Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Situation Report – 34
• No new countries reported cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
SITUATION IN NUMBERS
total and new cases in last 24 hours
Globally
78 811 confirmed (1017 new)
China
77 042 confirmed (650 new)
2445 deaths (97 new)
Outside of China
1769 confirmed (367 new)
28 countries
17 deaths (6 new)
Pandemic Seems Likely as Coronavirus Outbreaks Worsen in Several Countries.
On Friday, the head of the World Health Organization offered a stark warning about the chances of containing the global spread of the novel coronavirus amid ominous new outbreaks of the disease outside of China. “The window of opportunity is still there, but our window of opportunity is narrowing,” explained WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. By Sunday, it seemed clear that window may have already closed.
Authorities are now struggling to contain — and understand — escalating outbreaks in three countries, South Korea, Iran, and Italy, while additional countries, like Lebanon and Israel, have recently reported their first cases as well.