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COVID-19

  • China Reports Cluster Outbreak

    Chinese health officials report 41 cases of a mysterious pneumonia mostly connected to one location.
  • First Death

    China reports it's first death
  • Thailand

    First coronavirus case outside of China is reported in Thailand.
  • United States

    First US case is reported: a 35-year-old man in Washington
  • Global Emergency

    WHO declares a global public-health emergency
  • US Travel Ban

    Trump bans entry into the US if traveler was in China within the last 14 days.
  • Phillipines

    First death outside China is recorded in the Philippines.
  • First Death of An American Citizen.

    US citizen dies in Wuhan.
  • 811 Deaths

    Death toll in China surpasses that of the SARS epidemic.
  • COVID-19

    WHO names the new coronavirus disease.
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    Spread

    Cases start to spike in South Korea. Outbreaks being in Iran & Italy. Outbreak in Spain quickly begins.
  • First Death in US

    US reports first death on American soil.
  • Italy Lockdown

    Italy places all residents on lockdown.
  • Pandemic

    WHO declared the outbreak a pandemic.
  • Travel Ban Expands

    Trump bans all travel from 26 European countries
  • Chinese Reports Subdues

    China reports no new locally spread infections for the first time since it all began.
  • New York

    New York City confirms 21,000 cases, making it the biggest epicenter of the outbreak in the US
  • US Surpasses Other Countries

    Total confirmed cases in the US reach 82,404; highest in the world.
  • Stay At Home!

    Roughly 80% of all Americans are under lockdown, as 35 states issue stay-at-home orders.
  • Our Current State

    As stay-at-home orders are still in place and the numbers growing everyday, Americans and others all around the world continue to fight against this virus in hopes that things can go back to "normal".