Since December, the virus has spread to nearly every continent and case numbers continue to rise
Authorities in 214 countries and territories have reported about 8.3 million Covid‑19 cases and 449,000 deaths since China reported its first cases to the World Health Organization (WHO) in December.
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Cases 8,349,519
Deaths 448,958
Reported cases and deaths
The figures below are based on data from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering. These numbers are updated every 15 minutes but may differ from other sources due to differences in reporting times. For up-to-the-minute updates, follow our live coverage.
| Location | Cases | …per 100K people | Deaths | …per 100K people |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,163,290 | 661 | 117,717 | 36 |
| Brazil | 955,377 | 456 | 46,510 | 22 |
| Russia | 552,549 | 382 | 7,468 | 5 |
| India | 366,946 | 27 | 12,237 | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 299,251 | 450 | 42,153 | 63 |
| Spain | 244,683 | 524 | 27,136 | 58 |
| Peru | 240,908 | 753 | 7,257 | 23 |
| Italy | 237,828 | 394 | 34,448 | 57 |
| Chile | 220,628 | 1,178 | 3,615 | 19 |
| Iran | 195,051 | 238 | 9,185 | 11 |
| France | 189,906 | 283 | 29,512 | 44 |
| Germany | 188,604 | 227 | 8,851 | 11 |
| Turkey | 182,727 | 222 | 4,861 | 6 |
| Pakistan | 160,118 | 75 | 3,093 | 1 |
| Mexico | 159,793 | 127 | 19,080 | 15 |
| Saudi Arabia | 141,234 | 419 | 1,091 | 3 |
| Canada | 101,491 | 274 | 8,312 | 22 |
| Bangladesh | 98,489 | 61 | 1,305 | 1 |
| Mainland China | 83,293 | 6 | 4,634 | < 1 |
| Qatar | 83,174 | 2,990 | 82 | 3 |
* Cases identified on cruise ships.
Since then, cases have been reported on every continent except Antarctica. The vast majority of cases and deaths are now outside mainland China, where the outbreak began.
Cases 8,349,519
Deaths 448,958
In China, the Hubei province, home to 11 million people, has been hit hardest. Most of the reported infections are in its capital city, Wuhan, where the outbreak is believed to have begun at a wildlife market.
Spread in mainland China
Today, more new cases are being reported outside mainland China than within.
Total confirmed cases
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Different countries’ epidemics have followed different trajectories. The disease has hit the United States especially hard. About 2.2 million cases have been reported in the country and 117,717 patients have died.
Covid-19 case growth rates
The chart below uses a logarithmic scale to show how quickly the number of known Covid-19 cases is growing in each region and territory. Select a location or hover over each line to see how quickly the number of known cases is doubling in that country or territory.
the number of known cases is doubling about every two months.
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As the pandemic has spread across the globe, the virus has left a trail of deaths in its wake. Deaths in Europe and North America now outnumber Asia’s. In Latin America, South America and the Caribbean, the share of global deaths is still rising.
Daily deaths by region
This chart uses rolling, seven-day averages. This approach makes trends clearer and smooths out anomalies, such as the lack of reporting during the weekend.
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- North America
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Africa
- Oceania
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But experts say it’s unclear how deadly the virus really is, in part because a large number of cases — including mild or asymptomatic infections — may never be diagnosed. In the United States, New York City has even told doctors not to test most sick people unless they’re hospitalized.
The director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has put the virus’s mortality rate at about 2%, while the WHO has estimated 3.4%.