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COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 pandemic: global spread of SARS-CoV-2 from Wuhan, China, in December 2019; WHO declared a PHEIC on January 30, 2020, and a pandemic on March 11, 2020, with over 7 million deaths reported worldwide.
COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory
Country-by-country record of COVID-19: WHO pandemic declaration 11 March 2020, 776.8M confirmed cases and 7M+ deaths across 234 countries, versus 14.8–18.2M estimated excess deaths for 2020–2021, with income-linked gaps in testing, vaccination, and reporting.
COVID-19 pandemic death rates by country
Country-level COVID-19 death rates, comparing reported COVID-19 deaths with excess mortality; WHO estimated 14.9 million excess deaths for 2020-21, 2.74 times reported deaths, with India, the US, and Russia highest.
COVID-19 pandemic deaths
COVID-19 pandemic deaths: about 7 million officially reported, but WHO estimates 14.9 million excess deaths for 2020-21, 2.74 times reported figures; IHME and The Economist estimate about 18 million.
COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: national experience of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic from 25 January 2020, marked by border closures, lockdowns and a suppression strategy, then a vaccination-led transition; nearly 12 million cases and 22,315 deaths by end 2023.
COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh: first case 8 March 2020, lockdowns from 26 March 2020, five waves, mass vaccination from early 2021, BDT 1284.4 billion stimulus, USD 5.9 billion international support, largest COVAX recipient.
COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: national outbreak from the first Latin American case on 26 February 2020 through May 2022; three waves, 30.9 million cases, 666,391 reported deaths, 792,000 estimated excess deaths, weak federal response, state-led measures, and severe Indigenous impact.
COVID-19 pandemic in California
The COVID-19 pandemic in California ran from early 2020 to 2023, bringing the nation's first statewide stay-at-home order and more confirmed cases and deaths than any other state.
COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
COVID-19 pandemic in Canada: national occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 from the first confirmed case January 27, 2020 (Toronto traveller from Wuhan) through five waves, border closures, mass vaccination from December 2020, and the Omicron wave of late 2021.
COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
COVID-19 pandemic in Europe: regional outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 from 24 January 2020 (first case, France); WHO epicenter May 2020; over 2 million deaths in the WHO European Region; PHEIC ended 5 May 2023.
COVID-19 pandemic in Florida
COVID-19 pandemic in Florida: state-level course of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak from 2020 onward. Record 15,299 daily cases July 12, 2020; severe Delta wave; ~100,000 deaths; DeSantis administration banned COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates.
COVID-19 pandemic in France
The COVID-19 pandemic in France was part of the global SARS-CoV-2 outbreak beginning in January 2020, with Europe's first confirmed cases, three national lockdowns, and about 170,000 deaths.
COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: national course from the first case on 27 January 2020 through lockdowns, waves (175,013 first-wave and 2,158,013 second-wave cases), vaccination, and the end of emergency measures on 7 April 2023.
COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana
The COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana was the country's experience of the global SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, first confirmed in March 2020, with 152,896 cases and a 0.94 percent case fatality ratio by February 2022.
COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary
The COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary began in March 2020, saw a suppressed first wave followed by a far deadlier second wave, and recorded about 30,000 deaths.
COVID-19 pandemic in India
The COVID-19 pandemic in India was part of the global COVID-19 pandemic, beginning in January 2020 with a nationwide lockdown and over 44 million cases.
COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia: first cases 2 March 2020; highest case count in Southeast Asia in 2020; Delta wave 2021; over 6.6 million cases and 159,000 reported deaths by late 2022, with excess mortality estimated far higher.
COVID-19 pandemic in Israel
COVID-19 pandemic in Israel: five infection waves from February 2020, early and repeated lockdowns, a record-speed Pfizer vaccination campaign from 27 December 2020, green passes, and a 2024 State Comptroller audit of crisis governance.
COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: Italy was the first Western country heavily hit by SARS-CoV-2, locked down nationally on 9 March 2020, recorded over 188,000 deaths, and had Europe's highest excess mortality (2.7 per 1,000) among 13 western European countries, 2020-2022.
COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
COVID-19 pandemic in Japan (新型コロナウイルス感染症): SARS-CoV-2 outbreak from early 2020, managed through non-compulsory Three Cs measures, cluster tracing, strict border controls, and reclassification to Class 5 on May 8, 2023.
COVID-19 pandemic in Karnataka
COVID-19 pandemic in Karnataka: state-level SARS-CoV-2 outbreak from March 2020; first Indian state to invoke the Epidemic Disease Act 1897; first death in Kalaburagi 13 March 2020; severe 2021 Delta wave with oxygen shortages.
COVID-19 pandemic in Kerala
COVID-19 pandemic in Kerala, India: first Indian state with a case (30 January 2020, Thrissur, Wuhan returnee); lowest state CFR (0.3% vs India 1.1% by May 2021), lowest age-adjusted mortality, and an 11.1% fall in all-cause deaths in 2020.
COVID-19 pandemic in Maharashtra
COVID-19 pandemic in Maharashtra, India, from 9 March 2020 (first case, Pune); Mumbai's BMC ward war rooms and the Dharavi 4T containment model drew WHO praise, while the state led national case and death counts through both waves.
COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
The COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China began in Wuhan in late 2019; zero-COVID containment from April 2020 ended in December 2022, unleashing a massive Omicron wave.
COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia: first case 25 January 2020; Movement Control Order lockdowns from 18 March 2020; 4,566,055 cases and 35,765 deaths by June 2022; National Immunization Programme from 16 February 2021; legal epidemic status ended 1 May 2025.
COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico: began 28 February 2020 with an imported case in Mexico City; four infection waves, low testing (~17 tests/1,000), excess mortality 325.1 per 100,000 in 2020-21, and over 135.9 million vaccine doses by October 2024.
COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state)
COVID-19 pandemic in New York State, first case March 1, 2020; New York City became the U.S. epicenter; statewide PAUSE lockdown, $105 billion in federal unemployment aid, over 20.6 million vaccine doses, emergency ended June 24, 2021.
COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand (2020-2023): elimination strategy, 25 March 2020 lockdown, borders closed 19 March 2020, zero cases for 102 days, about 3,250 deaths, Royal Commission inquiry with 39 recommendations.
COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea
COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea: border closure from early 2020, zero reported cases until May 12, 2022 Omicron BA.2 acknowledgment, 4.77 million fever cases, 74 official deaths, victory declared August 10, 2022 without vaccination.
COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio
The COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio began with its first cases on March 9, 2020, and by early 2025 had caused nearly 4 million cases and 45,000 deaths.