CONRONAVIRUS UPDATE


COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic
Last updated: March 29, 2020, 13:20 GMT

                       Coronavirus Cases:

                                                                     683,525

                                 Deaths:

                                                                       32,139

                              Recovered:

                                                                     146,396
 
Active Cases
504,990
Currently Infected Patients
479,568 (95%)
in Mild Condition
25,422 (5%)
Serious or Critical

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Closed Cases
178,535
Cases which had an outcome:
146,396 (82%)
Recovered / Discharged

32,139 (18%)
Deaths

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The charts above are updated after the close of the day in GMT+0. Latest data is provisional, pending delayed reporting and adjustments from China's NHC

Confirmed Cases and Deaths by Country, Territory, or Conveyance

The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 199 countries and territories around the world and 2 international conveyances: the Diamond Princess cruise ship harbored in Yokohama, Japan, and the Holland America's MS Zaandam cruise ship. The day is reset after midnight GMT+0.


Highlighted in green
= all cases have recovered from the infection
Highlighted in grey
= all cases have had an outcome (there are no active cases)
The "New" columns for China display the previous day changes (as China reports after the day is over). For all other countries, the "New" columns display the changes for the current day while still in progress.

Latest Updates

March 29 (GMT)

  • 72 new cases and 2 new deaths in Finland [source]
  • 18 new cases and 2 new deaths in the Republic of North Macedonia [source]
  • 82 new cases and 3 new deaths in Serbia [source]
  • 96 new cases and 4 new deaths in Saudi Arabia [source] [source]
  • 48 new cases and 1 new death in Morocco [source]
  • 15 new cases in Congo [source]
  • 42 new cases and 1 new death in Singapore, a 70-year-old man with no travel history  [source]
  • 133 new cases and 2 new deaths in Poland: a 75-year-old man and an 82-year-old man with underlying health issues [source]
  • 66 new cases and 2 new deaths in Czechia [source] [source]
  • 1 new case in Saint Lucia [source]
  • 14 new cases in Vietnam [source]
  • 3 new cases in China, Macao SAR [source]
  • 246 new cases and 2 new deaths in Israel: a 92-year-old man [source]
  • 56 new cases and 1 new death in Croatia [source]
  • 10 new cases in Afghanistan [source]
  • 5 new cases in Bermuda [source]
  • 1 new death in Andorra [source]
  • 3 new deaths in Brazil, a 26-year-old man died in São Paulo [source]
  • 308 new cases and 3 new deaths in Romania:
    - a 66-year-old man
    - a 71-year-old man who had a tumor and had returned from Austria
    - a 27-year-old man who had Type I diabetes  [source] [source]
  • 2 new cases in Malta [source]
  • 15 new cases in Taiwan [source]
  • 23 new cases in Bahrain [source]
  • 12 new cases in Senegal [source]
  • alert 5562 new cases and 546 new deaths in Spain [source]
  • 39 new cases in Ivory Coast [source]
  • 20 new cases in Kuwait [source]
  • 2 new cases in the State of Palestine [source]
  • 2901 new cases and 123 new deaths in Iran [source]
  • 22 new cases in Slovakia [source]
  • 6 new cases in Brunei Darussalam [source]
  • 26 new cases and 2 new deaths in Lebanon [source]
  • 15 new cases in Albania [source]
  • 46 new cases and 2 new deaths in Slovenia [source]
  • 5 new cases in Isle of Man [source]
  • 34 new cases and 2 new deaths in Estonia: a 90-year-old man and an 83-year-old man [source]
  • 45 new cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina [source]
  • 8 new cases in Niger [source]
  • 3 new cases in Ethiopia [source]
  • 3 new cases in Namibia [source]
  • 7 new cases and 1 new death in Bulgaria: a 51-year-old woman [source] [source]
  • 270 new cases and 4 new deaths in Russia [source]
  • 2 new cases in Sri Lanka [source]
  • 4 new cases in Faeroe Islands [source]
  • 62 new cases in Ukraine [source]
  • 15 new cases in Oman [source]
  • 29 new cases in Uzbekistan [source]
  • 42 new cases in Latvia [source]
  • 17 new cases and 2 new deaths in Armenia: a 55-year-old woman and a 73-year-old man [source] [source]
  • 143 new cases and 1 new death in Thailand: a 68-year-old man who had attended a boxing match in Bangkok and came in contact with positive cases [source]
  • 7 new cases in Bolivia [source]
  • 31 new cases and 1 new death in Pakistan [source]
  • 26 new cases in Kyrgyzstan [source]
  • 23 new cases in Kazakhstan [source]
  • 3 new cases in Channel Islands [source]
  • 13 new cases in Madagascar [source]
  • 5 new cases in El Salvador [source]
  • 1 new case in Maldives [source]
  • 43 new cases in Lithuania [source]
  • 65 new cases and 2 new deaths in Hungary [source]
  • 2 new cases in Grenada [source]
  • 15 new cases in Honduras [source]
  • 1 new case in Bhutan [source]
  • 7 new cases in Haiti [source]
  • 4 new cases in Cambodia [source]
  • 2 new cases in Jamaica [source]
  • 131 new cases and 4 new deaths in Mexico [source]
  • 45 new cases (of which 44 imported) 5 new deaths (all in Hubei), and 477 new recoveries occurred in China on March 28, as reported by the National Health Commission (NHC) of China [source] 
January Timeline:
  • On January 31, the first 2 novel coronavirus cases in the UK, [18] the first 2 cases in Russia, [20] and the first case in Sweden and in Spain were reported. Canada reported its 4th case.
  • On Jan. 31, the United States
    • declared Coronavirus a Public Health Emergency
    • issued 14 days quarantine rules for US citizens entering the US from China (mandatory if entering from the Hubei province).
    • issued an order to deny entry to foreigners who have traveled to China within the past two weeks.
  • On January 30, the novel coronavirus total case count surpassed that for SARS (which affected 8,096 people worldwide).
  • On January 30, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a Global Public Health Emergency.
  • On January 30 CDC confirmed the first US case of human to human transmission[17].
  • Germany, Japan, Vietnam and the United States have reported cases in patients who didn't personally visit China, but contracted the virus from someone else who had visited Wuhan, China[15]. These cases of human to human transmission are the most worrisome, according to the WHO[16].
  • Wuhan (the city where the virus originated) is the largest city in Central China, with a population of over 11 million people. The city, on January 23, shut down transport links. Following Wuhan lock down, the city of Huanggang was also placed in quarantine, and the city of Ezhou closed its train stations. This means than 18 million people have been placed in isolation. The World Health Organization (WHO) said cutting off a city as large as Wuhan is "unprecedented in public health history."[12] and praised China for its incredible commitment to isolate the virus and minimize the spread to other countries.

How dangerous is the virus?

There are three parameters to understand in order to assess the magnitude of the risk posed by this novel coronavirus:

How contagious is the Wuhan Coronavirus? (Ro)

The attack rate or transmissibility (how rapidly the disease spreads) of a virus is indicated by its reproductive number (Ro, pronounced R-nought or r-zero), which represents the average number of people to which a single infected person will transmit the virus.
WHO's estimated (on Jan. 23) Ro to be between 1.4 and 2.5. [13]
Other studies have estimated a Ro between 3.6 and 4.0, and between 2.24 to 3.58. [23].
Preliminary studies had estimated Ro to be between 1.5 and 3.5. [5][6][7]
An outbreak with a reproductive number of below 1 will gradually disappear.
For comparison, the Ro for the common flu is 1.3 and for SARS it was 2.0.

Fatality Rate (case fatality ratio or CFR) of the Wuhan Coronavirus

See full details: Coronavirus Fatality Rate
The novel coronavirus' case fatality rate has been estimated at around 2%, in the WHO press conference held on January 29, 2020 [16] . However, it noted that, without knowing how many were infected, it was too early to be able to put a percentage on the mortality rate figure.
A prior estimate [9] had put that number at 3%.
Fatality rate can change as a virus can mutate, according to epidemiologists.
For comparison, the case fatality rate for SARS was 10%, and for MERS 34%.

Incubation Period (how long it takes for symptoms to appear)

See full details: COVID-19 Coronavirus Incubation Period
Symptoms of COVID-19 may appear in as few as 2 days or as long as 14 (estimated ranges vary from 2-10 days, 2-14 days, and 10-14 days, see details), during which the virus is contagious but the patient does not display any symptom (asymptomatic transmission).

Age and conditions of Coronavirus cases

See latest findings: Age, Sex, Demographics of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths
According to early estimates by China's National Health Commission (NHC), about 80% of those who died were over the age of 60 and 75% of them had pre-existing health conditions such as cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.[24]
According to the WHO Situation Report no. 7 issued on Jan. 27:
  • The median age of cases detected outside of China is 45 years, ranging from 2 to 74 years.
  • 71% of cases were male.
A study of 138 hospitalized patients with NCIP found that the median age was 56 years (interquartile range, 42-68; range, 22-92 years) and 75 (54.3%) were men.[25]
The WHO, in its Myth busters FAQs, addresses the question: "Does the new coronavirus affect older people, or are younger people also susceptible?" by answering that:
  • People of all ages can be infected by the novel coronavirus COVID-19.
  • Older people, and people with pre-existing medical conditions (such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease) appear to be more vulnerable to becoming severely ill with the virus.

Patient who died in the Philippines was a 44-year old male

The patient who died in the Philippines on February 2, in what was the first death occurring outside of China, was a 44-year-old Chinese man from Wuhan who was admitted on Jan. 25 after experiencing fever, cough, and sore throat, before developing severe pneumonia. In the last few days, “the patient was stable and showed signs of improvement, however, the condition of the patient deteriorated within his last 24 hours resulting in his demise." according to the Philippine Department of Health.

Serious Cases of 30 year old patients in France

As of Jan. 29, according to French authorities, the conditions of the two earliest Paris cases had worsened and the patients were being treated in intensive care, according to French authorities. The patients have been described as a young couple aged 30 and 31 years old, both Chinese citizens from Wuhan who were asymptomatic when they arrived in Paris on January 18 [19].

Age and Sex of the first deaths as reported by the China National Health Commission (NHC)

The NHC reported the details of the first 17 deaths up to 24 pm on January 22, 2020. The deaths included 13 males and 4 females. The median age of the deaths was 75 (range 48-89) years.[21]

WHO Risk Assessment: Global Emergency

See full details: WHO coronavirus updates
On January 30, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a Global Public Health Emergency.
For more information from the WHO regarding novel coronavirus: WHO page on Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

Comparisons:

  • Every year an estimated 290,000 to 650,000 people die in the world due to complications from seasonal influenza (flu) viruses. This figure corresponds to 795 to 1,781 deaths per day due to the seasonal flu.
  • SARS (November 2002 to July 2003): was a coronavirus that originated from Beijing, China, spread to 29 countries, and resulted in 8,096 people infected with 774 deaths (fatality rate of 9.6%). Considering that SARS ended up infecting 5,237 people in mainland China, Wuhan Coronavirus surpassed SARS on January 29, 2020, when Chinese officials confirmed 5,974 cases of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). One day later, on January 30, 2020 the novel coronavirus cases surpassed even the 8,096 cases worldwide which were the final SARS count in 2003.
  • MERS (in 2012) killed 858 people out of the 2,494 infected (fatality rate of 34.4%).
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