---
title: "Here’s the Growing COVID-19 Death Toll in One Chilling Graph"
description: "We've tracked the total death toll over time of COVID-19, the coronavirus that originated in China last month. The graph will be updated as we learn more."
date: "2020-01-28"
modified: "2020-03-05"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski"
url: "https://futurism.com/neoscope/coronavirus-death-toll-graph"
categories:
  - "Developments"
  - "Health & Medicine"
tags:
  - "2019-ncov"
  - "coronavirus"
  - "covid19"
  - "Pandemic"
---

# Here’s the Growing COVID-19 Death Toll in One Chilling Graph

![We've tracked the total death toll over time of 2019-nCoV, the coronavirus that originated in China last month. The graph will be updated as we learn more.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/coronavirus-death-toll-graph2.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: NIAID/Victor Tangermann\</em\>*

In December, a pneumonia-like disease, [dubbed COVID-19](<https://futurism.com/neoscope/who-coronavirus-official-name>), emerged in Wuhan, China. Since then, it's spread to [every populous continent](<https://futurism.com/neoscope/reports-chinese-coronavirus-every-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](<https://futurism.com/neoscope/coronavirus-pandemic-heres-what-experts-say>), and many of the [casualties were older](<https://futurism.com/neoscope/coronavirus-outbreak-dangerous-elderly>).

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](<https://futurism.com/neoscope/timeline-china-viral-outbreak-spread-worldwide>).

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Total-Death-Toll-Over-Time-of-COVID-19-12.png>)

**References**

January 10: *[The New York Times](<https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/world/asia/china-virus-wuhan-death.html>)*

January 17: *[Reuters](<https://www.reuters.com/article/china-health-pneumonia-thailand/corrected-thailand-finds-second-case-of-new-chinese-virus-says-no-outbreak-idUSL4N29M1BL>)*

January 18: *[South China Morning Post](<https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3046771/china-coronavirus-wuhan-reports-136-new-cases-over-weekend>)*

January 19: *[Reuters](<https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2020/01/22/fourth-victim-dies-from-coronavirus-in-wuhan>)*

January 21: *[BNO News](<https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/01/timeline-coronavirus-epidemic/>)*

January 22: *[The Beijing News](<http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2020/01/22/678165.html>)*

January 23: *[National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China](<http://www.nhc.gov.cn/yjb/s3578/202001/c5da49c4c5bf4bcfb320ec2036480627.shtml>)*

January 24: *[CNBC](<https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/24/chinas-hubei-province-confirms-15-more-deaths-due-to-coronavirus.html>)*

January 25: *[BNO News](<https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/01/timeline-coronavirus-epidemic/>)*

January 26: *[The BBC](<https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-51258014>)*

January 27: *[The Beijing News](<http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2020/01/27/680197.html>)*

January 28: *[DXY.cn](<https://3g.dxy.cn/newh5/view/pneumonia>)*

January 29: [*QQ.com*](<https://news.qq.com/zt2020/page/feiyan.htm>)

January 30: [*DXY.cn*](<https://3g.dxy.cn/newh5/view/pneumonia>)

January 31: [*QQ.com*](<https://news.qq.com/zt2020/page/feiyan.htm>)

February 1: [*South China Morning Post*](<https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3048576/china-coronavirus-duterte-orders-travel-ban-visitors>)

February 2: [*BNO News*](<https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/>)

February 3: [*QQ.com*](<https://news.qq.com/zt2020/page/feiyan.htm>)

February 4: [*The Guardian*](<https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/03/china-shortcomings-difficulties-coronavirus-outbreak>)

February 5: *[DXY.cn](<https://3g.dxy.cn/newh5/view/pneumonia>)*

February 6: [*QQ.com*](<https://news.qq.com/zt2020/page/feiyan.htm>)

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

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