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First Known Cases of COVID-19
The first patient in Wuhan City, China reports symptoms similar to a coronavirus infection. -
China first began classifying COVID-19 as a contagion and a threat to spread.
China informs the World Health Organization (WHO) about a cluster of cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, Hubei Province. -
China begins communicating with the WHO about the new strain of pneumonia from an unknown origin.
WHO reported on social media that there was a cluster of pneumonia cases – with no deaths – in Wuhan, Hubei province. -
China informs the U.S. of the new strain of pneumonia from an unknown origin
WHO issued a comprehensive package of technical guidance online with advice to all countries on how to detect, test and manage potential cases, based on what was known about the virus at the time. -
The first death in Wuhan, China.
The first death from the new coronavirus is reported by Chinese state media. They say that a 61-year-old man in Wuhan has died. He had underlying health conditions. -
The first known case outside of Wuhan, China
A case of the coronavirus is confirmed in Thailand. It is the first recorded case outside of China. -
The first known case in Japan
The Japanese government confirmed the country's first case of the disease on 16 January 2020 -
The first known case in the us.
A Washington state resident becomes the first person in the United States with a confirmed case of the 2019 novel coronavirus, having returned from Wuhan on January 15, thanks to overnight polymerase chain reaction testing. -
The first known case in Taiwan.
The virus was confirmed to have spread to Taiwan on 21 January 2020, with the first case being a 50-year-old woman who had been teaching in Wuhan, China. -
The first death from COVID-19 in Italy.
An elderly man in the northern city of Padua has died after being infected with the coronavirus, becoming the first Italian victim of the disease, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Friday. -
The first known case in Vietnam.
Vietnam’s Health Ministry said a father from China and his son were sent to the hospital with fevers and have tested positive with the new virus. The ministry announced the father, 66-year-old Li Ding, came to the country from Wuhan on Jan. 13 -
The first known case in France.
The first three cases detected were reported in France on 24 January 2020 and had onset of symptoms on 17, 19 and 23 January respectively -
The first known case in Canada.
The first Canadian case of the novel coronavirus was reported by Health Canada on Jan. 25, 2020, in a Toronto man who had recently travelled to Wuhan, China. -
The first known case in Germany.
On 27 January 2020, the first case in Germany was confirmed near Munich, Bavaria -
The first known case in the U.K.
The first confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK were on January 29, when two Chinese nationals fell ill at the Staycity Aparthotel -
The first known case in Russia.
The virus was confirmed to have spread to Russia on 31 January 2020, when two Chinese citizens in Tyumen (Siberia) and Chita tested positive for the virus, with both cases being contained. -
First know case in Italy.
Italy’s first official COVID-19 case was detected on February 21st. -
The first death from COVID-19 in the U.S.
The first death in the United States from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was a Washington state man in his 50s who had underlying health conditions, state health officials announced on Feb 29 -
The first known case in Colorado
The COVID-19 pandemic reached Colorado on March 5, 2020, when the state's first two cases were confirmed -
the first death from COVID-19 in Colorado.
Colorado's first death from the coronavirus was identified as an El Paso County woman in her 80s who died in a Colorado Springs hospital on Friday -
A map of the world showing the spread and intensity of the spread of COVID-19
A map of the world showing the spread and intensity of the spread of COVID-19 as of approximately May 7, 2020 - some date between May 1st and May 7th.