In December, a pneumonia-like disease, dubbed COVID-19, emerged in Wuhan, China. Since then, it's spread to every populous continent and infected thousands around the world — though the vast majority of confirmed cases and fatalities still fall within China.
The coronavirus claimed its first life on January 10, and since then the death toll has climbed at an alarming and accelerating rate. All in all, COVID-19 has a relatively low mortality rate, and many of the casualties were older.
We've plotted the death toll over time to help illustrate the rising mortality from the virus. This story and its embedded graph will be updated as we learn more and time goes on. For more context and information, we're also tracking the outbreak with this timeline.
References
January 10: The New York Times
January 17: Reuters
January 18: South China Morning Post
January 19: Reuters
January 21: BNO News
January 22: The Beijing News
January 23: National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China
January 24: CNBC
January 25: BNO News
January 26: The BBC
January 27: The Beijing News
January 28: DXY.cn
January 29: QQ.com
January 30: DXY.cn
January 31: QQ.com
February 1: South China Morning Post
February 2: BNO News
February 3: QQ.com
February 4: The Guardian
February 5: DXY.cn
February 6: QQ.com
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