Confirmed Cases and Deaths by Country, Territory, or Conveyance

The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 127 countries and territories around the world and 1 international conveyance (the Diamond Princess cruise ship harbored in Yokohama, Japan). The day is reset after midnight GMT+0.

Clinic develops COVID-19 detection test

The Indian Council of Medical Research has isolated the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) from 11 patients. It could serve as the base material for efforts to develop a vaccine, even though coming out with an indigenous shot would take at least 18-24 months.

March 12 (GMT) update:

• United States:

• New Mexico to close all K-12 public schools for 3 weeks.
• Washington StateGovernor orders schools to close until April 24 in King, Pierce and Snohomish  
• Marylandwill close all schools for 2 weeks starting Monday
• Ohio governor closes schools on Monday through at least April 3
• California: Many schools in the Bay Area closedue to the coronavirus outbreak
• KentuckyGovernor asks all schools to close for at least 2 weeks
• Massachusetts: A number of schools are closing
• Coronavirus outbreak “could easily be a 6 month crisis” said New York Mayor Bill de Blasio as he declared a state of emergency in the city on Thursday. He stated that that New Yorkers should expect “major changes” from day-to-day as there’s a pattern of “extraordinary new information on what now feels like an hourly basis” With at least 328 total cases in New York, of which more than 100 added today, the number of cases in the city is projectedto rise to 1,000 by next week, de Blasio said.

• In the UK, the infection is expected to build to apeak in May or June. Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer, said that worst-case scenario planning projected that 80% of the country would contract the virus, with a 1% mortality rate. This equates to over 5,00,000 deaths in the UK.
• Jamaicato close all schools.
• Lithuania(3 cases total) and Latvia (16 cases total) close schools, ban large public gatherings due to coronavirus.
• 1^stcase in Trinidad and Tobago is a 52-year-old man who had returned from Switzerland and had self-isolated before showing symptoms.
• The virus can remain viable "in aerosols up to 3 hours, up to 4 hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboardand up to 2-3 days on plastic and stainless steel" a Princeton study awaiting peer review has found.
• 1^stdeath in India is of a 76-year old man from Karnataka.
• France to close all schools and universitiesbeginning Monday, March 16. Employers urged to let staff work from home.
• Israel isclosing all schools and university beginning Friday, March 13.
• Greece is closing all the courthouses, theaters, cinemas, gyms, children playgrounds and nightclubs in the country, after having already closed the schools two days ago.
• UK– Boris Johnson has addressed the nation today and called coronavirus "worst public health crisis for a generation" He has warned that "many families are going to lose loved ones before their time"UK is 4 weeks behind Italy.True UK cases are likely up to 10,000.
• 2 new deaths in Germany have been reported.
• 1^stdeath in Norway, as the country shuts down for 2 weeks.
• Turkeyhas closed all schools for 1 week and universities for 3 weeks.
• 2 new cases in Armenia: They had been in close contact with a previously confirmed case of a woman who had arrived from Italy. They had fever and later tested positive for coronavirus. They now feel well and have no fever.
• In Italy, 2,651 new cases, 189 new deaths, and 213 new recoveries have been reported. Death toll tops 1,000.
• United States: NBA suspended its season indefinitelyafter a player on the Utah Jazz has been tested positive for COVID-19 earlier today. Later during the day, a second Utah Jazz player tested positive for coronavirus, as a suspended NBA considers next steps.
• United Statesupdates include:

-1^st death in Kansas

-1^st death in Georgia: A 67-year-old year old man who was hospitalized at WellStar Kennestone Hospital. He had underlying medical conditions.

-1^st case in Maine: A woman who recently returned from an outbreak area.

-3 new cases in Washington State, for a total of 379.

-13 new cases in Massachusetts, for a total of 108.

-11 new cases in Colorado, for a total of 45.

-6 new cases in New Jersey, for a total of 29.

-9 new cases in Tennessee, for a total of 18.

-5 new cases in North Carolina, for a total of 14.

-3 new cases in Nevada, for a total of 10.

-4 new cases in Minnesota, for a total of 9.

-1 new cases in New Hampshire, for a total of 6.

-5 new cases in Arkansas, for a total of 6.

-2 new cases in Utah, for a total of 5 (2 Utah Jazz players).

-1 new case in Oklahoma, for a total of 3.

-2 new cases in Texas, for a total of 25.

-6 new cases in Pennsylvania, for a total of 22.

-7 new cases in Virginia (including a Longwood student), for a total of 18.

-1 new case in Louisiana, for a total of 14. 

-3 new cases in Kansas, for a total of 4.

-1 new case in New Mexico, for a total of 5.

-3 new cases in Delaware, for a total of 4.

-At least 5 new cases in North Carolina, for a total of 14.

-3 new cases in Wisconsin, for a total of 6.

-At least 112 new cases in New York State, for a total of 328 in the state.

-4 new cases in Florida, for a total of 35.

-13 new cases in California (Riverside County), for a total of 197 cases and 4 deaths.

-1^st case in Mississippi: A Forrest county adult male who recently travelled to Florida.

• New death in Azerbaijan: A 51-year old woman who had been quarantined after returning from Iran.
• 31 new deaths and 782 new cases in Spain,total cases surpass 3,000.
• Lithuania (3 cases in total) closes all schools for 2 weeks, bans mass events, and recommends to avoid travel to high risk countries (China, Iran, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Italy, France, Germany and Spain).
• Capital City of Vilnius also closes museums, cinemas, sport clubs, etc. Recommends all companies to organise work from home. City administration is to provide its services online and via phone only.
• US travel ban from Europe, which does not apply to the UK and Ireland, will go into effect on Friday, March 13 at 23:59 ET (midnight). Americans returning from Europe will be funnelled through 13 different airports, be subject to screening, and will be asked to self-quarantine for 14 days.
• 2 new deaths and 130 new cases in the UK.
• 1 new case in Cyprus is of a person who had recently arrived from the UK.
• 167 new cases in Sweden.
• 1 new case in Pakistan: A 31-year-old man who returned from 
• 2 new cases in Czech Republic, bringing the total to 96. State of Emergency declared.
• 1 new case in Senegal: A Senegalese national who returned to Dakar from 
• 1 new case in Estonia.
• 111 new cases in the Netherlands.
• 1 new case in the Republic of Moldova: A young man who recently returned from 
• 85 new cases in Belgium.
• Republic of Irelandannounces that all schools will be closed for 17 days starting today. Indoor gatherings of over 100 people and outdoor gatherings of more than 500 should be cancelled.
• 1 new case in Sri Lanka (second in the country): A 44-year-old man shared a hotel room in Dambulla with the first confirmed case.
• At least 3 Albanians have died in Italy so far, including a 55-year-old who had diabetes, according to the reports.
• 1 new case in Palestine: A 20-year-old woman in Bethlehem.
• 11 new cases in the UAE: 2 Italians, 2 Filipinos, 1 Montenegrin, Canadian, German, Pakistani, Emirati, Russian and British citizen.
• 1^stdeath in Austria: A 69-year-old man in Vienna; 115 new cases, total more than 300.Schools will be closed, over 1 million students will stay at home until at least April 12. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz appealed that grandparents should not take care of the children, so that the elderly be protected against the coronavirus. Although children are much less at risk when it comes to illnesses, but at the same time they are strong multipliers.
• 8 new cases in Iceland.
• 8 new cases in Albania: All have connections with
• 3 new cases in Armenia: A 51-year-old Italian manand 45 and 27 year-old Armenians that returned from 
• 6 new cases in Slovakia, state of emergency declared.
• 32 new cases in Slovenia:

-The government will declare an epidemic-All educational institutions will close-Those forced to stay at home will be paid 80% of their salary.

• 1^stdeath and 20 new cases in Poland: A 57-year-old woman dies.
• 75 deaths, 1,075 new cases, and 317 new recoveries in Iran.
• Over 100 new cases in Denmark have been reported.
• 3 new cases in the Philippines.
• 12 new cases in Luxembourg: Local transmissionwas noted for 2 cases.
• 2 deaths in Lebanon: One of the victims was a 55-year-old teacher.
• 1 new case in the Channel Islands(Jersey): A person who returned from north-west
• 4 new cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2 of the cases are a man and a woman who returned fromskiing in Austria.
• 1 new case in Serbia.
• 1 new case in Taiwan: A woman in her 40s who travelled toIreland and 
• 4 new cases in South Africa: A 38-year-old male living in Turkeyand visiting family, a 27-year-old female who travelled to the United States, a 43-year-old male who travelled to New York via Dubai, a 32-year-old male who came in contact with a Chinese 
• 8 new cases in Kuwait: Cases connected by travel toAzerbaijan and 
• 1^st death and 4 new cases in Algeria: Infected by a visiting relative from France.
• 56 new cases in Austria.
• 1^stdeath in Greece: A 66-year-old
• 3 new cases in Israel.
• 28 new cases in Australia, including actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson.
• 7 new cases in Norway: 2 cases related to outbreaks abroad.
• New cases in Peru.
• 114 new cases and 6 new deathsin South Korea.
• 15 new cases, 11 new deaths (10 in Hubei) and 1,318 new discharges occurred in China on March 11, as reported by the National Health Commission (NHC) of China.

Table 1 summarizes the number of cases, recoveries and deaths in various parts of the word.

Table 1: Cases, recoveries and deaths in different countries

Highlighted in green: All cases have recovered from the infection

Highlighted in grey: All cases have had an outcome (there are no active cases)

The "New" columns for China display the previous day changes (as China reports after the day is over). For all other countries, the "New" columns display the changes for the current day which is still in progress.

Numbers may be underestimated due to various reasons. Some of these are as follows:

• Limited kits are available in Myanmar. Therefore, it will check only symptomatic cases.
• Sweden has announced that testing for Covid-19 will cease unless the person is hospitalized or belongs to one of the risk groups. Even if the person reports symptoms similar to coronavirus.
• In South Korea 66 deaths with 78,679 patients and in Italy 12,462 patients with 827 deaths signifies the country specific policy of checking for mild patients or not.

Dr KK Aggarwal

President CMAAO, HCFI and Past National President IMA