Updates – Coronavirus in China

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Coronavirus in China

01 March 2020

573 new cases35 new deaths (of which 34 in Hubei) and 2,623 new discharges occurred in China on Feb. 29, as reported by the National Health Commission (NHC) of China. [source]

29 February 2020

327 new cases and 44 new deaths (of which 318 cases and 41 deaths in Hubei) occurred in China on Feb. 27, as reported by the National Health Commission (NHC) of China. [source]

25 February 2020

433 new cases and 29 new deaths (of which 26 in Hubei) occurred in China on Feb. 26, as reported by the National Health Commission (NHC) of China. [source]

24 February 2020

406 new cases (of which 401 in Hubei) and 52 new deaths (all in Hubei) occurred in China on Feb. 25, as reported by the National Health Commission (NHC) of China and Hubei. [source] [source]

23 February 2020

508 new cases (499 in Hubei) and 71 new deaths (68 in Hubei) occurred in China on Feb. 24, reported the National Health Commission (NHC) of China. Cumulative total: 77,658 cases. [source] [source]

409 new cases (of which 398 in Hubei) and 150 new deaths (of which 149 in Hubei) occurred in China (of which 366 new cases and 106 new deaths in Hubei province) on February 23, as reported by the National Health Commission (NHC) of China. [source]

21 February 2020

1 new death in Hubei province, China, of Huang Wenjun, a 42-year-old doctor.

18 new cases and 1 new death occurred outside of Hubei province in China on February 22, as reported by the National Health Commission (NHC) of China,

630 new cases and 96 new deaths were reported by Hubei province in China for Feb. 

21 February 2020

WHO: “Although the total number of COVID-19 cases outside of China remains relatively small, we are concerned about the number of cases with no clear epidemiological link, such as travel history to China or contact with a confirmed case” WHO chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Feb. 21 press briefing [video of sentence].

Hubei province in China has corrected its Feb. 20 previously reported numbers to include 220 additional new cases reported “on a hand-written card” by the prison department during the night. The total is being revised from 62,442 to 62,662 cases.

20 February 2020

60 new cases and 6 new deaths occurred outside of Hubei province in China on February 19, as reported by the National Health Commission (NHC) of China.

 19 February 2020

3 new case in Hong Kong:

  • the mother in law of a previously reported case.
  • a 68-year-old man and a 70-year-old woman couple with underlying illnesses.

1 new death in Hong Kong: a 70-year-old man with underlying health issues (diabetes, hypertension, and kidney problems). He had taken a day trip to mainland China on January 22, then fallen ill on February 2, with his conditions becoming critical on February 14, when his case was confirmed

18 February 2020

Report from Hubei province for February 18:

  • 1,693 new cases
  • 132 new deaths

1 new death in Wuhan is that of Dr. Liu Zhiming, Director of the Wuchang Hospital. “Unfortunately he became infected and passed away at 10:54 Tuesday morning at the age of 51 after all-out efforts to save him failed” reported the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission. A medical colleague said that the chief doctor was in good health and did not expect to die from COVID-19. 

2 new case in Hong Kong:

  • a 32-year-old Filipino woman who is the domestic helper of a previously confirmed case.
  • a 58-year-old man with good past health who developed fever and chills since February 11, and cough since February 15.

17 February 2020

Report from Hubei province for February 17:

  • 1,807 new cases
  • 93 new deaths

115 new cases and 5 new deaths occurred outside of Hubei province in China on February 16, as reported by the National Health Commission (NHC) of China.

16 February 2020

Report from Hubei province for February 16:

  • 1,933 new cases
  • 100 new deaths

166 new cases and 3 new deaths occurred outside of Hubei province in China on February 15, as reported by the National Health Commission (NHC) of China.

15 February 2020

Report from Hubei province for February 15:

  • 1,843 new cases (of which 888 clinically diagnosed)
  • 139 new deaths

193 new cases and 3 new deaths, occurring outside of Hubei province in China on February 14, have been reported by the National Health Commission of China.

14 February 2020

Report from Hubei province for February 14:

  • 2,420 new cases (including 1,138 clinically diagnosed)
  • 139 new deaths (including 34 clinically diagnosed)

The National Health Commission of China, in its February 14 official reportdeducted 108 previously reported deaths and 1,043 previously reported cases from the total in Hubei Province due to “repeated statistics.” We have updated the daily (Feb. 12 and Feb. 13) and cumulative totals accordingly.

13 February 2020

3 new cases in Hong Kong include a mother and her 37-years old son who had dinner with three earlier cases at a restaurant in North Point on January 26.

12 February 2020

Report from Hubei for Feb. 12: 14,840 new cases and 242 new deaths. [original document]

11 February 2020

“We now have a name for the #2019nCoV disease: COVID-19. I’ll spell it: C-O-V-I-D hyphen one nine – COVID-19″ –@DrTedros#COVID19

building’s piping system is being investigated as a potential cause of airborne transmission via feces in Hong Kong after the 42nd case, who lives 10 stories below the 12th confirmed case, was confirmed on February 10.

2 new cases in Singapore, 7 new cases in Hong Kong 

10 February 2020

  • 3 new cases in Hong Kong.
  • 2 new cases in Singapore, including a two year-old Singapore citizen who was evacuated from Wuhan. Update on 45 patients: 7 discharged, 7 in critical condition in ICU.

09 February 2020

The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has surpassed MERS With 906 deaths as of February 10,  (final toll of 858 deaths in 2012).

08 February 2020

The novel coronavirus has surpassed SARS With 813 total deaths as of February 8, 2020,  (final toll of 774 deaths in 2003).

05 February 2020

1 death reported from Tianjin, China: the patient had explained that she began fever and cough after shopping in-store on January 22. The patient had a record of type 2 diabetes and hypertension.

04 February  2020

China’s National Health Commission (NHC) reported that about 80% of those who died were above the age of 60 and 75% had pre-existing conditions such as cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.

02 February 2020

China shut down another major city as it closed roads and restricted the movement of residents in Wenzhou, where as the highest number of confirmed cases outside the Hubei province.

30 January 2020

Germany, Japan, Vietnam and the United States have reported cases in patients who didn’t personally visit China, but contracted the virus from someone else who had visited Wuhan, China

Wuhan is the largest city in Central China, with a population of over 11 million people. Wuhan on January 23, shut down transport links. lock down , city of Huanggang placed in quarantine, and the city of Ezhou closed its train stations.