covid-19 timeline

  • Period: to

    covid-19 timeline

    the time covid-19 started to now
  • first infections

    first infections

    Chinese Health officials inform the WHO about a cluster of 41 patients with a mysterious pneumonia.
  • covid-19 is identified

    covid-19 is identified

    Chinese authorities identify a new type of coronavirus
  • first death

    first death

    China records its first death.
  • lockdown

    lockdown

    Wuhan is placed under quarantine, Hubei province follows within days.
  • emergency

    emergency

    WHO declares a global public-health emergency.
  • first death outside

    first death outside

    First death outside China is recorded in the Philippines.
  • death rises

    death rises

    Death toll in China surpasses that of the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic, with 811 deaths recorded.
  • covid-19

    covid-19

    WHO announces that the new coronavirus disease will be called "COVID-19."
  • pandemic

    pandemic

    WHO declared the outbreak a pandemic.
  • slow in china

    slow in china

    China reports no new locally spread infections for the first time since the pandemic began.
  • highest death

    highest death

    Italy reports the highest single-day death toll for any country: 919.
  • world impact today

    world impact today

    there are 1365004 confirmed cases, 76507 deaths and 292467 recoveries from covid-19 worldwide