An enlarged version without the red bars around it (approx. Due to its size, this animation takes a moment to load. Please note that loading the animation may take a moment. The absolute number of reported cases visualised in each map is documented in the number that is shown in the bottom left corner of the animation. In this animation, each cartogram is shown proportional to the number of cases reported in each country. The following map animation documents the spread of the disease during the first 12 months of WHO data reporting, covering the period from 21 January 2020 to 01 January 2021.
The disease is now called COVID-19 (transmitted through the SARS-CoV-2 virus) and has been characterised as a global pandemic on 11 March 2020 due to the ‘ the alarming levels of spread and severity.’ One year after the (known) outbreak in China (as of 4 January 2021) there have been 83,910,386 confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally, including 1,839,660 deaths, which were reported to WHO. First broadly referred to as Coronavirus, the outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January. Two and a half weeks later () WHO started releasing regular situation reports of this previously unknown virus disease that was first reported to the organisation’s country office in China on 31st December 2019. Investigations are underway to identify the cause of this illness.” This tweet sent out by the World Health Organization (WHO) one year ago broke the news of what was to become the defining global health challenge in 2020. “ #China has reported to WHO a cluster of #pneumonia cases -with no deaths- in Wuhan, Hubei Province 🇨🇳.
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