Global surge in coronavirus infections

The coronavirus pandemic is growing faster than ever worldwide, with almost twice as many countries reporting a spike in new cases over the past two weeks as those reporting significant declines


NEW COVID-19 CASES OVER PAST 14 DAYS (data as of July 27)

Increasing trend 
Mostly the same 
Decreasing trend
No data 


NUMBER OF DAILY COVID-19 CASES (000s) 

Dec 31: China alerts WHO to pneumonia-like cases in city of Wuhan
Jan 7: Cause of disease identified as new coronavirus
Jan 30: WHO declares global health emergency
Mar 11: WHO says that virus crisis has become global pandemic
July 24: Record increase of over 284,000 cases
Total: Over 16 million cases, almost 650,000 deaths*

300 
200 
100 
0
	Dec 30, 2019 Jan 27, 2020 Feb 24 Mar 23	Apr 20 May 18 Jun 15 Jul 13


*As of July 27


Sources: JHU, New York Times, World Health Organisation
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