Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic

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The timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic lists the articles containing the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2,[1] the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.

The first human cases of COVID-19 occurred in Wuhan, People's Republic of China, on or about 16 November 2019.[2] The first human case in the United States was on 21 January 2020. The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020.[3][4] As of this edit (February 2024) it is still unknown on precisely how humans in mainland China were initially or previously infected with the virus known as SARS-CoV-2.[5] Most likely, it started from infected livestock at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, as all initial cases in Wuhan seem connected to that.

Interactive map of confirmed COVID-19 cases per million people.

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Worldwide timelines by month and year[edit]

The 2019 and January 2020 timeline articles include the initial responses as subsections, and more comprehensive timelines by nation-state are listed below this section.

Cases
Cases
Deaths
Deaths

The following are the timelines of the COVID-19 pandemic respectively in:

Responses

The following are responses to the COVID-19 pandemic respectively in:

Timeline by country[edit]

Some of the timelines listed below also contain responses. The following are the timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in:

Africa[edit]

Americas[edit]

Asia[edit]

Europe[edit]

Oceania[edit]

Worldwide cases by month and year[edit]

The following are COVID-19 pandemic cases in:

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Coronavirus". www.who.int. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  2. ^ Page, Jeremy; Hinshaw, Drew; McKay, Betsy (26 February 2021). "In Hunt for Covid-19 Origin, Patient Zero Points to Second Wuhan Market - The man with the first confirmed infection of the new coronavirus told the WHO team that his parents had shopped there". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Statement on the second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)". World Health Organization (WHO). 30 January 2020. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  4. ^ "WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19—11 March 2020". World Health Organization. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  5. ^ WHO. "Q&A on coronaviruses (COVID-19)". World Health Organization. Retrieved 6 April 2020.

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