Since 31 December 2019 and as of 11 March 2020, 118 619 cases of COVID-19 (in accordance with the applied case definitions in the affected countries) have been reported, including 4, 292 deaths on the last count with more than 65,700 people recovering.
The virus has been diagnosed in over 100 countries and territories until now, and on every continent on the planet save Antarctica.
The global mortality rate for COVID-19 currently stands at 3.4 per cent, far higher than that of the seasonal flu which kills only about 0.1 percent of those infected.
According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control the deaths have been reported from China (3 161), Italy (631), Iran (291), South Korea (60), Spain (35), France (33), United States (28), Japan (12), International conveyance in Japan (7), Iraq (6), United Kingdom (6), Netherlands (4), Australia (3), Switzerland (3), Germany (2), San Marino (2), Argentina (1), Canada (1), Egypt (1), Lebanon (1), Panama (1), Philippines (1), Taiwan (1) and Thailand (1).
Cases have been reported on the following continents:
Africa: Egypt (59), Algeria (20), South Africa (7), Tunisia (5), Senegal (4), Burkina Faso (2), Cameroon (2), Morocco (2), Nigeria (2), Democratic Republic of Congo (1) and Togo (1).
Asia: China (80 908), Iran (8 042), South Korea (7 755), Japan (568), Singapore (166), Malaysia (129), Bahrain (110), United Arab Emirates (74), Israel (70), Kuwait (69), Iraq (61), Thailand (59), India (50), Taiwan (48), Lebanon (41), Vietnam (35), Philippines (33), Palestine* (29), Qatar (24), Saudi Arabia (20), Indonesia (19), Oman (18), Pakistan (16), Afghanistan (7), Maldives (6), Bangladesh (3), Cambodia (2), Bhutan (1), Brunei Darussalam (1), Jordan (1), Mongolia (1), Nepal (1) and Sri Lanka (1).
America: United States (1 025), Canada (93), Brazil (34), Argentina (19), Chile (17), Ecuador (17), Costa Rica (13), Peru (11), Mexico (7), Panama (7), Dominican Republic (5), Paraguay (5) and Colombia (3).
Europe: Italy (10 149), France (1 784), Spain (1 639), Germany (1 296), Switzerland (490), Netherlands (382), United Kingdom (373), Sweden (326), Norway (277), Belgium (267), Denmark (264), Austria (182), Greece (90), Iceland (70), Czech Republic (63), San Marino (62), Portugal (41), Finland (40), Ireland (35), Slovenia (31), Romania (25), Georgia (23), Poland (22), Russia (20), Croatia (13), Estonia (13), Hungary (12), Azerbaijan (11), Albania (10), Belarus (9), Latvia (8), Luxembourg (7), North Macedonia (7), Slovakia (7), Serbia (5), Bulgaria (4), Malta (4), Lithuania (3), Moldova (3), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Cyprus (2), Andorra (1), Armenia (1), Holy See (1), Liechtenstein (1), Monaco (1) and Ukraine (1).
Oceania: Australia (112) and New Zealand (5).
Other: International conveyance in Japan (696).
