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For the reason that new coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, China, in December, the infectious respiratory illness COVID-19 has unfold quickly inside China and to neighboring nations and past.

The first confirmed coronavirus instances exterior China occurred on Jan. 20, in Japan, Thailand and South Korea. On Jan. 21, the primary case within the U.S. was recognized in Washington state.

On Jan. 24, the primary two European instances had been confirmed in France. By Feb. 1, eight European nations had confirmed instances of COVID-19, and a month later that depend had risen to 24 nations with at the least 2,200 instances, most of them in Italy. On March 11, Italy eclipsed 10,000 instances and the World Well being Group declared the outbreak a pandemic — the primary since H1N1 in 2009. That is additionally when China, the unique epicenter, started seeing drops in each day counts of recent instances.

March additionally noticed exponential unfold of the virus all through the U.S., with all 50 states reporting instances by March 17.

This specific virus, formally often known as SARS-CoV-2, is just the third pressure of coronavirus recognized to steadily trigger extreme signs in people. The different two strains trigger Center East respiratory syndrome and extreme acute respiratory syndrome.

Click on right here to see the state-by-state breakdown of instances in the US.

This story was initially revealed on March 30, 2020.