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COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory

This is a general overview and status of places affected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan, the capital of the province of Hubei in China in December 2019.

COVID-19 pandemic

Probably bats, possibly via pangolins[2][3][4]

First case of COVID-19: 17 November 2019


Public health emergency of international concern: 30 January 2020 – 5 May 2023 (3 years, 3 months and 5 days)

775,293,616[6]

7,044,637[6]

  • 5,630,429,229[6] (total vaccinated)
  • 5,176,875,893[6] (fully vaccinated)
  • 13,570,878,634[6] (doses administered)

The figures presented are based on reported cases and deaths. While in several high-income countries the ratio of total estimated cases and deaths to reported cases and deaths is low and close to 1, for some countries it may be more than 10[7] or even more than 100.[8] Implementation of COVID-19 surveillance methods varies widely.[9]

Maps and timelines

Total cases

World maps showing total confirmed cases, and total confirmed cases per million, by country. Data is from the COVID-19 Data Repository by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.[note 2]

States with no confirmed cases

As of March 2023, Turkmenistan in Central Asia is the only sovereign state in the world which has not reported any confirmed cases of COVID-19.[97][98][99] Cases are strongly suspected, but none have been officially reported. Private citizens have reported hospitals being overwhelmed with patients showing COVID-19-like symptoms, including a very large outbreak in a women's prison that apparently began September 2020. The Turkmenistan government has instead reported a large increase in atypical pneumonia cases.


The last territory in the world to have its first COVID infection was Tokelau, a dependency of New Zealand that reported five cases 21 December 2022.[100]

COVID-19 pandemic death rates by country

Nyabola, Nanjala. Strange and Difficult Times: Notes on a Global Pandemic (London: Hurst & Company, 2022) covers Adrica, especially Kenya.

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Center for Disease Control, US data

COVID-19 Map

and historical data by Johns Hopkins University

COVID-19 Global Cases