According to the World Health Organization, Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV)
Coronaviruses can be transmitted between animals and people. Common signs of infection include respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, and breathing difficulties. In more severe cases, the infection can cause severe acute respiratory syndrome, pnuemonia, kidney failure and death.
The current outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first reported from Wuhan, China, on 31 December 2019.
On 30 January 2020 the outbreak was declared an international Public Health Emergency and has continued to grow affecting 88 countries and territories to date.
Here are some of the latest updates as of March 1, 2020
[alert type=red ]March 5, 2020 21:29 GMT[/alert]
Confirmed Cases:
98,059
Deaths:
3,356
Recoveries:
54,135
→Poland, Gibraltar, Hungary report first cases
[alert type=red ]March 4, 2020[/alert]
→South Korea announced additional 516 cases, taking the total to 5,328.
→Death toll in Iran increases to 92 out of 2,922 confirmed cases
→Abu Dhabi suspends international patience care services temporarily
→Additional cases confirmed in Malaysia, UK, Germany, India
[alert type=red ]March 3, 2020[/alert]
→New cases in Portugal, Canada and Qatar
→Tunisian citizen arriving from Italy confirms as Tunisia’s first case
→Spain announces first Covid-19 related death
→Iran temporarily releases 54,000 prisoners in hopes to stop the virus from spreading
→UAE reports six new cases with total cases in the country at 27
→US deaths increase to nine with total cases at 124
→Death toll in Italy rises to 79
→WHO states Covid-19 mortality rate increased to 3.4%
→First case reported in Ukraine, Argentina and Chile
→Iran reports 11 more deaths taking death toll to 77
[alert type=red ]March 2, 2020[/alert]
→France reports two new deaths; 4 in total
→UK cases reach 40
→Morocco confirms first case
→US death at six in the state of Washington
→Oman bans visitors from countries affected by virus
→Pakistan reports cases at five
→Iran death toll rises to 66 and reports 523 additional cases
→First cases confirmed in Saudi Arabia and Jordan
→Wuhan closes one Covid-19 hospital
→Japan reports 15 new cases
→Iceland reports first three cases; all had previous travel history to Italy
→ECDC raises risk level from moderate to high in EU
→Andorra and Portugal report first cases
→Indonesia reports first cases bringing total to two
→Deaths cross 3,000 globally and confirmed cases cross 89,000
[alert type=red ]March 1, 2020[/alert]
→France total 130 cases
→Cases in Norway reach 19 and Finland cases at six
→Ecuador cases at six
→Bahrain cases at 47
→Mexico cases total five
→Scotland records first case
→Additional cases reported in Lebanon, Kuwait, Qatar, Greece, Brazil and Pakistan
→Dominican Republic, Armenia, Czech Republic and Ireland record first cases
→US reports second death
→573 new cases and 35 more deaths in China
→Death toll nears 3,000 worldwide and recoveries cross 42,000
For more information on confirmed cases, deaths, recoveries and updates on information before March please visit:
- https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/news/coronavirus-a-timeline-of-how-the-deadly-outbreak-evolved/
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/backs-83bn-funds-china-death-toll-tops-3000-live-updates-200305000715579.html
- https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/live-blog/coronavirus-updates-live-california-declares-emergency-governments-race-stop-spread-n1150561
- https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/uk-coronavirus-live-covid19-a4378996.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/world/coronavirus-news.html
- https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/05/coronavirus-live-updates-italy-germany-pandemic-europe-uk-us-australia-india-update-latest-news
