Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic

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 17 November 2019.[2] The first confirmed human case in the United States was on 19 January 2020. The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and first referred to it as a pandemic on 11 March 2020.[3][4] The WHO ended the PHEIC on 5 May 2023.[5]

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

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Worldwide timelines by month and year

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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
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

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

Africa

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Americas

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Asia

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Europe

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Oceania

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Worldwide cases by month and year

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The following are COVID-19 pandemic cases in:

References

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  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. ^ Rigby J, Satija B (8 May 2023). "WHO declares end to COVID global health emergency". Reuters. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
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