Worldwide: Tracking the spread of the novel coronavirus

posted by mike kraft on Mon, 2020-07-20 09:22

Worldwide: Tracking the spread of the novel coronavirus

Tracking the spread of the novel coronavirus Reuters maps all places where COVID-19 cases have been confirmed. Gurman Bhatia Reuters

At least 605,782 people globally have died from COVID-19 and 14,576,899 have been infected by the novel coronavirus that causes it, following an outbreak that started in Wuhan, China, in early December. The World Health Organization referred to it as a pandemic on March 11, 2020.

Active cases: 5,966,800 (40.90%)

People recovered: 8,004,317 (54.90%)

Deaths: 605,782 (4.20%)

Though the outbreak started in China, it has now reached 220 countries and territories. 192 of those have reported fatalities.

See link for map: https://graphics.reuters.com/CHINA-HEALTH-MAP/0100B59S39E/index.html