[NOTE: This is the second of what will likely be many many daily updates on the Coronavirus (COVID-19). We’ll keep reporting on it until it’s no longer necessary]
Today’s biggest headline:
There was a big jump in deaths over the weekend – a 28% increase over Friday’s figures and five confirmed fatalities outside mainland China.
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The Latest Stats
CONFIRMED CASES 71,810
+ 11.4% since Friday
CONFIRMED DEATHS 1,775
+ 28.3% since Friday
RECOVERIES 11,178
+57.3% since Friday
COVID-19 Growth
Growth, as of 10:32 UTC
Confirmed Cases by Country / Region
70,553 Mainland China
369 Diamond Princess
75 Singapore
65 Japan
57 Hong Kong
35 Thailand
30 South Korea
22 Malaysia
20 Taiwan
16 Germany
16 Vietnam
15 Australia
15 US
12 France
10 Macau
9 United Arab Emirates
9 UK
8 Canada
3 Italy
3 Philippines
3 India
2 Russia
2 Spain
1 Nepal
1 Cambodia
1 Belgium
1 Finland
1 Sweden
1 Egypt
1 Sri Lanka
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Today’s biggest developments
There have now been five confirmed deaths outside mainland China, including France, Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan.
Two charter airplanes have evacuated Americans from the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan.
Despite recent deaths, outbreak numbers are relatively stable outside China, according to the WHO.
Dentists are running out of face masks due to stockpiling.
The novel coronavirus began in December in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, Hubei province. Now, it’s spread to 28 other countries and territories and killed 1,775 people, the majority in mainland China. Take a look at how we got here:
December 8: the First patient develops symptoms of coronavirus in Wuhan.
December 31: Earliest cases of the virus reported to the World Health Organization (WHO).
January 1: Seafood and wildlife market in Wuhan, where the outbreak is believed to have originated, is closed for disinfection
January 7: Chinese authorities confirm that they have identified the virus as a novel coronavirus
January 9: First-person dies of the virus, though his death wasn’t announced until January 11.
January 13: Thai authorities report their first case — a Chinese national who had arrived from Wuhan.
January 16: Japanese authorities confirm their first case.
January 21: US officials confirm their first case.
January 23: Wuhan is placed on lockdown, and Lunar New Year celebrations are cancelled in major Chinese cities. Around 60 million people are affected by lockdowns and travel restrictions in other parts of China. WHO says virus is not yet a public health emergency of international concern
January 28: Death toll tops 100. The number of confirmed cases in mainland China overtakes the deadly 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak.
January 30: WHO declares a public health emergency of international concern.
February 4: The Diamond Princess cruise ship is docked under quarantine in Japan’s Yokohama Bay with more than 3,700 people on board.
February 6: Death toll tops 500 globally.
February 7: Chinese whistleblower doctorLi Wenliang, who was targeted by Wuhan police, dies of the coronavirus. Chinese social media is flooded with grief, anger, and calls for freedom of speech.
Carter is a former US Army Ranger, US Army intelligence officer, and counterintelligence officer with the Defence Intelligence Agency.
He has a BA in Political Science from UCLA and an MA in Security Studies from Georgetown.