There are 74,248,878 confirmed cases, 30,603,194 active cases, 41,996,204 recoveries, and 1,649,480 deaths in about 191 countriesterritories and 26 cruisenaval ships. Most of the identified imported cases arrived from Europe and the United States rather than from China where the virus originated.
About COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory in brief
The first human cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019. The most recent country or territory to report its first confirmed case was Samoa on 18 November 2020. As of 07: 28 UTC on 17 December 2020, there are 74,248,878 confirmed cases, 30,603,194 active cases, 41,996,204 recoveries, and 1,649,480 deaths in about 191 countriesterritories and 26 cruisenaval ships. Most of the identified imported cases arrived from Europe and the United States rather than from China where the virus originated.
It is believed that there is widespread under-reporting in many African countries with less developed healthcare systems. The pandemic was confirmed to have spread to South America on 26 February 2020 when Brazil confirmed a case in São Paulo. On 22 May, the WHO declared South America an epic pandemic. The CO VID-19 pandemic spread to a number of cruise ships, including crowded semi-enclosed and semi-closed environments, which contributed to the heightened risk and rapid spread of disease.
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