2019–20 coronavirus outbreak by country and territory

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Map of the 2019–20 COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak (as of 5 March 2020):
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This article documents countries and territories affected by and responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) responsible for the 2019–20 outbreak first documented in Wuhan, China and may not include all the contemporary major responses and measures.

Outbreak in map[edit]

2019–20 coronavirus outbreak by country and territory is located in Earth
2019–20 coronavirus outbreak by city[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

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Outbreak by country and territory[edit]


2019–20 coronavirus outbreak by country and territory
Country or territory[a] Cases Deaths Recoveries[b]
China China (mainland)[22][c] 80,422 3,012 52,045
South Korea South Korea[22] 6,088 40 88
Italy Italy[23] 3,858 149 414
Iran Iran[22] 3,513 107 552
International conveyance[22][d] 706 6 100
Germany Germany[22] 444 0 16
France France[22] 377 6 12
Japan Japan[22] 360 6 46
Spain Spain[24] 259 3 3
United States United States[22] 162 11 9
Singapore Singapore[22] 117 0 81
United Kingdom United Kingdom[25][26][27] 115 1 8
Hong Kong Hong Kong[22] 105 2 43
Switzerland Switzerland[22] 95 1 1
Netherlands Netherlands[22] 82 0
Norway Norway[22] 72 0
Sweden Sweden[22] 60 0 1
Kuwait Kuwait[22] 58 0
Australia Australia[28] 57 2 21
Bahrain Bahrain[22] 55 0 1
Malaysia Malaysia[29] 55 0 22
Belgium Belgium[22] 50 0 1
Thailand Thailand[22] 47 1 31
Taiwan Taiwan[30] 44 1 12
Austria Austria[22] 37 0 1
Iraq Iraq[22] 35 1
Canada Canada[22] 35 0 8
Iceland Iceland[22] 34 0
Greece Greece[22] 31 0
India India[22] 30 0 3
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates[22] 28 0 5
San Marino San Marino[22] 21 1
Denmark Denmark[31] 20 0
Algeria Algeria[32] 17 0
Lebanon Lebanon[22] 16 0 1
Vietnam Vietnam[22] 16 0 16
Israel Israel[22] 15 0 1
Oman Oman[22] 15 0 2
Czech Republic Czech Republic[33] 12 0
Finland Finland[22] 12 0 1
Croatia Croatia[22] 10 0
Ecuador Ecuador[22] 10 0
Macau Macau[22] 10 0 8
Portugal Portugal[22] 8 0
Qatar Qatar[22] 8 0
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan[22] 6 0
Belarus Belarus[22] 6 0
Republic of Ireland Ireland[22] 6 0
Romania Romania[22] 6 0 1
Pakistan Pakistan[22] 5 0
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia[34] 5 0
Mexico Mexico[22] 5 0 1
Brazil Brazil[22] 4 0
Georgia (country) Georgia[22] 4 0
State of Palestine Palestine[22] 4 0
Senegal Senegal[22] 4 0
Russia Russia[22] 4 0 2
Philippines Philippines[22] 3 1 2
Chile Chile[35] 3 0
Estonia Estonia[22] 3 0
New Zealand New Zealand[22] 3 0
Slovenia Slovenia[22] 3 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina[22] 2 0
Hungary Hungary[22] 2 0
Indonesia Indonesia[22] 2 0
Morocco Morocco[22] 2 0
Egypt Egypt[22] 2 0 1
Afghanistan Afghanistan[22] 1 0
Andorra Andorra[22] 1 0
Argentina Argentina[22] 1 0
Armenia Armenia[22] 1 0
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic[22] 1 0
Jordan Jordan[22] 1 0
Latvia Latvia[22] 1 0
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein[22] 1 0
Lithuania Lithuania[22] 1 0
Luxembourg Luxembourg[22] 1 0
Monaco Monaco[22] 1 0
Nigeria Nigeria[22] 1 0
North Macedonia North Macedonia[22] 1 0
Poland Poland[22] 1 0
South Africa South Africa[22] 1 0
Tunisia Tunisia[22] 1 0
Ukraine Ukraine[22] 1 0
Cambodia Cambodia[22] 1 0 1
Nepal Nepal[22] 1 0 1
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka[22] 1 0 1
86 territories 97,674 3,348 53,563
As of 5 March 2020 · History: China, others
Notes
  1. ^ Region where case was diagnosed. Nationality and location of original infection may vary.
  2. ^ "–" denotes that no data is currently available for that territory, not that the value is zero.
  3. ^ Includes clinically diagnosed cases and deaths from 12 February 2020 and onwards in the province of Hubei.
  4. ^ A British cruise ship Diamond Princess was in Japanese waters, and Japanese administration was asked to manage its quarantine. Therefore, this case is not included in the Japanese government's official count nor United Kingdom's one. The World Health Organization classifies the cases as being located "on an international conveyance".

Confirmed cases[edit]

As of 5 March 2020, a total of 97,674 cases were confirmed in 86 countries and territories, including 17,265 cases outside of mainland China.

Statistics[edit]

Africa[edit]

Algeria[edit]

On the morning of 2 March, Algeria confirmed two new cases of the coronavirus, a woman and her daughter, the health ministry said on Monday.[36]

On the afternoon of 3 March, Algeria reported another two new cases of the coronavirus, a state news agency said quoting a statement from the health ministry. The statement added that the two new cases are from the same family, a father and daughter, and were living in France, adding that there's an investigation to determine the identities of the people who were in contact with them.[37]

According to a statement by the Ministry of Health, the three new cases raise the total confirmed infection with the coronavirus to eight cases.

On Wednesday 4 March, the Ministry of Health recorded 4 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus. According to a press release of the Ministry of Health, 4 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, from the same family, were registered today, Wednesday, bringing the total number to 12 confirmed cases.[38] Currently, Algeria is the most affected country by the coronavirus in Africa.

Egypt[edit]

Morocco[edit]

On 2 March, Morocco recorded its first case of COVID-19. It was a Moroccan national residing in Italy that had returned to Morocco.[39]

Nigeria[edit]

On 27 February, Nigeria confirmed its first case. An Italian citizen who entered Lagos on 25 February from Milan, Italy, for a brief business visit fell ill on 26 February and was transferred to Lagos State Biosecurity Facilities for isolation and testing.[40] The test was confirmed positive by the Virology Laboratory of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, part of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.[41] He was transferred to the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos.[40]

On 28 February, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health announced that the Italian man had travelled on a Turkish Airlines with a brief transit at Istanbul.[42]

Nigeria has a chance of recording outbreak of COVID-19 due to its cosmopolitan nature. A report published in the Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine shows a high level of preparedness towards containing COVID-19 in the event of a sudden outbreak, including a surveillance and response management system for diseases prone to cause epidemics. The National Reference Laborator in Abuja has the resources necessary to check for COVID-19, and unconfirmed reports indicate that the Irrua Specialist Hospital in South-south Nigeria and the Central Research Laboratory in Lagos University Teaching Hospital also have this capability. Nigeria has previous experience in dealing with serious outbreaks, notably the Ebola outbreak in 2014.[41]

Senegal[edit]

On 2 March 2020, a 54-year-old man from France was confirmed to be the first case of coronavirus in Senegal,[43] living in the Almadies Arrondissement of Dakar, having been tested positive at the Pasteur Institute in Dakar.[43] He had travelled on Air Senegal on 29 February 2020.[43] Senegal became the second Sub-Saharan country to report confirmed cases after Nigeria.

South Africa[edit]

The extent of the spread of CoViD-19 in South Africa.

On 5 March 2020, Zweli Mkhize, the South African Minister of Health, announced that a 38-year-old male who recently travelled to Italy is the first confirmed case of coronavirus in South Africa.[44][45][46][47] He traveled in a group with his wife and eight others and returned to South Africa on 1 March 2020.[46] The patient reported with symptoms to a private doctor on 3 March 2020, and has been self-isolating since that day.[48][49] The doctor has been self-isolating as well.[50] Epidemiologists and clinicians from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases have been deployed to KwaZulu-Natal in response.[50]

Tunisia[edit]

Tunisia confirmed its first case on 2 March 2020, with the victim being a Tunisian returning from Italy.[51]

Asia[edit]

The 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak was first manifested by a cluster of mysterious pneumonia in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei in Mainland China from where it spread to other provinces in China.[citation needed] Afterwards, many Asian countries started to report cases, with some of the most affected countries being China, South Korea, Japan, and Iran, which has the highest number of deaths of any Asian country outside of Mainland China (officially 107, as of 5 March).[52][53][54][55]

Europe[edit]

Initial cases in Europe were reported in France and in Germany and other countries with relatively low number of cases. On 21 February, a large outbreak was reported in Italy, mostly in the north, near Milan. As of 1 March, there have been 2191 confirmed cases and 36 deaths in Europe, the vast majority being in Italy. As of 3 March, there have been 2,502 confirmed cases and 79 deaths in Italy.[56][57] Cases were recorded in Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, and most other European countries.[22][58][59]

North America[edit]

Canada[edit]

As of 4 March, there have been 33 cases of coronavirus reported in Canada, all of which were either in British Columbia (8 cases), Ontario (24 cases) or Québec (1 case).[60] All cases had recent travel history to a country with a substantial number of coronavirus cases. Of these cases, eight (5 in British Columbia, 3 in Ontario) have recovered.[61]

Dominican Republic[edit]

On 1 March, the first case in the country and the Caribbean was confirmed. A 62-year-old man from Italy entered the country on 22 February and fell ill on 24 February, when he was transferred to Ramón Lara military hospital.[62]

French Overseas Territories[edit]

Total four cases: Two cases of the coronavirus were confirmed on March 1, in the French administered Saint-Martin, having traveled from France through Dutch Sint Maarten and Saint Barthélemy, where they infected their son who is a resident. They then returned to Sint Maarten and were detected at the airport and transferred to French Saint Martin hospital for isolation.[63] Guadeloupe reported one case.[64]

Mexico[edit]

On 28 February, Mexico confirmed its first three cases. A 35-year-old man and a 59-year-old man in Mexico City and a 41-year-old man in the northern state of Sinaloa tested positive and were held in isolation at a hospital and a hotel, respectively. They both had travelled to Bergamo and stayed in Italy for a week in mid-February.[65][66][67][68] On February 29, a fourth case was detected and confirmed in the city of Torreón, in the state of Coahuila, from a 20 year old woman who traveled to Italy.[69] On 1 March, a fifth case was announced in Chiapas in a student who had just returned from Italy.[70]

United States[edit]

On 21 January, the United States confirmed its first case, a 35-year-old man living in Snohomish County, Washington who had travelled from Wuhan to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport on January 15.

As of 25 February, there were 66 confirmed cases in the US.[71] Seven individuals had since recovered.[citation needed]

On 27 February, the CDC reported a case in California which may be the first instance of community transmission in the US.[58]

On 29 February, officials of Washington State confirmed the first reported death from coronavirus in the US.[72]

On 2 March, King County, Washington declared a state of emergency and reported it had 14 confirmed cases of the virus, and also reported 5 deaths.[73] The Oregon Health Authority also reported the third new presumptive cases of COVID-19 in the state, a Umatilla County man hospitalized in Walla Walla, Washington.[74]

Oceania[edit]

Australia[edit]

As of 2 March 2020, there were 33 confirmed cases in Australia: 9 in Queensland, 9 in Victoria, 9 in New South Wales, 3 in South Australia and 3 in Western Australia. 15 of these cases are reported to have recovered while 1 has died. The remaining cases are in a stable condition. 10 cases are associated with the Diamond Princess repatriation flight from Japan. All have since returned to their home states for medical treatment.[75][76]

On 1 March 2020, it was reported that a 78-year-old man from Western Australia, who was a passenger of the Diamond Princess, had become the first person to die of coronavirus in Australia.[77][75]

Australia is screening passengers arriving from multiple locations. On 1 February, the federal government began refusing entry to foreigners who had been to China in the previous 14 days. On 1 March, the government announced they are expanding the ban to include foreigners who had been to Iran in the past 14 days, while Australian citizens who have been to the area are to quarantine themselves.[citation needed]

New Zealand[edit]

As of 5 March, New Zealand has reported three confirmed cases.[citation needed] The first case, confirmed on 26 February, was in a citizen who had arrived from Iran.[78] The second case was in a citizen who had recently travelled to northern Italy.[79]

South America[edit]

Argentina[edit]

On 3 March, the first case in the country was confirmed.[80]

Brazil[edit]

On 26 February, the first case in the country and South America was confirmed.[81] As of 4 March, Brazil had 4 confirmed cases and 531 suspected cases in 23 states, 130 of them in São Paulo.[82]

Ecuador[edit]

On February 29, the Minister of Health in Ecuador, Catalina Andramuño, confirmed the first case of the virus in the country.[83] The patient, a woman on her 70s, Ecuadorian citizen which resides in Spain, had arrived to Guayaquil on February 14.[83] According to Andramuño, she had no symptoms when she arrived in the country, but then she began to feel bad and have fever. She is currently in serious condition and with reserved prognosis. More details about the woman and the hospital where she is located were not disclosed due to security measures. 80 people who were with the infected woman are also being studied.[84][85]

On 1 March, Andramuño announced that five new cases of coronavirus have been registered in Ecuador.[86]

Chile[edit]

On 3 March, the first case in the country was confirmed.[87]

French Guiana[edit]

As of 4 March, French Guiana, an overseas department of France, has five confirmed cases.[88]

International conveyance[edit]

The outbreak spread to several cruise ships including the Diamond Princess, the Grand Princess, the World Dream, and the MS Westerdam.[89][90][91]

Prevention in other countries[edit]

North America[edit]

Jamaica[edit]

The government announced a travel ban between China and Jamaica. All people 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.[92] 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.[93]

Panama[edit]

The Panamanian government has enhanced its sanitary control and screening measures at all ports of entry, to prevent the spread of the virus, isolating and testing potential cases.[94]

Trinidad and Tobago[edit]

Health Min­is­ter Ter­rance Deyals­ingh, announced that Trinidad and 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.[95]

Oceania[edit]

Fiji[edit]

On 3 February, the Government of Fiji toughened on border security amidst the outbreak. The Fijian borders will be closed to foreign nationals who have been in mainland China within 14 days of their intended travel to Fiji.[96] Measures to maintain a hygienic environment and screening ill passengers will continue to be taken in-flight to further minimise any risk.[97]

Two Fijian nationals were tested for Novel Coronavirus as they were showing mild symptoms of the disease when they arrived in the country on 3 February from the Chinese city of Guangdong.[98] On 8 February, the Minister for Health, Ifereimi Waqainabete says that the two Fijian nationals who were tested have been cleared adding that Fiji does not have any cases of the disease.[99]

On 27 February, Fiji extended its travel ban with Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama announcing that travellers who had been in Italy, Iran and the South Korean cities of Daegu and Cheongdo will be denied entry into Fiji. He also added that thermal scanners will be installed at the country's port of entry. From 28 February, all cruise ships entering Fiji would be required to make first berths at ports in Suva and Lautoka, where passengers will undergo medical and travel history checks.[100]

On March 5, four suspected people were isolated and are being monitored as they were flagged with respiratory symptoms, they are now awaiting results.[101]

Kiribati[edit]

On 1 February, the government of Kiribati put all visas from China on hold and required new arrivals to fill in a health form and travellers from countries with the coronavirus to go through a self-quarantine period.[102]

Marshall Islands[edit]

On 24 January, the Republic of the Marshall Islands issued a travel advisory that requires any visitors to the country to have spent at least 14 days in a country free of the virus.[103]

On March 1, 2020, the country expanded the ban to China, Macau, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Italy and Iran and said it was preparing for the virus entering the country "like a freight train"; ordering health resources and medical facilities to be prepared.[104]

Palau[edit]

Palau's President Thomas Remengesau Jr. issued an executive order suspending all charter flights from China, Macau and Hong Kong from 1–29 February.[105]

Papua New Guinea[edit]

The Government of Papua New Guinea has banned all travellers from "Asian countries" and closed its border with Indonesia. The order took effect from 30 January.[106][107]

Samoa[edit]

Travel into Samoa has been increasingly restricted in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 into the country. Before entering the country, people must have spent at least 14 days in a country free of the virus, as well as complete a medical clearance.[108] Two Samoan nationals who had briefly stopped in China were placed into quarantine on 28 January for two weeks at the Faleolo District Hospital.[needs update][109][110] Three students and a former student were evacuated[when?] with assistance from New Zealand.[111] On 9 February, eight Samoan nationals traveling from India were denied entry into the country after catching a connecting flight in Singapore.[112]

On 22 February, Samoa banned all cruise ships from visiting the country.[113] On 29 February, the Government announced restrictions on air travel, with the frequency of international flights into Samoa being reduced from 2 March.[114]

Wallis and Futuna[edit]

On 4 March 2020, Wallis and Futuna turned away a cruise ship over fears of coronavirus and is closely studying the possibility of denying entry to another ship by the end of the month.[115]

South America[edit]

Colombia[edit]

On 4 February, it was announced that the country possess reactives for testing new cases locally, becoming the first in South America.[116]

Venezuela[edit]

The Ministry of Popular Power for Health announced on 29 January that the Rafael Rangel National Institute of Hygiene (Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Higiene Rafael Rangel) in Caracas will perform the detection of other respiratory viruses based on non-influenza types, including coronaviruses in humans. It is also the only health institute in the country with installed capacity for the diagnosis of respiratory viruses in Venezuela and is able carry out logistics in the 23 states, the Capital District and Federal Dependencies.[citation needed]

On 3 February, the government announced that the country has imposed epidemiological surveillance, restrictions and diagnostic system to detect possible coronavirus patients at the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, Venezuela's main international airport, and that Venezuela will receive a diagnostic kit for the virus strain from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).[117]

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