC stated it was boosting staffing at 20 US airports that have quarantine facilities.[714]

29 January

Papua New GuineaIndonesia The Government of Papua New Guinea bans all travellers from Asian countries and shut down its border with Indonesia. The order takes effect from 30 January.[715][716]

PalauVanuatu Palau and Vanuatu temporarily suspended flights from mainland China, Macau, and Hong Kong until the end of February and restricted diplomatic work in those destinations.[716] Federated States of Micronesia Federated States of Micronesia is considering the same measures.[716]

Kazakhstan The Government of Kazakhstan suspended visa issuance to Chinese citizens. In addition, all transport links from and to China have been halted; accordingly, movement by train will stop on 1 February, by airplane will stop from 3 February.[717] Georgia temporarily suspended all direct flights with China.[718]

NepalChina Rasuwa Fort, which is a border crossing between Rasuwa District (Nepal) and Tibet (China), will be sealed for 15 days starting 29 January. The decision was preceded by a meeting between security and immigration authorities of two countries earlier that day.[719]

World Health Organization The WHO announces that its director-general has decided to reconvene their international health regulations emergency committee on 30 January to reconsider declaring a global health emergency, technically a “public health emergency of international concern” (PHEIC). The reconvening is due "mainly on the evidence of increasing number of cases, human-to-human transmission outside of China, and the further development of transmission."[720][721] The committee meeting is planned to start at 13:30 Geneva time.[722] Further, the WHO announces their having set up “The Pandemic Supply Chain Network (PSCN)” in collaboration with the World Economic Forum.[444]

Canada The Government of Canada issued a travel advisory to avoid non-essential travel to China due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.[723] The Government of Canada also issued a regional travel advisory to avoid all travel to the Province of Hubei—including the cities of Wuhan, Huanggang and Ezhou—due to the imposition of heavy travel restrictions in order to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus.[723] On the same day, the Minister of Foreign Affairs François-Philippe Champagne announced that an aircraft would be sent to repatriate Canadians from the areas affected by the novel coronavirus in China.[724] As a result of the travel advisories issued by the Canadian government, Air Canada suspended all direct flights to China until at least 29 February.[725]

British Airways and Lufthansa cancel all flights to and from mainland China.[726][727]

30 January

Vietnam Vietnam shuts down air traffic with China.[728] The Ministry of Public Security temporarily ceased issuing visa to Chinese citizens within the epidemic areas.[729] Additionally, crossing at gateways, airports, seaports are put under higher supervision, with strict monitoring and medical check-ups (applied to both humans and items; prohibited against wildlife animals and derivatives).[729] Later that day, after confirmation of the first three Vietnamese patients, the Prime Minister ordered: further visa restriction only apart from diplomatic work, suspension of activities at border gates (with China) where are still in active, excavation for citizens when necessary, and an emergency alert being considered.[730]

North KoreaSouth Korea The Liaison Office between two Koreas in the border town of Kaesong was shut down for an unspecified time regarding infection concern. The decision was made after negotiations between the representatives of both countries earlier morning on 30 January, informed by the Unification Ministry of South Korea.[731]

North Korea North Korea's news agency KCNA declared a "state emergency" and reported the establishment of anti-epidemic headquarters around the country.[732]

Singapore Singapore announced that every household was to receive four masks starting from 1 February.[733][734]

Russia Russia announces restrictions on railway travel with China, such that only a direct train between Moscow and Beijing remains.[735]

World Health Organization The WHO director-general declares the coronavirus outbreak a "Public Health Emergency of International Concern" (PHEIC), reversing two previous decisions after emergency committee meetings in the last week.[736][737][738]

Italy Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte stated in a press conference that Italy had closed all air traffic to and from China.[469] It is believed that Conte has also called a cabinet meeting for Friday to discuss further actions.[739] Six thousand people are briefly quarantined on board an Italian cruise ship as tests are carried out on two Chinese passengers suspected of having coronavirus, a spokesman for the Costa Crociere cruise company said.[740] The same day, all passengers are released as it is found that the ill individual has the flu, not coronavirus.[741]

United States The US State Department issued an updated travel advisory as "Level 4: Do Not Travel to China." Its website stated that "Those currently in China should consider departing" and warning that "Travelers should be prepared for travel restrictions to be put into effect with little or no advance notice".[742] Additionally, it authorized American diplomatic staff and their families to evacuate China.[743] The State of Washington in the US declared a Level 1 Emergency and activated its Emergency Response Center for dealing with the now global coronavirus outbreak.[744]

United Kingdom British foreign secretary Dominic Raab disclosed that the emergency flight containing about 120 Britons from Wuhan that was delayed by 24 hours, was due to land at RAF Brize Norton on Friday morning, where the passengers will be taken to Wirral for a fortnight's quarantine.[745]

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago's health min­is­ter, Ter­rance Deyals­ingh, announced that Trinidad & Tobago had decided to implement restrictions on persons travelling from China. Persons who are living or who have visited China, will be barred from entering Trinidad & Tobago unless they had already been out of China 14 days prior to attempting to travel to Trinidad & Tobago.[746]

Air France and KLM cancel all flights to mainland China until February 9.[747][748]

31 January

RussiaChina Russian authorities announced the border closure with China would be extended to at least 1 March.[749]

VietnamChina Authorities in Guangxi (China) and Lạng Sơn (Vietnam) announced the temporary suspension of nine auxiliary border gates (namely in pair: Tân Thanh - 浦寨, Chi Ma - 爱店, Cốc Nam - 弄怀, Bình Nghi - 平宜, Pò Nhùng - 油隘, Bản Chắt - 板烂, Co Sâu - 北山, Na Hình, and Nà Nưa) and border markets starting 31 January until 8 February, and prohibited all travel over cross-border trails.[750][751]

SingaporeChina Singapore closes borders to all visitors arriving from mainland China (including passengers transiting through Singapore) except Singaporeans, Singapore residents and long-term visa holders .[752][753]

MacauHong Kong Macau announced it would postpone schools indefinitely and that schools should contact students to arrange for assignments to be done online.[754] Hong Kong extends public holiday to the 2nd of March, and also requests all visitors who have been in Hubei in the past 14 days to be quarantined. All government employees may work at their own home until the 9th of February.[755]

Italy Italy declared a state of emergency, the first EU country to do so,[756] and allocates an initial 5 million Euros to tackle the virus.[757]

United States The United States government declares a Public Health Emergency due to the coronavirus, and is closing its borders to all foreign nationals "who pose a threat of transmitting the virus from entering the country and would quarantine U.S. citizens returning from Hubei province in China, the epicenter of the outbreak, for up to 14 days," starting Sunday, Feb. 2 at 5 p.m. The 195 Americans on the Air Force base in California whom were recently evacuated from Wuhan recently shall also be quarantined.[758][759][760]

Jamaica Jamaica's health min­is­ter, Christopher Tufton, announced that a government decision to ban travel between China and Jamaica. All persons entering Jamaica from China will be subject to immediate quarantine for at least 14 days, and anyone who was allowed to land and shows symptoms of the virus will be put in immediate isolation.[761] In keeping with the new policy, 19 Chinese nationals who arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport on the evening of 31 January were denied entry, quarantined and put on a flight back to China on 1 February.[762]

LOT Polish Airlines cancels all flights to Beijing until 9 February.[763] Delta Airlines suspends all China flights, and American Airlines pilots sue for same action.[764] Later, American Airlines ceased flights to China as well.[765] Later still, United Airlines halts all flights to China, excepting San Francisco to Hong Kong.[766]

Basra International Airport in Iraq has declared that passengers of any nationality travelling from China to Iraq will be denied entry.[767]

Turkish Airlines halted all flights to China until 9 February.[768]

1 February

Australia The Australia's Department of Health issued directives, going into effect from 1 February. Accordingly, travel advisory was increased to level 4: do not travel to all of mainland China. All travellers arriving out of mainland China were asked to self-isolate for a period of 14 days from the time of leaving. Additional border measures were implemented to deny entry of people who have arrived from the mainland China, with the exception of Australian citizens, permanent residents and their immediate family and air crews who have been using appropriate personal protective equipment.[769]

VietnamChina International border gates Móng Cái (Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam) - Dongxing (Guangxi, China) ceased functioning on 1 February for an unspecified time; border gates Hoành Mô and Bắc Phong Sinh experienced a 24-hour closure, awaiting further measurements from authorities.[770][771]

Taiwan Taiwan barred nationals from Guangdong (China) and travellers who recently visited the area will be subject to a mandatory 14-day quarantine, from entry beginning 1 February.[772]

Vietnam With the sixth case being another domestic transmission, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc signed an epidemic declaration.[483] Aviation permits which already had been granted for flights between Vietnam and China Mainland-Hong Kong-Macau were all revoked, effective immediately from 13:00 (UTC+7, 1 February) for an unspecified time.[483][773] It perhaps lasts until 1 May, according to United States the United States Federal Aviation Administration.[772]

India India bans the export of N95 masks with immediate effect.[774]

Japan The Government of Japan barred: entry of foreign nationals infected with the virus, and entry of Chinese citizens with passports issued in Hubei province.[775]

Germany 102 German citizens and 26 relatives, all of whom were symptom-free on departure, were evacuated from the Wuhan region to Frankfurt am Main by the Executive Transport Wing of the German Air Force. After their return, they were placed in quarantine in a military barrack in Rhineland-Palatinate for 14 days.[776] The coronavirus was found in two passengers on February 2. On the outward flight, the Bundeswehr aircraft had 10,000 protective suits on board, which were handed over to the Chinese authorities.[777][778]

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago's travel restrictions on persons arriving from China goes into full effect. Persons now have to wait 14 days after leaving China before being able to enter Trinidad & Tobago. Additionally persons who may already be at a port of entry and who were in China or are showing symptoms will be subject to quarantine measures. Thermal screening is also being conducted on passengers arriving from Canada, Panama, the United Kingdom and the United States. Testing will also be done by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) on 3 February.[779]

Qatar Airways has suspended flights to mainland China from 3 February until further notice.[780][780] It is the first air carrier in the Middle East to do so.

Princess Cruises announces restrictions on crew members and guests who have recently travelled within mainland China. Guests who have traveled through or in mainland China 14 days prior to the scheduled departure of their cruise will not be allowed to board. Crew members from mainland China are prohibited from getting on any ship until further notice from the company. Crew members scheduled on connecting flights to China have been rerouted. Two cruises in June have been cancelled and two cruises have been rerouted to arrive or depart in Tokyo instead of Shanghai.[781]

2 February

New Zealand New Zealand has temporarily banned all foreign nationals travelling from, or transiting through mainland China after 2 February to assist the containment of the corona virus into New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Foreign travelers in transit to New Zealand on 2 February will be subject to enhanced scanning but pending clearance will be allowed into New Zealand. New Zealand citizens and permanent residents, and their immediate family members, will be allowed to enter New Zealand but must self-isolate for 14 days. The ban will last for 14 days but will be reviewed every 48 hours.[782][783]

Philippines The Philippines has temporarily banned foreigners arriving from China and its territories, including those who visited such areas within the past 14 days, from entering the country; Filipino citizens and permanent residents of the Philippines arriving from such would have to undergo quarantine for 14 days. Travel from Philippines to China and its territories have been temporarily banned as well.[784]

North Korea According to a diplomatic note distributed to foreign residents in North Korea, North Korean authorities have suspended the flight route between Pyongyang and Vladivostok performed by Air Koryo’s.[785] According to the same note "During the month of February, events, ceremonial visits and meetings shall not proceed, and essential meetings shall be conducted via telephone" [...] all diplomats or international organization staff going to North Korea will now be subjected to a mandatory 15-day quarantine process at their “place of residence” from the day of arrival".[785] Those subject to quarantine by North Korean authorities will not be allowed to come into contact with other persons and must not enter public places.[785] KCNA reported all people who entered the country after January 13 to have been placed under "medical supervision."[732]

South Korea South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun announced to the public the entry barring of all foreign nationals, who have been to Hubei Province since 21 January, will go into effect starting 4 February for an unspecified time. Also, the visa-free policy for Chinese citizens to visit Jeju Island is to be temporarily nullified.[786]

Indonesia Indonesia banned all flights from and to Mainland China starting from 5 February. The government also stopped giving free visa and visa on arrival for Chinese nationals. They banned those who live or stay in Mainland China for at least 14 days before from entering or transiting Indonesia. Indonesians are discouraged from travelling to China.[787]

Vietnam The Vietnam's Ministry of Labors, Invalids and Social Affairs issued directive on temporary suspension to Chinese labours returning to work after public holidays.[788]

United Arab Emirates Numerous landmark buildings in the United Arab Emirates lit up a Sunday night showing support for Wuhan and Chinese communities around the world over pain and horror by the novel coronavirus, namely: the Burj Khalifa, ADNOC Headquarters, the Capital Gate, Abu Dhabi Global Market, Emirates Palace, Sheikh Zayed Bridge, Burj Al Arab, Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, etc.[789]

Philippines AirAsia Philippines, Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific, has suspended flights to and from mainland China, Macau and Hong Kong.[790]

Group of Seven countries are seeking a unified approach to combat the spread.[791]

3 February

Maldives The Government of Maldives denied entry to passengers arriving from China.[792]

Hong Kong Hong Kong announced further tightening of border with the mainland. Beginning 00:00 on 4 February, the special administrative region closed most of its border crossings, except the Hong Kong International Airport, the Shenzhen Bay Port and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge.[793]

Indonesia Indonesia set to ban live animal imports from China as coronavirus fears grow.[794]

Japan The Japanese Authorities denied entry to any foreign nationals who have been to Hubei province in the past 14 days, even if there is no symptoms of the virus.[795] Japanese officials quarantined a cruise ship, carrying approximately 3,500 people, off the port of Yokohama due to a former passenger on the ship having contracted the virus.[796]

Vietnam Lunar New Year holidays was extended for one week to all k-through-12 students in Ho Chi Minh City; public schools will resume on 10 February.[797] The city authorities also ordered to build two specialty emergency hospitals designed to treat people with the 2019 novel coronavirus. With 500-bed accommodation in total, master plans for construction are due 15 February.[798] The capital city Hanoi is considering taking the same measures.[799]

United States The global Cruise Lines International Association bans trips to mainland China and says that it "will deny boarding to any individual, whether guest or crew, who has travelled from or through mainland China within the previous 14 days."[800] Boise State University suspends travel to and from China.[801] At a news briefing, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plan to distribute testing kits to speed up the diagnosis of the coronavirus. The CDC states that this measure will help speed up the testing and diagnosis of the coronavirus after cases in the U.S. reached 11. The Food and Drug Administration first has to approve the test for wider distribution, the CDC said.[802]

India India invalidated all e-visas given to Chinese passport holders since January 15, 2020. It also has stopped giving out new e-visas to Chinese passport holders.[803] India also gave a travel advisory to not travel to China. The travel advisory also stated that anyone who comes to knowledge, that had visited China since January 15, 2020, could get quarantined.[804]

4 February

ChinaVietnam The Nanning–Hanoi through train shall cease service as per agreement between the two national operators. Accordingly, the last train from Nanning railway station departed at 18:05 4 February, and the last from Gia Lâm railway station at 21:20 5 February.[805]

Macau The city government of Macau ordered a shut down of all casinos for at least 15 days.[806]

United Kingdom The United Kingdom directed its citizens to leave China if possible. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said, "We now advise British Nationals in China to leave the country if they can, to minimise their risk of exposure to the virus.”[807]

Israel The Knesset in Israel is forming a special committee to deal with coronavirus.[808]

Cathay Pacific Airways, the flag carrier of Hong Kong, announces that it is ceasing 90% of its flights to mainland China.[809]

Royal Caribbean Cruises cancels more ships and adds Hong Kong on the No-Board list. This goes beyond what the Cruise Lines International Association had done, the day before.[810]

Princess Cruises confirmed quarantine of the Diamond Princess carrying about 3,700 people after one of its passengers tested positive in a Hong Kong hospital,[811] and, at least, 20 more infected by the ship's return to Japan.[812][813]

Hyundai, blaming a parts shortage due to the effects of coronavirus infection, announces it will shut down some production.[814] Nike has also temporarily shut down half of all their stores in China, due to the virus epidemic.[815]

Air India announces that starting from February 8, they will temporarily suspend flights to Hong Kong.[816][817]

5 February

United Airlines and American Airlines suspended US flights to and from Hong Kong.[818][819] Cathay Pacific asked all of its 27,000 employees to take three weeks of unpaid leave in order to preserve cash during the virus epidemic.[820]

United States Hundreds more Americans were evacuated by two planes from Wuhan to the United States, landing in this case at Travis Air Force Base near Sacramento, California. One of the planes would continue on to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego. All evacuees would undergo a two-week quarantine. "Inbound evacuation flights to Wuhan were using their cargo space to deliver donated medical supplies for coronavirus relief efforts."[821] A 12th US case of coronavirus was confirmed in Dane County, Wisconsin."[822][823]

Hong Kong Hong Kong announced the beginning of a mandatory two-week quarantine for all visitors from mainland China or Macau.[824][825]

Taiwan Taiwan banned non-citizens who had been to mainland China, Hong Kong or Macau within the past 14 days.[826][825]

Colombia With the US CDC's endorsement, Colombia INS confirmed that it to be the first country in Latin America that might detect 2019-nCoV without sending samples to foreign centers.[827]

Canada Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs François-Philippe Champagne advised all Canadians in China but outside the quarantine zone to leave the country "via commercial means".[828]

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation committed over $100 Million for better detection, isolation, and treatment research for the virus.[829]

Yum China Holdings temporarily closed 30% of all Pizza Hut's and KFC's that they operate in China, due to the virus epidemic.[829]

Tesla stated that due to the virus epidemic, there would be a delay in the shipment of their Tesla Model 3 car, as they are produced and assembled in a new plant at Shanghai.[830] Production at the plant will restart on February 10, 2020.[831]

WHO stated that there had been a large surge in new cases in the 24 hour period, of an amount that had not been seen in any day since the start of the epidemic.[829] The number being 3,100 new patients confirmed within China. Via its contingency fund for emergencies, the WHO has allocated $9 million.[832]

Countering rumors in the media, the WHO stated that there are no known therapeutics, drugs, or treatments that are effective for the virus yet.[157][833][159][160] At least one news source attributed the stock market and Oil price rise to these rumors.[829][160][159][157]

6 February

A business meeting held in mid-January 2020 at the Grand Hyatt in Singapore of an unnamed international sales company resulted in the infection of four persons in attendance: one from Malaysia, one from Korea and two from Singapore.[834]

Virgin Australia announced the permanent cancellation of its Hong Kong routes, citing the coronavirus outbreak and anti-government protests.[835]

Taiwan Taiwan suspended visas for Hong Kong and Macau citizens.[836]

Singapore The Singapore government stated that a 14-day leave of absence would be mandatory for all workers who return from China.[837]

Hong Kong Panic buying of consumer goods was reported in Hong Kong due to rumors of an impending quarantine.[838]

Virgin, KLM, Air France, American Airlines (not including the Hong Kong route), and Iberia extended their current flight suspensions till sometime in March.[839][840][841][842][161]

Volvo stated that two plants in China were still not reopened and will reopen after a few more weeks.[161][843]

Japan Shinzo Abe stated that the 2020 Summer Olympics would not be postponed.[161][844]

Canada Canada started the evacuation of its citizens from Wuhan.[161] The aircraft would land on 7 February.[845]

The Better Business Bureau warned about face mask scams that attempt to use the ongoing fears and make false claims. The scams will either give low-quality or incorrect masks, or will send no mask at all when paid.[846]

The Pentagon was asked by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide military installations near 11 major airports that could each house up to 220 U.S. citizens in support of coronavirus quarantines. The DoD facilities and the airports they could support include: Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, near Honolulu International Airport; Great Lakes Training Center Navy Base, Ill., by Chicago’s O'Hare International Airport; Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Texas, close to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport; March Air Reserve Base (ARB), Calif., by Los Angeles International Airport; Travis Air Force Base (AFB), Calif., near San Francisco International Airport; Dobbins ARB, Ga., near Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport; Fort Hamilton, N.Y., by John F. Kennedy International Airport; Naval Base Kitsap, Wash., near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport; Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, D.C., by Dulles International Airport; Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., by Newark Liberty International Airport; and Fort Custer Training Center, Mich., near Detroit Metropolitan Airport.[847]

Professor Neil Ferguson, director of the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis at Imperial College London is summarized in a news report as saying "that the true scale of the coronavirus isn’t being reported by Chinese officials and claims that around 50,000 new cases are emerging in the country daily."[848][849]

7 February

United States The White House asked scientists in the US to investigate the origins of the virus. One of the reasons for this was because of the large amount of misinformation that is available about the virus online.[850]

Many colleges across the world were starting to reconsider and look into reviewing current student plans for Study abroad programs to and/or from China. This was due to the health safety for the students.[851] Colby College isolated students who showed no signs of the virus, after they returned from China.[852]

SingaporeUnited Kingdom The third British citizen who contracted coronavirus did so through travel to Singapore. "The government is now telling travellers arriving in the UK from a total of nine Asian countries and territories to check for symptoms. They are advised to stay at home and call the NHS if they are ill and have flown home in the past 14 days."[853]

Singapore Singapore raises its contagion threat level to Orange, as the virus is spreading there from unknown origins.[854] This is only the second time Singapore has activated Code Orange; the first was for the swine flu (H1N1) pandemic of 2009.[855] Similar to reactions in Hong Kong the previous day, panic buying of groceries and consumer goods ensues.[856]

Hong Kong Two Hong Kong jewelry trade fairs, hosted by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, got rescheduled due to the virus epidemic.[96] Art Basel Hong Kong international art fair, that was being held in March also gets cancelled due to the virus epidemic.[96][857]

Canada The Canadian evacuation plane landed in British Columbia for refueling. The plane was also carrying Chinese nationals and citizens who have valid visas for Canada, these were for escorting Canadian minors. The planes final destination is CFB Trenton.[858]

United States Continuing the evacuation of American citizens from Wuhan, a rescue plane is landing in Omaha, Nebraska today.[859] Others are landing near San Diego, California and San Antonio, Texas today; two passengers are stated as having symptoms of the virus.[860]

Royal Caribbean cruise lines bans Chinese, Hong Kong and Macau passport holders, as well as travelers who have been in those locales within the last 14 days.[861]

United States The United States announced aid of up to $100 million for China and other nations affected by the new coronavirus.[862]

Canada The first Canadian evacuation plane lands at its final destination.[863]

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