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The man in Wohan
On January 16, Japan's health ministry reported a confirmed case in a man who had also visited Wuhan. -
Unusual pnemonia
On December 31 last year, China alerted WHO to several cases of unusual pneumonia in Wuhan, a port city of 11 million people in the central Hubei province. The virus was unknown. -
SARS
On January 5, Chinese officials ruled out the possibility that this was a recurrence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus - an illness that originated in China and killed more than 770 people worldwide in 2002-2003. -
The new virus
On January 7, officials announced they had identified a new virus, according to the WHO. The novel virus was named 2019-nCoV and was identified as belonging to the coronavirus family, which includes SARS and the common cold. -
The first death
On January 11, China announced its first death from the virus, a 61-year-old man who had purchased goods from the seafood market. Treatment did not improve his symptoms after he was admitted to hospital and he died of heart failure on the evening of January 9. -
The first outside case
On January 13, the WHO reported a case in Thailand, the first outside of China, in a woman who had arrived from Wuhan. -
The third death
On January 20, China reported a third death and more than 200 infections, with cases also reported outside Hubei province including in the capital Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. -
550 infections
On January 22, the death toll in China jumped to 17 with more than 550 infections. Many European airports stepped up checks on flights from Wuhan. -
Almost 2000 infections
On January 26, the death toll rose to 56, with almost 2,000 cases confirmed as travel restrictions were increased and Hong Kong closed its Disneyland and Ocean Park theme parks. -
The declared coronavirus as a global emergency
On January 30, the WHO declared coronavirus a global emergency as the death toll in China jumped to 170, with 7,711 cases reported in the country, where the virus had spread to all 31 provinces. -
Too many deads
On February 3, China reported 57 new deaths, bringing its death toll to at least 361. The number of cases rose to 17,205 across the country. -
South Korea reported his first death
On February 20, South Korea reported its first death from the coronavirus. -
Lituania, Wales, Netherlands and Georgia reported their first cases
On February 28, Lithuania and Wales reported their first coronavirus cases, with Netherlands and Georgia reporting their second -
More 102,000 people infected
On March 7, the coronavirus had killed nearly 3,500 people and infected another 102,000 people across more than 90 countries. -
Europe the epicntre
On March 21, Europe remains the epicentre of the coronavirus with Italy reporting 793 new fatalities, its biggest daily increase, bringing the total number of deaths to 4,825 amid 53,578 cases. -
Spain with more than 6,000 cases
On March 24, Spain reported 6,600 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections to 39,673, while fatalities rose to 2,696 from 2,182 the previous day. -
More than 500,000 people cases
On March 26, the total number of coronavirus cases globally surpassed 500,000. -
Spain the Highest Dailly since the outbreak began
On April 2, Spain's coronavirus death toll rose to 10,003 from 9,053, according to the country's health officials, the highest daily toll since the outbreak began.
