Coronavirus - updated May 5th, 2023
This post is a mix of updates and a brief history of the pandemic. This will be updated as needed and has been moved from the Latest section, as of May 5th, as the WHO has declared the global health emergency over.
The numbers below are for confirmed cases and deaths, which means that the real numbers are higher.
The numbers here are not scientifically exact, the idea here is to give a general picture of how the virus situation develops. Not all numbers are from the same source, so some may be a bit higher or lower depending on the source. And time zones may move a milestone to a different date, depending on when the sources are updated.
Keep your vaccinations up to date.
The global health emergency may have ended, but the threat is still there.
And, Good Luck Everyone.
May 5th 2023
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that Covid-19 no longer represents a "global health emergency".
Officially there have been nearly 7 million deaths, but the true figure was likely to be closer to 20 million.
May 1st 2023
US government will end most Covid vaccine mandates and other Covid-19 policies, on May 11th. The virus is still here, but since the start of 2021, deaths have come down by 95% and hospitalisations by 91%.
The pandemic is not over, we are just entering another phase of it.
According to the WHO, there have been worldwide;
nearly 750,000,000 confirmed cases,
over 6,900,000 confirmed deaths,
and more than 13,000,000,000 vaccine doses have been administered.
Winter 2022-23
The was a spike in cases in December, but then the numbers started to consistently go down.
Despite being vaccinated, some people still got seriously ill with Covid. The virus keeps on mutating, but the most serious phase of the pandemic seems to be over.
Autumn 2022
The number of confirmed cases stayed relatively low, and though the virus did not go away, life pretty much returned to normal.
Summer 2022
By the end of the summer the numbers started to come down, the virus still mutates, but it seems that the worst is over.
Mar 7th 2022
UK - A record number of cases in the UK, 4,900,000 have Covid.
Mar 7th 2022
The confirmed death toll in the world from the pandemic reached 6,000,000
Feb 19th 2022
This is the toll of the virus in about two years:
US - 78,300,000 confirmed cases
US - 933,000 confirmed deaths
UK - 18,600,000 confirmed cases
UK - 161,000 confirmed deaths
World - 422,000,000 confirmed cases
World - 5,870,000 confirmed deaths
Feb 4th 2022
US - 900,000 confirmed deaths
Jan 07th 2022
The global number of known cases reached 300,000,000 yesterday, Jan 6th.
It took more than a year to reach 100 million, more than six months to reach 200 million and about five months to reach 300 million.
Jan 03rd 2022
US records 1,080,211 cases in a single day (yes, that is one million in a day).
UK records 200,000 cases.
Dec 29th 2021
Omicron variant emerged in South Africa in late November, and is spreading rapidly.
The US daily record set in January this year for Covid-19 cases is broken.
The US seven-day average was more than 267,000 yesterday.
US - 53,168,862 confirmed cases
US - 819,201 confirmed deaths
World - 282,859,605 confirmed cases
World - 5,413,189 confirmed deaths
Dec 14th 2021
US - 800,000 confirmed deaths
Nov 21st 2021
US - 2021 death toll surpasses the toll of 2020. There are now 770,800 confirmed deaths in total, and the 2020 toll was 385,343.
Aug 29th 2021
US - The U.S. reaches 100,000 average daily Covid hospitalizations for the first time since winter’s peak.
US - 156,886 new cases, that is up 20% in two weeks (=14-day-change)
US - 38,875,807 confirmed cases
US - 637,356 confirmed deaths
Jul 26th 2021
US - The number of Covid-19 cases across the US may have been undercounted by as much as 60%, researchers at the University of Washington have found. Covid cases in US may have been undercounted by 60%, study shows
Jul 22nd 2021
US - Life expectancy dropped by year and a half in 2020, due mostly to Covid-19, but drug deaths also contributed to the drop, which is the biggest since WW II.
India - More that 4300 ‘black fungus’ deaths on record so far, and most likely that is a fraction of the real number.
Jul 21st 2021
New infections were going down, but case counts are rising again, due to both the Delta variant and vaccine skepticism. (C.D.C. - Delta variant accounts for 83% of new cases in the US.)
US - 161,500,000 or 49% of population fully vaccinated, but vaccination rate is slowing.
US - 38,000 new cases, that is 195% up from two weeks ago
US - 34,159,723 confirmed cases
US - 608,717 confirmed deaths
World - 500,000 new cases, up 26% in two weeks, bringing the total to 191,300,000 confirmed cases
World - 4,100,000 confirmed deaths
(India’s true pandemic death toll is likely to be over 3,000,000, according to a study by the Center for Global Development, a Washington research institute.)
Jun 15th 2021
Brazil - 500,000 confirmed deaths
Jun 15th 2021
US - 600,000 confirmed deaths
US - 33,500,000 confirmed cases
India - 377,000 confirmed deaths
Brazil - 488,000 confirmed deaths
May 6th 2021
India - 410,000 new cases in 24 hours, a world record, and 3,980 deaths, a daily record
India - 20,600,000 confirmed cases
India -226,000 confirmed deaths
Apr 28th 2021
India - 360,960 new cases in 24 hours, another world record, and 3,293 deaths, a daily record
India - 18,000,000 confirmed cases
India -200,000 confirmed deaths
Apr 22nd 2021
India - 340,000 new cases in 24 hours, another world record
India - 16,500,000 confirmed cases
India - 189,000 confirmed deaths
Apr 22nd 2021
India - 332,730 new cases in 24 hours, another world record
India - 16,000,000 confirmed cases
India - 187,000 confirmed deaths
Apr 21st 2021
India - 310,000 new cases in 24 hours, a new world record
World - 3,000,000 confirmed deaths
World - 142,000,000 confirmed cases
Apr 20th 2021
India - 295,000 new cases in one day
India - 15,600,000 confirmed cases
India - 183,000 confirmed deaths
Turkey - 362 deaths and 62,000 cases in 24 hours
Turkey - 4,450,000 confirmed cases
Turkey - 37,000 confirmed deaths
Apr 18th 2021
Half of US adults have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and about a third are fully vaccinated.
US - 130,000,000 vaccinated, including
US - 84,000,000 fully vaccinated
Apr 11th 2021
India - 168,000 new cases, another daily record
Apr 10th 2021
India - 152,879 new cases, a daily record
India - 13,300,000 confirmed cases
India - 169,000 confirmed deaths
Apr 6th 2021
Brazil - Yet another record of 4,185 daily deaths
Brazil - 337,000 confirmed deaths
Brazil - 13,100,000 confirmed cases
Apr 4th 2021 - Easter Sunday
US - 30,700,000 confirmed cases
US - 555,000 confirmed deaths
US - 106,000,000+ vaccinated, including
US - 61,000,000+ fully vaccinated
About a third of the US population has received a shot.
India reported 100,000 new cases a day, the third country to do so, after the US and Brazil. India has a total of 12,500,000 cases.
Apr 3rd 2021
On the positive side:
US - on average 3,000,000+ people vaccinated per day, and
US - 4,000,000+ doses of vaccine in one day on Apr 3rd
But, there are worrying signs: The average number of new US cases is up 19% in two weeks, and virus variants are spreading.
Apr 2nd 2021
US - 30,500,000 confirmed cases
US - 553,000 confirmed deaths
On the positive side:
US - 101,000,000 vaccinated, including
US - 58,000,000 fully vaccinated
UK - 36,600,000 vaccinated, including
UK - 5,200,000 fully vaccinated
47% of UK population has received the first dose
Mar 30th 2021
US - 550,000 confirmed deaths
Mar 28th 2021
Mexico’s pandemic death toll revised up by the government to 321,000
US - 93,000,000+ vaccinated, including
US - 51,000,000+ fully vaccinated
Mar 26th 2021
Brazil - Another record of 3,650 daily deaths
Mar 25th 2021
US - 30,000,000 confirmed cases
Brazil - 300,000 confirmed deaths
Mexico - 200,000 confirmed deaths
Mar 23rd 2021
Brazil - Record number of 3,251 daily deaths
Brazil - 12,000,000 confirmed cases
Brazil - 298,900 confirmed deaths
Mar 21st 2021
BBC News: Record day for UK vaccinations
“…half of all UK adults - some 26,853,407 people - have now received a first dose of a vaccine.”
And over 2,100,000 fully vaccinated
Mar 20th 2021 - Spring Equinox - Nowruz
US - 29,750,000 confirmed cases
US - 540,000 confirmed deaths
World - 122,500,000 confirmed cases
World - 2,700,000 confirmed deaths
News from Brazil
Brazil - 11,800,000 confirmed cases
Brazil - 290,000 confirmed deaths
On the positive side:
US - 74,500,000 vaccinated, including
US - 43,000,000 fully vaccinated
On average, more than 2,250,000 doses of vaccines are given per day in the US.
World - 420,000,000 vaccine doses administered
Mar 14th 2021
US - 29,500,000 confirmed cases
US - 532,000 confirmed deaths
On the positive side:
US - 70,000,000 vaccinated, including
US - 37,000,000 fully vaccinated
On average, more than 2,500,000 doses of vaccines are given per day in the US.
Mar 8th 2021
US - 60,000,000 vaccinated, including
US - 31,500,000 fully vaccinated
On average, more than 2,000,000 doses of vaccines are given per day in the US.
World - 309,000,000 vaccine doses administered
Mar 7th 2021
US - 29,000,000 confirmed cases
US - 524,000 confirmed deaths
World - 116,500,000 confirmed cases
World - 2,587,000 confirmed deaths
On the positive side:
US - 59,000,000 vaccinated, including
US - 30,000,000 fully vaccinated
World - 289,500,000 vaccinated (That is 3.8% of the world’s population.)
Mar 1st 2021
US - 50,000,000 vaccinated, including
US - 25,500,000 fully vaccinated
Feb 28th 2021
US - 28,500,000 confirmed cases
US - 511,000 confirmed deaths
World - 113,500,000 confirmed cases
World - 2,500,000 confirmed deaths
On the positive side:
US - 48,500,000 vaccinated, including
US - 24,000,000 fully vaccinated
World - 235,000,000 vaccinated
Feb 22nd 2021
US - 500,000 confirmed deaths
World - 112,000,000 confirmed cases
World - 2,485,000 confirmed deaths
On the positive side:
US - 44,000,000 vaccinated, including
US - 19,400,000 fully vaccinated
Feb 19th 2021
US - 28,000,000 confirmed cases
World - 111,000,000 confirmed cases
Feb 17th 2021
World - 110,000,000 confirmed cases
World - 2,430,000 confirmed deaths
On the positive side:
US - 40,000,000 vaccinated, including
US - 15,000,000 fully vaccinated
Feb 12th 2021
US - 27,500,000 confirmed cases
US - 480,000 confirmed deaths
World - 108,000,000 confirmed cases
World - 2,380,000 confirmed deaths
News from the UK:
UK - 4,000,000 confirmed cases
UK - 116,000 confirmed deaths
UK has the highest number of deaths in Europe. (And, as mentioned below on Jan 26th, UK numbers are minimums.)
On the positive side:
US - 36,000,000 vaccinated, including
US - 12,000,000 fully vaccinated
UK - 14,000,000+ vaccinated
Feb 8th 2021
US - 27,000,000 confirmed cases
US - 463,000 confirmed deaths
World - 106,000,000 confirmed cases
World - 2,300,000 confirmed deaths
On the positive side:
US - 31,600,000 vaccinated, including
US - 9,100,000 fully vaccinated
Feb 7th 2021
South Africa suspends Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine rollout - study reports ‘minimal’ protection against variant B.1.351.
Jan 31st 2021
US - 26,000,000 confirmed cases
US - 440,000 confirmed deaths
On the positive side:
US - 25,000,000 have received at least one dose of vaccine, including
US - 5,400,000 who are fully vaccinated
Jan 30th 2021
UK -The Guardian January's daily UK death toll averages more than 1,000
Jan 26th 2021
News from UK:
UK - 3,700,000 confirmed cases, and
UK - 100,000 confirmed deaths
(UK figures include only people who have died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus, so unfortunately this is a minimum number. Some report 100,000 deaths already on Jan 7th.)
Jan 26th 2021
World - 100,000,000 confirmed cases
World - 2,100,000 confirmed deaths
Jan 23rd 2021
US - 25,000,000 confirmed cases
US - 414,000 confirmed deaths
From The New York Times (emphasis is mine)
Experts say that as staggering as that figure is, it significantly understates the true number of people in the country who have been infected and the scope of the nation’s failure to contain the spread of the virus.
Starting with the first reported case in the country last January, it took the United States more than nine months to reach 10 million cases.
By the last day of 2020, the country had added another 10 million cases in just seven weeks. Getting to 25 million took about three more weeks.
(It took the US 4 days to add 1,000,000 cases from Jan 19th to 23rd.)
Jan 19th 2021
US - 24,000,000 confirmed cases
US - 400,000 confirmed deaths
World - 95,000,000 confirmed cases
World - 2,000,000 confirmed deaths
In about a week we will reach 100,000,000 worldwide cases, and 25,000,000 in the US.
These numbers mean that the US has roughly 25% of confirmed cases and roughly 20% of confirmed deaths.
Jan 1st 2021
US - 20,000,000 confirmed cases
Dec 23rd 2020
US - 11,000,000 confirmed cases
Dec 14th 2020
US - 300,000 confirmed deaths
Nov 26th 2020
UK - 75,000 confirmed deaths
Nov 21st 2020
US - 10,000,000 confirmed cases
World - 50,000,000 confirmed cases
Oct 30th 2020
US - 9,000,000 confirmed cases
Sep 22nd 2020
US - 200,000 confirmed deaths
Aug 31st 2020
US - 6,000,000 confirmed cases
World - 25,000,000 confirmed cases
Aug 9th 2020
US - 5,000,000 confirmed cases
Jul 8th 2020
US - 3,000,000 confirmed cases
Jun 10th 2020
US - 2,000,000 confirmed cases
May 27th 2020
US - 100,000 confirmed deaths
May 23rd 2020
UK - 50,000 confirmed deaths
Apr 26th 2020
World - 2,800,000 confirmed cases
World - 200,000 confirmed deaths
Apr 2nd 2020
World - 1,000,000 confirmed cases
World - 51,000 confirmed deaths
Mar 26th 2020 - The US becomes the country hardest hit by the pandemic
US - 80,000 confirmed cases
US - 1,000 confirmed deaths
Mar 11th 2020
WHO declares a pandemic
Feb 29th 2020
US - First US death reported; this was thought to be the first at the time.
Feb 14th 2020
First confirmed death in Europe, in France.
Feb 6th 2020
US - First confirmed death (confirmed on Apr 21st)
Feb 2nd 2020
First confirmed death outside China (what was considered first at the time)
Jan 31st 2020
WHO declares Coronavirus a global health emergency.
Jan 30th 2020
UK - First confirmed death in the UK (confirmed in August)
Jan 21st 2020
US - First confirmed case in the US.
Jan 11th 2020
China reports first death.
Dec 2019
The virus emerges in a market in Wuhan, China.
