Public health experts worldwide are scrambling to understand, track, and contain the coronavirus COVID-19 - a new virus - that appeared in Wuhan, China, at the beginning of December 2019. The World Health Organization named the disease caused by the coronavirus COVID-19, which references the type of virus and the year it emerged. The WHO declared that the virus is a pandemic. Coronavirus updates 2020 history (1A) globally summarizes the events from the 13th of March until the 14th of April 2020. Only odd dates are published alternately.
Coronavirus Updates 2020 History (1A) GloballyUpdates 13-04-2020
Updates the 13th of April 2020
Headlines
07:51
- Fauci confirms report Trump rebuffed social distancing advice
- China reported the highest daily infections in over five weeks. Mainland China reported 108 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, up from 99 a day earlier, and 46 reported on Friday.
- Top oil-producing countries agreed Sunday on “historic” output cuts in a bid to boost plummeting oil prices due to the new coronavirus crisis and a Russia-Saudi price war.
Alabama cannot block abortions during the coronavirus crisis, a judge has ruled.
- Spain is readying to reopen parts of its economy as governments grapple with a once-in-a-century recession. Spain’s death toll has fallen over recent days, but as a small bump in deaths was reported on Sunday, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez warned that the locked-down country was “far from victory.”
On Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to warn the country its lockdown will continue for several more weeks, at least. On Sunday, France reported a lower number of Covid-19 fatalities over the last 24 hours, with 315 deaths in hospital over the last day, compared with 345 the previous day.
- France is set to isolate 1,900 sailors after virus-hit naval ship docks.
Germany had the third day of lower cases. Germany’s number of confirmed coronavirus infections has risen by 2,537 to 123,016. That was lower than a 2,821 increase reported on Sunday and marked the third decline after four days of gains.
- On Sunday, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan refused to ion his minister's resignation over an abrupt nationwide lockdown that triggered a spate of panic-buying.
- Boris Johnson has been discharged from the hospital. He thanked the NHS for “saving his life” after leaving St Thomas’ hospital in south London, where he had been hospitalized for a week.
- The UK government faces mounting criticism over its coronavirus response, particularly its failure to secure enough personal protective equipment and tests for NHS and care workers as the country’s death toll passed 10,000. This follows a warning that the UK could experience the highest coronavirus death toll in Europe.
- Senior US public health officials have pushed back on Donald Trump’s eagerness to reopen the country quickly, as a senior World Health Organization figure warned that Covid-19 “is going to be a virus that stalks the human race for quite a long time to come.”
Updates:
06:54
- 90 new cases and seven further deaths in Israel
- Eight new cases in Gabon
- One new death in Czechia
- One new death in Somalia
- Nine new cases in Georgia
- One new death in Moldova
- 22 new cases and one new death in Kazakhstan
- Five new cases in Taiwan
- 48 new cases and ten new deaths in Hungary
- 28 new cases and two new deaths in Thailand
- 12 new cases in El Salvador
- Nine new cases and one new death in Lithuania
- One new case and two new deaths in Bulgaria
- 31 new cases in Uzbekistan
- 38 new cases and two new deaths in Australia
- One new death in Afghanistan
- 42 new cases in Kyrgyzstan
- One new case in Nepal
- 35 new cases in India
- 30 new cases and three new deaths in Bolivia
- 144 new cases and two new deaths in Pakistan
- One new case in Mongolia
- Four new cases in Honduras
- One new death in Uruguay
- 13 new cases in Paraguay
- 442 new cases and 23 new deaths in Mexico
- 19 new cases and one new death in New Zealand
- 25 new cases and three new deaths in South Korea
- 126 new cases and seven new deaths in Brazil
- Two new cases in Montserrat
- 66 new cases and five new deaths in Argentina
- 133 new cases and ten new deaths in the United States
- NOTE: In its breakdown by county, Washington State uses an ‘Unassigned’ field with a varying amount. We adjusted April 12 figures based on the latest ‘Unassigned’ report
- China reports 108 new cases (of which 98 imported and ten local
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Headlines:
08:10
- German cases climb for the third straight day. The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Germany rose by 4,974 in the past 24 hours to 108,202 on Thursday, climbing for the third straight day after four previous days of drops.
- Japan confirms more than 500 cases in one day for the first time. On Wednesday, Japan’s health ministry said Thursday that the country had more than 500 new cases for the first time.
- The UK suffered its deadliest day since the outbreak began on Tuesday, as official figures showed 938 more people had died in hospitals, taking the overall total to 7,097. The true death toll is likely to be significantly higher.
- The US recorded its highest one-day death toll on Tuesday, with 1,858 people dying on Tuesday. New York City was still the worst-affected part of the country, recording 806 fatalities.
- Boris Johnson still in intensive care
- Sub-Saharan Africa to fall into recession in 2020, says World Bank.
- America’s Strategic National Stockpile is nearly out of the N95 respirators, surgical masks, face, shields, gowns, and other medical supplies desperately needed to protect front-line medical workers treating coronavirus patients.
- Bernie Sanders suspended his presidential campaign, making Joe Biden the presumptive Democratic nominee. Sanders pledged to continue working to ensure progressive proposals are included in the party’s campaign platform.
- Donald Trump once again scapegoated the World Health Organization. The WHO’s director-general earlier made a plea to avoid politicization as the world responds to crisis.
- Australia recorded its lowest number of new coronavirus cases in three weeks yesterday, with 96 new cases. This is the first time in three weeks the country has seen the number of new daily cases fall below 100.
- Oxfam warned coronavirus could push half a billion people into poverty. More than half a billion more people could be pushed into poverty unless urgent action is taken to bail out developing countries affected by the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, Oxfam has warned.
- Virus fears prompted a halt to Saudi military operations in Yemen. Concerns about a potential outbreak in Yemen, where no cases have been reported so far, are partly behind a decision to call a halt to the military action that has left tens of thousands died and spread hunger and disease, a Saudi-led coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki has said.
Updates:
07:14
- One new case in Taiwan
- 32 new cases in Kazakhstan
- 27 new cases in Austria
- 52 new cases and one new death in Australia
- 18 new cases in Bulgaria
- 54 new cases and two new deaths in Thailand
- Eight new deaths in Canada
- Ten new cases in Uzbekistan
- 233 new cases and nine new deaths in the United States
- 43 new cases in Lithuania
- One new death in Moldova
- 59 new cases and two new deaths in Pakistan
- 85 new cases and eight new deaths in Hungary
- Ten new cases in El Salvador
- 54 new cases and three new deaths in Bolivia
- 396 new cases and 33 new deaths in Mexico
- 39 new cases and four new deaths in South Korea
- 31 new cases and one new death in Honduras
- 29 new cases in New Zealand
- 63 new cases and two new deaths in China
Updates, 05-04-2020:
07:14
- 32 new cases in Uzbekistan
- 40 new cases in Lithuania
- 55 new cases and two new deaths in Hungary
- 167 new cases and two new deaths in Israel
- 19 new cases and 1 new death in Bulgaria
- 62 new cases and 4 new deaths in Pakistan
- UK: 1,559 COVID-19 patients are currently being treated in intensive care.
- 106 new cases and two new deaths in Canada
- 20 new cases in Kazakhstan
- Five new cases in Saint Martin
- 28 new cases in Afghanistan
- 3 new cases in Kyrgyzstan
- Six new cases in El Salvador
- 102 new cases and three new deaths in Thailand
- Two new cases in Sint Maarten
- 191 new cases in Saudi Arabia
- 278 new cases and 2 new deaths in the United States
- One new case in Haiti
- 18 new cases in Bolivia
- Four new cases and 7 new deaths in Honduras
- 8 new cases in Paraguay
- 85 new cases and four new deaths in Australia
- 81 new cases and six new deaths in South Korea
- 202 new cases and 19 new deaths in Mexico
- 89 new cases in New Zealand
- Two new cases in Jamaica
- One new case in Guyana
Source: Worldometers
Updates, 03-04-2020:
07:05
- 20 new cases and 1 new death in Pakistan
- 20 new cases and 2 new deaths in Bulgaria
- 14 new cases and 1 new death in Kyrgyzstan
- 103 new cases and 4 new deaths in Thailand
- 38 new cases and 5 new deaths in Hungary
- 3 new deaths in Australia
- 24 new cases in India
- 47 new cases in Lithuania
- 16 new cases in Uzbekistan
- 9 new cases in Kazakhstan
- 71 new cases in Norway
- 1 new death in Argentina
1 new death in Singapore
- 3 new cases and 1 new death in Honduras
- 5 new cases in the Central African Republic
- 496 new cases and 25 new deaths in the United States
- 22 new cases and 3 new deaths in Brazil
- 4 new cases in Cambodia
- 31 new cases and 4 new deaths in China
- 3 new cases and 1 new death in Trinidad and Tobago
- 5 new cases in El Salvador
- 86 new cases and 5 new deaths in South Korea
- 132 new cases and 13 new deaths in Mexico
- 2 new cases in Haiti
- 9 new cases and 1 new death in Bolivia
- 15 new cases in Paraguay
- 19 new cases in Uruguay
- 71 new cases in New Zealand
Updates, 29-03-2020:
07:34
- The death toll from coronavirus in the Netherlands rose by 93 to 639 on Saturday, 28th of March 2020. The number of positive tests for the virus rose by 1,159 to 9,762. Diederik Gommers, chairman of the Dutch intensive care association, said that 66% to 80% of corona patients on intensive care wards that he had seen are overweight.
- One hundred ninety-six new cases and eight new deaths in the United States. Now 2.229 death and 123.776 cases.
Updates, 27-03-2020:
- 4 new cases in Pakistan
- 45 new cases in Lithuania
- 20 new cases in India
- 8 new cases and one new death in Uzbekistan
- 12 new cases in Bulgaria
- 2 new cases in Georgia
- 11 new cases in Kazakhstan
- 93 new cases in Australia
- 39 new cases in Armenia
- 15 new cases in Taiwan
- 91 new cases and 1 new death in Thailand
- 342 new cases and two new deaths in Israel
- 39 new cases in Hungary
- 4 new cases in Bangladesh
- 1 new case in Bhutan
- 1 new death in Malaysia.
- 11 new cases in Paraguay
- India: 727 total cases and 20 deaths in India.
- 13 new cases in Cameroon
- 110 new cases and two new deaths in Mexico
- One new death in Nicaragua. The first death in the country
- 169 new cases and 6 new deaths in the United States
- 91 new cases and 8 new deaths in South Korea
- 55 new cases (of which 54 imported), five new deaths, and 537 new discharges occurred in China on March 26, as reported by the National Health Commission (NHC) of China
Updates, 25-03-2020:
06:30
- 7 new cases in Kazakhstan
- 26 new cases in India. Delhi death not due to COVID-19
- 2 new cases in Cambodia
- 2 new cases in New Caledonia
- 107 new cases in Thailand
- 1 new case in Fiji
- 4 new cases in El Salvador
- 35 new cases and 4 new deaths in the United States
- 6 new cases in Honduras
- 10 new cases and 1 new death in Paraguay
- 4 new cases in Jamaica
- 7 new cases in Venezuela
- 3 new cases in Bolivia
- 100 new cases and 6 new deaths in South Korea
- 47 new cases, 4 new deaths, and 491 new discharges occurred in China on March 24, as reported by the National Health Commission (NHC) of China
Updates, 23-03-2020:
- 7 new cases in Venezuela
- 3 new cases in Vietnam
- 1 new case and 1 new death in Montenegro
- 16 new cases and 8 new deaths in the Philippines
- 1 new case in Fiji: the 1-year-old nephew of the first patient
- 23 new cases and 1 new death in Pakistan
- 3 new cases in Uzbekistan
- 65 new cases in Mexico
- 122 new cases in Thailand.
- 4 new cases in Sri Lanka
- 20 new cases in Australia
- 64 new cases and 7 new deaths in South Korea
Updates, 21-03-2020:
20:58
- 4.759 new cases and 32 new deaths in the United States
New York now has over 10,000 cases
- 188 new cases in Norway
- 1054 new cases and 23 new deaths in Switzerland
- 1 new case in Suriname
- 1 new case in Gabon
- 2 new cases in Kazakhstan
- 2 new cases in Montenegro
- 3 new cases and 1 new death in Ghana
- 103 new cases and 1 new death in Chile304 new cases and 2 new deaths in Austria
- 277 new cases and 12 new deaths in Turkey
- 30 new cases in Lithuania
- 2365 new cases and 16 new deaths in Germany
- 58 new cases and 7 new deaths in Brazil
- 7 new cases in Monaco
- 111 new cases in Poland
- 10 new cases in Morocco
- 6 new cases in Ukraine
- 55 new cases and 1 new death in Peru, 5 deaths so far
- 20 new cases in the Channel Islands, with Guernsey going from 1 to 17 cases since yesterday
- 118 new cases and 6 new deaths in Canada
- 15 new cases in Jordan
- 9 new cases and 2 new deaths in Egypt
- 5 new cases in Venezuela
- 4 new cases in Costa Rica
- 1st case in Eritrea
- 73 new cases and 1 new death in Finland: an elderly person
- 102 new cases in Ireland
- 233 new cases in Pakistan
- 83 new cases in India
- 39 new cases and 1 new death in Japan
- 1035 new cases and 56 new deaths in the United Kingdom
- 1847 new cases and 112 new deaths in France
- 53 new cases in Lebanon
- 3 new cases in French Guiana
- 41 new cases in Slovakia
- 162 new cases in Czechia
- 12 new cases in Bahrain
- 5 new cases in Guatemala
- 11 new cases in Qatar
- 80 new cases in Ecuador
- 6557 new cases and 793 new deaths in Italy
- 36 new cases in Serbia
- 45 new cases and 4 new deaths in Algeria
- 4 new cases and 1 new death in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 35 new cases and 3 new deaths in Greece
- 64 new cases and 1 new death in Iceland
- 51 new cases in Colombia
- 9 new cases in Cyprus
- 18 new cases in Hungary
- 76 new cases in Croatia, the 1st in the country
- 14 new cases in Moldova
- 40 new cases in Trinidad and Tobago
- 3803 new cases and 285 new deaths in Spain
- 36 new cases in Bulgaria.
- 1 new case in China, Macao SAR
- 9 new cases in Azerbaijan
- 40 new cases and 1 new death in the Dominican Republic5 new cases in Georgia
- 1 new death in Argentina: a 67-year-old woman
- 2 new cases in Cambodia
- 3 new cases in Puerto Rico
- 8 new cases in Uzbekistan
- 53 new cases in Russia
- 153 new cases and 5 new deaths in Malaysia
- 2 new cases in Cabo Verde: all imported
- 13 new cases in the United Arab Emirates
- 10 new cases in Nigeria
- 6 new cases in Iraq
- 125 new cases and 4 new deaths in Sweden
- 6 new deaths in San Marino
- 144 new cases in Australia, bringing Australia's total coronavirus cases to over 1000 after NSW announced 83 new cases
- 4 new cases in Sri Lanka
- 7 new cases in Togo
- 42 new cases in Slovenia
- 637 new cases and 30 new deaths in the Netherlands
- 48 new cases in Saudi Arabia
- 9 new cases in the Republic of North Macedonia
- 7 new cases in Belarus
- 3 new cases in Vietnam
- 8 new cases in Kyrgyzstan
- 47 new cases and 2 new deaths in Singapore (the First 2 deaths in the country)
- 260 new cases and 6 new deaths in Portugal
- 1 new case in Guam
- 13 new cases in Andorra
- 9 new cases in Malta
- 186 new cases and 3 new deaths in Luxembourg
- 59 new cases in Romania
- 71 new cases and 4 new deaths in Denmark
- 24 new cases and 2 new deaths in Burkina Faso
- 2 new cases in New Caledonia
- 6 new cases in Tunisia
- 1st death in Paraguay: a 69-year-old man
- 6 new cases in Albania
- 558 new cases and 30 new deaths in Belgium
- 23 new cases in Estonia
- 966 new cases and 123 new deaths in Iran
- 178 new cases in Israel
- 2 new cases in Zimbabwe
- 7 new cases in Réunion
- 5 new cases in Brunei Darussalam
- 17 new cases in Kuwait
- 1 new case in Angola
- 81 new cases and 6 new deaths in Indonesia
- 77 new cases and 1 new death in the Philippines
- 17 new cases in China, Hong Kong SAR
- 1 new case in Liberia: a 63-year-old woman
- 4 new cases and 1 new death in Bangladesh
- 12 new cases in the Faeroe Islands
- 5 new cases in DR Congo: first death
- 5 new cases in Ivory Coast
- 4 new cases in French Polynesia
- 18 new cases in Taiwan: all imported
- 13 new cases in Latvia
- 4 new cases in the State of Palestine
- 3 new cases in Bolivia
- 18 new cases in Hungary
- 2 new cases and 1st death in Mauritius: a Belgian man admitted to the ICU for breathing problems
- 4 new cases in Oman, including 2 cases linked to travel to the UK and Spain
- 9 new cases in Liechtenstein
- 24 new cases in Armenia
- 4 new cases in Mongolia
- 1 new case in Fiji
- 2 new cases in El Salvador
- 89 new cases in Thailand
- 3 new cases in the United States Virgin Islands
- 39 new cases and 1 new death in Mexico
- 147 new cases and 8 new deaths in South Korea
Updates, 19-03-2020:
20:16
- 5322 new cases and 427 new deaths in Italy. Italy's death toll surpasses China's, becoming the country with the highest number of coronavirus deaths in the world
- 3194 new cases and 192 new deaths in Spain
- 14 new cases in Réunion
- 2440 new cases and 24 new deaths in the United States
- 193 new cases and 1 new death in Norway
- 80 new cases and 3 new deaths in Brazil
- 8 new cases in Morocco
- 8 new cases and 3 new deaths in Kazakhstan
- 143 new cases and 2 new deaths in Portugal
- 2993 new cases and 16 new deaths in Germany
- 21 new cases in Andorra
- 1 new case in Niger
- 2 new cases in the Cayman Islands
- 4 new cases in the Channel Islands
- 2 new cases in Gibraltar
- 28 new cases and 1 new death in Iraq
- 68 new cases in Poland
- 511 new cases and 2 new deaths in Austria
- 1 new case in Namibia
- 147 new cases in Pakistan
- 18 new cases in Costa Rica
- 25 new cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 4 new cases in Mauritius
- 2 new cases in Congo
- 74 new cases and 1 new death in Canada
- 9 new cases in Vietnam. 9 cases had traveled to Europe
- 8 new cases in Qatar
- 21 new cases and 1 new death in Croatia
- 9 new cases in Oman
- 5 new cases and 1 new death in Ukraine
- 1861 new cases and 108 new deaths in France
- 643 new cases and 40 new deaths in the United Kingdom
- 6 new cases in Venezuela
- 140 new cases in Israel
- 3 new cases in Barbados
- 46 new cases and 1 new death in Egypt
- 25 new cases and 1 new death in India: a 72-year-old person in Punjab
- 36 new cases in Saudi Arabia
- 24 new cases in Lebanon
- 191 new cases and 1 new death in Ireland
- 829 new cases and 8 new deaths in Switzerland
- 15 new cases and 2 new deaths in Algeria
- 89 new cases in Peru. President Vizcarra live conference
- 172 new cases in Czechia
- 15 new cases and 1 new death in Bulgaria
- 13 new cases in Jordan
- 14 new cases in Serbia
- 7 new cases in Lithuania: both cases imported
- 10 new cases and 1 new death in Tunisia
- 1 new case in Monaco
- 9 new cases in Cyprus
- 15 new cases in Colombia
- 46 new cases and 1 new death in Greece.
- 31 new cases in Ecuador
- 21 new cases in Bahrain
- 1 new case in Guatemala
- 4 new cases in Ghana
- 94 new cases and 2 new deaths in Denmark
- 6 new cases in the Republic of North Macedonia, including a 4-year-old
- 13 new cases in Moldova
- 1st case in Chad
- 34 new cases in South Africa
- 1 new case in Ethiopia: an Australian citizen
- 19 new cases in Slovakia
- 1 new case in Aruba
- 2 new cases in Montenegro
- 138 new cases and 1 new death in Sweden
- 1 new case and 1 new death in Turkey
- 104 new cases in Chile
- 10 new cases in Azerbaijan
- 409 new cases and 18 new deaths in the Netherlands
- 27 new cases in the United Arab Emirates
- 33 new cases in Slovenia
- 4 new cases in Nigeria
- 1 new case in Guyana
- 52 new cases and 1 new death in Russia
- 9 new cases in Sri Lanka
- 32 new cases in Singapore
- 3 new cases in Bolivia
- 41 new cases in Finland
- 1 new case in the United States Virgin Islands
- 2 new cases in the Bahamas
- 17 new cases in Romania
- 6 new cases in Burkina Faso
- 80 new cases in Iceland
- 5 new cases in Malta
- 1046 new cases and 149 new deaths in Iran
- 5 new cases in Albania
- 15 new cases in China, Hong Kong SAR
- 9 new cases in Estonia
- 309 new cases and 7 new deaths in Belgium
- 113 new cases in Australia (NSW), including a 6-year-old child
- 12 new cases in Armenia
- 3 new cases in Tanzania
- 3 new cases in the State of Palestine
- 4 new cases in Bangladesh
- 4 new cases in Guam
- 5 new cases in Brunei Darussalam
- 15 new cases in the Philippines
- 7 new cases in the DR Congo
- 132 new cases and 2 new deaths in Luxembourg
- 15 new cases in Latvia
- 1st death in Russia
- 110 new cases in Malaysia
- 14 new cases in the Faeroe Islands
- 6 new cases in Kuwait
- 1 new case in Cuba
- 60 new cases in Thailand
- 81 new cases and 6 new deaths in Indonesia.
- 15 new cases in Hungary
- 2 new cases in Georgia
- 8 new cases in Taiwan
- 5 new cases in Uzbekistan, including 3 relatives of a woman who arrived from Paris and 2 passengers of flights from Istanbul and London
- 9 new cases and 3 new deaths in Japan
- 3 new cases in Honduras
- 2 new cases in Trinidad and Tobago
- 1 new case in French Polynesia
- 1 new death in Argentina
- 1st case in Nicaragua
- 1st case in El Salvador
- 1st case in Fiji
- 1 new death in Curaçao
- 152 new cases and 7 new deaths in South Korea
- 8 new cases in New Zealand
Updates, 13-03-2020:
21:20
- 1st case in Kenya
- 1 new death in India: a 68-year-old woman who had come in contact with her son who had contracted coronavirus after traveling to Switzerland and Italy last month
- Europe has become the epicenter of the global Covid-19 pandemic. More cases are now reported every day in Europe than in China at the height of its epidemic 1 new death in Argentina: a 61-year-old man who had other pathologies
- Spain declares the State of Emergency
- One new death in the U.K., first in Scotland
- Two thousand five hundred forty-seven new cases and 250 new deaths in Italy. The highest number of deaths per day in the world ever (including China at its peak) has been reported in Italy in each of the last four days.
- 73 new cases in Greece
- 1st case in Antigua & Barbuda: a woman who had come from the UK on a British Airways flight and is currently in isolation
- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he tested negative after earlier reports of him testing positive. Bolsonaro, Wajngarten (who tested positive), and staffers were guests at Mar-a-Lago over the weekend. Weingarten posed for a photo on Saturday with both the President and Vice President of the United States.
- Ten new cases in Chile
- 39 new cases in Malaysia
Canada: Ontario’s publicly funded schools will close from March 14 to April 5
- 2 new cases in Cambodia: a 49-year old Canadian man and a 33-year old Belgian man who are now in quarantine in Phnom Penh
- Three new cases in Turkey
- 1st case in Guinea: a member of the EU delegation in the country
- .Switzerland is closing all schools until at least April 4
- Germany: most schools will be closed from Monday
- United States: at least 7 states are closing schools: Ohio, Michigan, Oregon, Maryland, Kentucky, and New Mexico
- 1,188 new cases and 36 new deaths in Spain, which declares a 15-day State of Emergency
- 4 new cases in Colombia
- 74 new cases in Brazil
- 208 new cases in the UK English Premier League suspended until at least April 3. Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland halt games
- 1st case and 1st death in Sudan: a man in his 50s had visited the United Arab Emirates
- Seven new cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina: a young person and a child from Banja Luka
- Four new cases in North Macedonia: people from Debar in their 50s
- 11 new cases in Russia: all cases visited Italy, France, Austria
- 45 new cases in Slovenia
- 1st death in Ukraine: a 71-year-old woman from the Zhytomyr region
- Moldova immediately suspends flights from Spain and France and, from Sunday, from all European destinations
- 190 new cases and 5 new deaths in the Netherlands Measures introduced:
- people with a cold, cough, sore throat, or fever should stay at home
- meetings with more than 100 people are canceled
- recommended to work from home as much as possible
- vulnerable persons should avoid large groups and public transport
- colleges and universities are requested to offer education online
- schools in primary, secondary, and secondary vocational education and childcare will remain open
- Nine new cases in Slovakia
- Three new cases in Sri Lanka: a 41-year-old Sri Lankan male who had arrived from Germany, a 37-year-old, and a 43-year-old male who had arrived from Italy and were put into quarantine
- Three new cases in Vietnam
- 160 new cases in Belgium
National Security Council’s measures:
- all recreational, sporting, and cultural events have been canceled
- everyone is advised to work from home if possible
- all school lessons are suspended until after the Easter holidays
- childcare is guaranteed during school hours for healthcare and emergency personnel
- crèches will remain open
- Universities and colleges will give lectures online
14 new cases in Romania
- Romania’s interim government is self-isolating for 14 days after a senator tested positive. Some members of the National Liberal Party (PNL) will also self-quarantine
- Two new cases in Armenia
- Ten new cases in Albania
- Three new cases in Lithuania: a female Spanish citizen who had come from Madrid, Spain, a man who had returned from Italy, and a woman who had returned from Tenerife, Spain
- 43 new cases in Portugal
- Four new cases in Azerbaijan: all four had returned from Iran or Italy
- One new case in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a man who had visited France
- Eight new cases in South Africa:
- a 39-year-old female who had traveled to Switzerland and Austria
- a 50-year-old male who had traveled to Austria
⁃ a 21-year-old female who had traveled to Italy
⁃ a 57-year-old male who had traveled to Switzerland
- a 79-year-old male who had traveled to Greece and Italy
⁃ a 52-year-old male who had traveled to Switzerland
⁃ a 50-year-old male who had traveled to Switzerland and Austria
⁃ a 46-year-old male who had traveled to Italy
- 1st case in Ethiopia
- 12 new cases in Brunei
- 13 new cases 39 new cases in Bahrain
- 85 new deaths and 1289 new cases in Iran
- 39 new cases in Australia, including a patient in Victoria who had not been overseas
- 35 new cases and 3 new deaths in Indonesia: a 37-year older woman, a 57-year older woman, and a 59-year old man
- One new case in the Faeroe Islands
- Four new cases in Cyprus
- One new case in Pakistan: a 52-year-old man in Sindh who had traveled to Islamabad
- 1st case in Guadeloupe: a 36-year-old woman who had returned from a cruise
- 1st case in the Cayman Islands: an individual who was removed from a ship after a cardiac event and taken directly to a hospital where he was tested
- Three new cases in Malta
- Nine new cases in Lebanon
- One new case in La Réunion
- 2 new cases in French Polynesia: a Swiss tourist who had arrived in Fenua last weekend and a woman returning from France in contact with Tahiti parliamentarian Maina Sage, the first case of coronavirus in the country
- 46 new cases in Finland
- 3 new cases in India
- First 4 cases in Kazakhstan, including 2 men and a woman who had all returned from Germany
- 4 new cases in Croatia: 2 people from Zagreb with close connections to previously confirmed cases, one person from Pula who had returned from Italy, one person, also from Pula, who came into contact with a Swiss citizen that had tested positive at home
- 3 new cases in Hungary
- 7 new cases in Serbia
- 17 new cases in Israel
- 17 new cases in Poland
- One new death in Indonesia: a 59-year-old man with no history of traveling overseas and no contact with foreigners
- One new case in the Czech Republic where the government has extended mandatory quarantine for citizens returning from high-risk areas and banned foreigners from entering the country
- 41 new cases in Estonia
- One new case in Latvia
- 1st case in Kenya: a female student who had traveled from the United States via London
- One new case in Taiwan: a 50-year-old American male who works in Taiwan. After receiving 4 American friends (two couples) from Feb. 24 to Feb 26, he developed chills, cough, and fever on Feb 27, March 4, and 7, when he was admitted to the hospital. One of the couples already had chills, cough, and fatigue on Feb. 24, the other developed symptoms upon returning to the US.
- The United States new cases include:
One new case in Georgia: a 29-year-old female from Charlton County who came to the Camden Campus ER with respiratory symptoms on Saturday, March 7. She was treated and released but then returned to the hospital on Monday, March 9, with worsening symptoms. The patient has no travel history or known exposure.
- One new case in Nebraska: a man in his 50s who was on the same connecting flight as the person who is Nebraska’s first case
- 15 new cases in Florida
- 1 case in New Mexico: a Santa Fe County woman in her 50s with known recent international travel to Italy
- Six new cases in San Diego, California “With these new positive cases, the evidence is pointing to the very likely reality that we have community spread here in San Diego County,” County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher said. “This changes both our posture and also accelerates our action.”- 9 new cases in Michigan: 1 adult female from Ingham County with a history of travel on a cruise; 2 adult females from Kent County and 1 adult male, all with a history of international travel; 1 adult female from Montcalm with a history of international travel; 2 adult males from Oakland County: one with no travel history and one with domestic travel; one adult female and one adult male from Washtenaw County; one with history of domestic travel and one with history of international travel
- 1st case in Alaska identified as a person from a cargo flight, “a foreign national individual who was transiting through”
Source: world meter and the Guardian
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