Outbreak Brief #9: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Global Epidemic

Outbreak Update: Since the last brief, 57,936 new novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases1 and 2,796 new deaths have been reported globally. Forty-two countries, including 19 new African countries, are reporting cases2, and 26 new countries, including three African countries, are reporting deaths3 for the first time. To date, 167,511 total COVID-19 confirmed cases, and 6,606 related deaths have been reported. The total number of confirmed cases (81,077; 48%) and deaths (3,218; 49%) reported from mainland China have now been surpassed by those reported from other countries. One hundred and fifty-one different countries or territories outside of China have reported 86,434 cases. To date 3,388 total deaths have been reported outside China from 44 countries. The case fatality rate for COVID-19 has remained between 2- 4% throughout the outbreak. WHO now considers Europe the epicenter of the pandemic. For more detailed information on cases and deaths being reported outside of Africa, refer to the
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