According to World o Meters, a website tracking the coronavirus outbreak, the total global confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) just topped 300,000. Almost all nations have had confirmed cases and every single continent except Antarctica has been hit so far.

So far here is the tally by country at the time of writing:

Country,

Other Total

Cases New

Cases Total

Deaths New

Deaths Total

Recovered Active

Cases Serious,

Critical Tot Cases/

1M pop China 81,008 +41 3,255 +7 71,740 6,013 1,927 56 Italy 53,578 +6,557 4,825 +793 6,072 42,681 2,857 886 Spain 25,374 +3,803 1,378 +285 2,125 21,871 1,612 543 USA 22,738 +3,355 288 +32 171 22,279 64 69 Germany 21,854 +2,006 77 +9 209 21,568 2 261 Iran 20,610 +966 1,556 +123 7,635 11,419 245 France 14,459 +1,847 562 +112 1,587 12,310 1,525 222 S. Korea 8,799 +147 102 +8 2,612 6,085 59 172 Switzerland 6,373 +758 74 +18 15 6,284 141 736 UK 4,145 +162 233 +56 65 3,847 20 61 Netherlands 3,631 +637 136 +30 2 3,493 354 212 Austria 2,847 +198 8 +2 9 2,830 15 316 Belgium 2,815 +558 67 +30 263 2,485 288 243 Norway 2,119 +160 7 1 2,111 28 391 Sweden 1,764 +125 20 +4 16 1,728 69 175 Denmark 1,326 +71 13 +4 1 1,312 42 229 Portugal 1,280 +260 12 +6 5 1,263 26 126 Malaysia 1,183 +153 8 +5 114 1,061 26 37 Canada 1,087 13 +1 14 1,060 1 29 Australia 1,072 +144 7 46 1,019 2 42 Brazil 1,021 +51 18 +7 2 1,001 18 5 Japan 1,007 35 215 757 55 8 Czechia 995 +162 6 989 7 93 Israel 883 +178 1 36 846 15 102 Pakistan 720 +219 3 13 704 3 Diamond Princess 712 8 567 137 15 Ireland 683 3 5 675 6 138 Turkey 670 9 661 8 Luxembourg 670 +186 8 +3 6 656 3 1,070 Chile 537 +103 8 529 7 28 Greece 530 +35 13 +3 19 498 20 51 Finland 521 +71 1 +1 10 510 2 94 Ecuador 506 +80 7 3 496 2 29 Poland 492 +67 5 13 474 3 13 Qatar 481 +11 27 454 6 167 Iceland 473 +64 1 +1 5 467 1 1,386 Indonesia 450 +81 38 +6 20 392 2 Singapore 432 +47 2 +2 140 290 14 74 Thailand 411 +89 1 44 366 7 6 Saudi Arabia 392 +48 16 376 11 Slovenia 383 +42 1 382 12 184 Romania 367 +59 52 315 14 19 India 329 +80 5 23 301 0.2 Bahrain 310 +12 1 125 184 4 182 Philippines 307 +77 19 +1 13 275 1 3 Russia 306 +53 1 16 289 2 Estonia 306 +23 2 304 1 231 Egypt 285 8 42 235 3 Hong Kong 273 +17 4 98 171 4 36 Peru 263 4 1 258 5 8 South Africa 240 +38 2 238 4 Lebanon 230 +53 4 8 218 4 34 Iraq 214 +6 17 51 146 5 Croatia 206 +76 1 5 200 50 Mexico 203 +39 2 +1 4 197 1 2 Panama 200 1 1 198 7 46 Colombia 196 +51 1 195 4 Slovakia 178 +41 7 171 2 33 Kuwait 176 +17 27 149 5 41 Serbia 171 +36 1 2 168 4 20 Bulgaria 163 +36 3 3 157 3 23 Armenia 160 +24 1 159 2 54 Argentina 158 4 +1 3 151 3 Taiwan 153 +18 2 28 123 6 UAE 153 +13 2 38 113 2 15 San Marino 151 20 +6 4 127 12 4,450 Algeria 139 +45 15 +4 65 59 3 Latvia 124 +13 1 123 66 Costa Rica 113 2 2 109 2 22 Dominican Republic 112 +40 3 +1 109 10 Uruguay 110 110 32 Hungary 103 +18 4 7 92 6 11 Vietnam 94 +3 17 77 2 1.0 Bosnia and Herzegovina 93 +4 1 +1 2 90 1 28 Faeroe Islands 92 +12 3 89 1,883 Andorra 88 +13 1 87 2 1,139 Morocco 86 3 2 81 1 2 Jordan 85 1 84 8 North Macedonia 85 +9 1 84 1 41 Cyprus 84 +9 84 1 70 Lithuania 83 +14 1 1 81 1 30 Brunei 83 +5 1 82 2 190 Moldova 80 +14 1 1 78 3 20 Sri Lanka 77 +4 3 74 2 4 Albania 76 +6 2 2 72 2 26 Belarus 76 +7 15 61 8 Malta 73 +9 2 71 1 165 Venezuela 65 1 64 2 Burkina Faso 64 +24 3 +2 5 56 3 Tunisia 60 +6 1 1 58 7 5 Azerbaijan 53 +9 1 11 41 5 Cambodia 53 +2 2 51 3 Kazakhstan 53 +1 53 3 New Zealand 52 52 11 Oman 52 +4 13 39 10 Palestine 52 +4 17 35 10 Guadeloupe 51 1 50 4 127 Georgia 49 +5 1 48 1 12 Trinidad and Tobago 49 +40 49 35 Senegal 47 5 42 3 Réunion 45 +7 45 50 Ukraine 41 3 1 37 0.9 Uzbekistan 41 +8 41 1 Liechtenstein 37 +9 37 970 Martinique 32 1 31 7 85 Cameroon 27 2 25 1 Bangladesh 24 +4 2 +1 3 19 0.1 Afghanistan 24 1 23 0.6 Honduras 24 24 2 DRC 23 +5 23 0.3 Nigeria 22 +10 1 21 0.1 Cuba 21 1 20 2 Jamaica 19 1 2 16 6 Bolivia 19 +3 19 2 Ghana 19 +3 19 0.6 Paraguay 18 1 +1 17 1 3 Macao 18 +1 10 8 28 French Guiana 18 +3 18 60 Guatemala 17 +5 1 16 0.9 Puerto Rico 17 +3 17 6 Rwanda 17 17 1 Togo 16 +7 16 2 French Polynesia 15 +4 15 53 Guam 15 +1 15 89 Mauritius 14 +2 1 +1 13 11 Channel Islands 14 +2 14 81 Ivory Coast 14 +5 1 13 0.5 Kyrgyzstan 14 +8 14 2 Montenegro 14 14 22 Maldives 13 3 10 24 Monaco 11 11 280 Gibraltar 10 2 8 297 Mongolia 10 +4 10 3 Ethiopia 9 9 0.08 Kenya 7 7 0.1 Mayotte 7 7 26 Seychelles 7 7 71 Barbados 6 6 21 Equatorial Guinea 6 6 4 Tanzania 6 6 0.1 U.S. Virgin Islands 6 +3 6 57 Guyana 5 1 4 6 Aruba 5 1 4 47 Gabon 4 1 3 2 Bahamas 4 4 10 New Caledonia 4 +2 4 14 Saint Martin 4 4 103 Suriname 4 4 7 Cayman Islands 3 1 2 46 Curaçao 3 1 2 18 Cabo Verde 3 +2 3 5 CAR 3 3 0.6 Congo 3 3 0.5 El Salvador 3 +2 3 0.5 Liberia 3 +1 3 0.6 Madagascar 3 3 0.1 Namibia 3 3 1 St. Barth 3 3 304 Zimbabwe 3 +2 3 0.2 Sudan 2 1 1 0.05 Angola 2 +1 2 0.06 Benin 2 2 0.2 Bermuda 2 2 32 Bhutan 2 2 3 Fiji 2 +1 2 2 Greenland 2 2 35 Guinea 2 2 0.2 Haiti 2 2 0.2 Isle of Man 2 2 24 Mauritania 2 2 0.4 Nicaragua 2 2 0.3 Saint Lucia 2 2 11 Zambia 2 2 0.1 Nepal 1 1 0 0.03 Antigua and Barbuda 1 1 10 Chad 1 1 0.06 Djibouti 1 1 1 Gambia 1 1 0.4 Vatican City 1 1 1,248 Montserrat 1 1 200 Niger 1 1 0.04 Papua New Guinea 1 1 0.1 St. Vincent Grenadines 1 1 9 Sint Maarten 1 1 23 Somalia 1 1 0.06 Eswatini 1 1 0.9 Timor-Leste 1 +1 1 0.8 Total: 300,227 24,680 12,948 1,568 94,625 192,654 9,369

Table provided by World o Meters

Global pandemic

Virtually every single corner of the globe has been hit by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Europe and the United States are the new epicenter of the outbreak. In Europe right now things are already beyond critical and many experts are expecting that most of Europe is still more than 30 days away from the worst of it.

EUROPE

Italy

Italy just surpassed 53,578 total cases with 793 deaths today which makes a total of 4,825 deaths. Italy has a very old population, and this is definitely one explanation for the high mortality rate in the country.

The average age of death by coronavirus infection in Italy presently stands at 81 years old. According to officials 98% of those who died had an underlying medical condition.

In northern Italy, the military has been called in to help enforce the lock down to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus that is spreading so rapidly. Some of the worst hit areas are in the Lombardy region where hospitals are overflowing with sick patients.

Spain

Spain just surpassed 25,374 total cases with 285 deaths today which makes a total of 1,378 deaths. Like Italy, Spain also has a very old population, and this is definitely one explanation for the high mortality rate in the country.

80% of Madrid is expected to catch the virus

According to a Madrid city official, Isabel Diaz Ayuso, 80% of the population is expected to catch the coronavirus. She then went on to say, “They will have mild symptoms,” but then added that “it will be a problem” for the older segment of the population and those with underlying conditions, which presently makes up around 15% of the population.

Germany

Germany just surpassed 21,854 total cases with 9 deaths today which makes a total of 77 deaths.

According to Germany’s Chancellor, Angel Merkel, up to 70% of Germany’s population could become infected with the coronavirus at a news conference recently. This would be equivalent to approximately 58 million infected.

UNITED STATES

The US just surpassed 22,738 total cases with 32 deaths today which makes a total of 288 deaths for the country.

Below is a State by State breakdown of the US’ cases as of Saturday morning

USA

State Total

Cases New

Cases Total

Deaths New

Deaths Total

Recovered Active

Cases New York 10,356 +1,958 56 +10 10,300 Washington 1,524 83 124 1,317 New Jersey 1,327 +437 16 +5 1,311 California 1,274 +67 24 +1 6 1,244 Florida 659 +96 12 +1 647 Louisiana 585 +48 16 +2 569 Illinois 585 5 2 578 Michigan 554 +2 4 +1 550 Georgia 507 +22 14 493 Texas 473 +79 5 4 464 Massachusetts 413 1 1 411 Pennsylvania 391 +88 2 +1 389 Colorado 363 4 359 Tennessee 300 +67 1 +1 299 North Carolina 246 +70 246 Wisconsin 220 +10 4 +1 1 215 Connecticut 194 4 190 Maryland 190 +41 2 +1 4 184 Ohio 174 +1 3 +1 171 Nevada 161 +52 2 159 Virginia 152 +29 2 1 149 Mississippi 141 +61 1 140 Minnesota 138 +23 1 +1 24 113 Indiana 129 +43 3 126 South Carolina 126 3 +2 123 Alabama 125 +19 125 Oregon 114 4 +1 110 Utah 112 112 Arizona 108 +30 1 +1 1 106 Arkansas 100 +4 100 District of Columbia 77 +6 3 74 Missouri 74 +9 3 +1 71 Iowa 65 +20 65 Kentucky 64 +16 2 2 60 Maine 56 56 New Hampshire 56 56 Rhode Island 54 54 Oklahoma 53 +4 1 1 51 Kansas 52 +3 1 51 New Mexico 43 43 Delaware 40 +2 40 Nebraska 38 +1 38 Hawaii 37 +11 37 Idaho 36 +5 36 Vermont 29 2 27 North Dakota 26 26 Wyoming 23 +4 23 Montana

21 +3 21 South Dakota 14 1 13 Alaska 14 +2 14 West Virginia 8 +1 8 Diamond Princess Cruise 49 49 Grand Princess Cruise 23 1 22 Others 45 +11 1 +1 44 Total: 22,738 3,345 288 32 171 22,279

Table provided by World o Meters

California

California expects 56% of the population to be infected in 8 an week period.

According to California Governor Gavin Newsom, 56% of California’s residents are expected to be infected over an 8 week period.

This equates to 22,400,000 of California’s 40 million residents, infected in the next 2 months.

Washington

Washington state was hit very hard early on with the coronavirus, and it sent shock waves around the country as it made its mark on the aging population in the state’s nursing home facilities.

New York

The hardest hit state so far in the United States is New York with over 10,356 confirmed cases and 56 deaths so far. FEMA has declared New York a ‘Major Disaster.’

The situation is so bad, that everything is closed except essential businesses, and a strict 6 foot rule has been put in place between people in public places. People have been ordered to stay home except for essential activities such as shopping, medical, or working in an ‘essential business.’

Below is a breakdown of coronavirus cases in New York by county.

Cases by county:

New York City: 5,683 Queens: 1,514 Manhattan: 1,402 Brooklyn: 1,740 Bronx: 736 Staten Island: 285 Unknown: 6

Queens: 1,514

Manhattan: 1,402

Brooklyn: 1,740

Bronx: 736

Staten Island: 285

Unknown: 6

Albany: 61

Allegany: 2

Broome: 2

Chenango: 2

Clinton: 2

Delaware: 1

Dutchess: 36

Erie: 31

Essex: 1

Fulton: 1

Genesee: 1

Greene: 2

Hamilton: 2

Herkimer: 2

Jefferson: 1

Livingston: 1

Monroe: 32

Montgomery: 2

Nassau: 754

Niagara: 3

Oneida: 2

Onondaga: 8

Ontario: 3

Orange: 84

Putnam: 7

Rensselaer: 8

Rockland: 101

Saratoga: 24

Schenectady: 21

Schoharie: 1

Suffolk: 371

Sullivan: 8

Tioga: 1

Tompkins: 7

Ulster: 12

Warren: 1

Washington: 1

Wayne: 1

Westchester: 1,091

Wyoming: 2

Table provided by Live Science

75 million ordered to stay home

In the US we are already starting to see very draconian measures ordering some 75 million Americans to stay home for anything non essential to try to curb the spread of the virus.

It is clear that the best plan going forward is to practice social distancing, stay inside as much as possible and don’t forget good hygiene.