A pneumonia outbreak was first reported in Central China's Wuhan city in December. The disease, which has spread across China and beyond, is caused by a novel coronavirus.

March 12

China

Latest data released by National Health Commission by midnight, March 11, 2020.

- Chinese mainland reports 15 new infections (8 in Hubei), 11 new deaths (10 in Hubei)

Outside China

The latest figures reported by each government's health authority on March 12, 2020.

- Confirmed COVID-19 cases outside China rise to 37,371 with death toll surpassing 1,000: WHO (Read more)

- Trump says US will suspend all travel from Europe, excluding UK, starting Friday for 30 days (Read more)

- Chinese experts on mission to help Italy fight virus (Read more)

- Tom Hanks says he, wife Rita Wilson have coronavirus in Australia (Read more)

- Europe acts to counter coronavirus outbreak (Read more)

- India suspends tourist visas until April 15 amid COVID-19 scare (Read more)

March 11

China

A local resident walks past a sculpture at the intersection of Middle Huaihai Road and South Maoming Road, Huangpu district in Shanghai, on March 10, 2020. [Photo Gao Erqiang/chinadaily.com.cn]

- Local authorities asked businesses in Hubei to resume operations in an orderly manner while still maintaining tough restrictions on residents leaving the province (Read more)

- Beijing tightens quarantine checks at airports and epidemic prevention measures in foreign communities, as new coronavirus infection cases rise from abroad (Read more)

- Chinese mainland reports 24 new infections (13 in Hubei), 22 new deaths (all in Hubei) (Read more)

- Ten imported infections of the novel coronavirus are reported on Tuesday on the Chinese mainland (Read more)

Outside China

- 203 more deaths from COVID-19 have been reported worldwide in the past 24 hours as of Tuesday morning, lifting the global death toll to 4,012 (Read more)

- Number of COVID-19 cases tops 1,000 in US, Johns Hopkins University said (Read more)

- Italy passes 10,000 case milestone as outbreak ramps up (Read more)

- Iran's confirmed COVID-19 cases reach 9,000 on March 11 (local time)

- South Korea reports a jump in new coronavirus cases, reversing 11 days of slowing infections (Read more)

- China will provide Italy with medical supplies including face masks and increase exports of supplies and equipment (Read more)

- UK health minister has tested positive for novel coronavirus and is self-isolating (Read more)
- WTO suspends meetings until March 20 after coronavirus case (Read more)

March 10

China

Patients say goodbye to medics as the Wuchang makeshift hospital closes on March 10, 2020. [Photo by Ke Hao/for chinadaily.com.cn]

- Wuhan's makeshift hospitals close after last patients are discharged (Read more)

- President Xi arrives in Wuhan to inspect COVID-19 prevention and control; He visits Huoshenshan Hospital

- Six provincial-level regions clear of coronavirus (Read more)

- Chinese mainland reports 19 new infections of novel coronavirus (17 in Hubei), 17 new deaths (all in Hubei) (Read more)

Outside China

The cruise ship Grand Princess docks at the Port of Oakland as authorities prepare for passenger debarkation after 21 people on board have tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Oakland, California, US March 9, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]

- WHO warned the threat of novel coronavirus developing into a pandemic has become very real (Read more)

- Coronavirus containment measures to be extended to entire Italy (Read more)

- A total of 109,578 confirmed cases have been reported worldwide as of 10:00 CET Monday, WHO said (Read more)

- Over 750 COVID-19 cases reported in US as more community spread cases surface (Read more)

- The Grand Princess cruise ship that carries thousands of people, including 21 coronavirus patients, docked at the Port of Oakland (Read more)

- A woman in Panama has tested positive, marking the first such case in the Central American nation (Read more)

March 9

China

Ma Zengchen, a vegetable delivery man in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, prepares goods for customers. [Photo/Xinhua]

- The global outbreak of novel coronavirus pneumonia will last at least until June - Zhong Nanshan (Read more)

- China taking measures to reduce impact of other countries' controls on express mail to the country (Read more)

- China's courier sector outside Hubei province is expected to resume its full delivery capacity by the middle of the month (Read more)

- Chinese mainland reports 40 new infections of novel coronavirus (36 in Hubei), 22 new deaths (21 in Hubei) (Read more)

Outside China

An expert team dispatched by the Red Cross Society of China arrives in Iraq to support the Middle Eastern country's fight against COVID-19, on March 7, 2020. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

- WHO said over 50 countries, regions outside China see local transmission of COVID-19 (Read more)

- The ship Grand Princess will dock on Monday in Oakland, a California port near its original destination San Francisco (Read more)

- France bans gathering of over 1,000 people as COVID-19 infection increases (Read more)

-The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 550 as of midnight Sunday, Washington D.C. reported its first confirmed case (Read more)

- Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will be quarantined for two weeks (Read more)

- Iran reported 595 new cases to bring the total to 7,161 on Monday noon (local time)

March 8 

Outside China

A woman wearing a face mask walks along Wall Street after further cases of coronavirus were confirmed in New York City, New York, US, on March 6, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]

- WHO spokesperson says coronavirus has hit over 100 countries, regions (Read more)

- One tests positive for COVID-19 after conference also attended by US President Donald Trump (Read more)

- Argentina confirmed its first death caused by COVID-19, making it also the first COVID-19 death in Latin America (Read more)

- Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announces coronavirus quarantine on Lombardy, northern provinces (Read more)

China

Members of a medical team from ChinaJapan Friendship Hospital celebrate International Women's Day in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Sunday. They also celebrated the birthdays of five colleagues who were born in March. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/China Daily]

- Chinese mainland reports 44 new infections of novel coronavirus (41 in Hubei), 27 new deaths (all in Hubei) (Read more)

March 7

Outside China

Workers unload a delivery of disposable procedure gowns at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, a long-term care facility linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases, in Kirkland, Washington, US, on March 3, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]

- South Korea confirmed 274 more cases of the COVID-19 on March 7, raising the total number of infections to 7,041.

- Japan reported 1,137 confirmed cases in total as of 7:00 pm on March 7, including 12 deaths.

- The total number of coronavirus cases confirmed around the world surpassed 100,000. 

- 21 people on the Grand Princess cruise ship tested positive for coronavirus.  (Read more) 

- Nicola Zingaretti, leader of the second-biggest party in Italy's coalition parliament, tests positive for coronavirus.

- Italy reports 49 deaths from COIVD-19, biggest daily increase since outbreak. (Read more)

China 

A medical worker is seen together with empty beds inside the makeshift hospital built at the site of the Wuhan Living Room Exhibition Center, on March 6, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

- Chinese mainland reports 99 new infections of novel coronavirus (74 in Hubei), 28 new deaths (all in Hubei) (Read more)

March 6

China

A medical worker from Wuhan No 1 Hospital takes a picture of drawings on the wall left by her colleagues in Leishenshan makeshift hospital in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Wednesday. The Chinese characters read "Stay strong, Wuhan". [Photo/Xinhua]

- Chinese mainland reports 143 new infections of novel coronavirus (126 in Hubei), 30 new deaths (29 in Hubei) (Read more)

- A total of 36 imported cases of COVID-19 reported in China as of Thursday (Read more)

- Progress on vaccine not affected by coronavirus mutations (Read more)

- 919 recovered COVID-19 patients have donated blood plasma by Thursday for research, treatment (Read more)

Outside China

Medical workers carry a patient who are suspected of having coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in a Negative Pressure Isolation stretcher into a facility of Kyungpook National University Hospital in Daegu, South Korea, on March 6, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]

- Japan has canceled a memorial for victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami due to the coronavirus outbreak

- US officials ordered a cruise ship with 3,500 people aboard to stay back from the California coast until passengers and crew can be tested (Read more)

- Australia ordered its first school closure on Friday after a 16-year-old pupil tested positive for the coronavirus

- South Korea confirmed 309 more cases of the COVID-19 as of Friday afternoon, raising the total number of infections to 6,593

- Former Iranian ambassador to Syria dies of COVID-19 (Read more)

- Lawmakers in the US reached a deal to provide $8.3 billion in emergency funding to combat the novel coronavirus outbreak (Read more)

March 5

China

A nurse in a protective suit takes care of a non-coronavirus patient at Zuoling Street Community Healthcare Center in Wuhan, on March 5, 2020. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/chinadaily.com.cn]

- Chinese mainland reports 139 new infections of novel coronavirus (134 in Hubei), 31 new deaths (all in Hubei) (Read more)

- China honors 34 individuals posthumously for their contributions in fighting against the virus

Outside China

A medical worker sprays disinfectant at Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center where patients of the novel coronavirus disease of COVID-19 receive treatment in Daegu, South Korea, March 4, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]

- DPRK top leader Kim Jong-un sent his personal letter to ROK President Moon Jae-in to "convey his message of comfort" to the ROK people who are fighting against the COVID-19 outbreak (Read more)

- South Korea reports total coronavirus cases of 6,088 as of Thursday afternoon

- Italy closes schools and universities until March 15 because of coronavirus (Read more)

- The IMF is making available about $50 billion to help low-income and emerging market countries address COVID-19 (Read more)

- California declares state of emergency over the novel coronavirus (Read more), the third such US state after Washington and Florida

- Slovenia confirmed its first case of coronavirus

March 4

China

A worker disinfects a neighborhood in Wuhan. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/China Daily]

- Chinese mainland reports 119 new infections of novel coronavirus (115 in Hubei), 38 new deaths (37 in Hubei) (Read more)

- Over 6,700 inbound passengers show virus symptoms, with 75 confirmed with the infection by the end of Tuesday (Read more)

- 11 people including ex-head of Shandong's justice department under probe over cluster infections in a prison

Outside China

A woman wears a protective mask to prevent contracting the coronavirus at Guryong village in Seoul, South Korea, March 3, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]

- South Korea unveils $9.8b extra budget to boost consumption over COVID-19 (Read more)

- Italy may set up new quarantine zone as coronavirus death toll jumps (Read more)

- Poland reports first coronavirus case

- China sharing experience on COVID-19 'nothing short of excellence': WHO experts (Read more)

- China sends expert teams, supplies to Iran (Read more)

March 3

China

Volunteer Syed Zulfiqar Hussain Abbasi, a 56-year-old Pakistani, takes a child's temperature in his Beijing neighborhood on March 3, 2020. [Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn]

- Chinese mainland reports 125 new infections of novel coronavirus (114 in Hubei), 31 new deaths (all in Hubei) (Read more)

- Hubei to continue stringent prevention, control efforts as situation remains severe (Read more)

- Those stranded in Wuhan can apply for 300 yuan in subsidies per day, for a total of no more than 3,000 yuan each (Read more)

Outside China

While some people were wearing masks in Flushing, Queens, a New York City neighborhood with a large Chinese population, the area was bustling as usual on Feb 28, 2020, despite increased global fears about the spread of the coronavirus. [Photo by William Hennelly/China Daily]

- More than 2,000 test positive for coronavirus in Italy as death toll reaches 52 (Read more) 

- South Korea confirms 851 new cases of COVID-19, 5,186 in total (Read more)

- WHO chief says South Korea, Italy, Iran, Japan greatest concern for COVID-19 (Read more) 

- Emergency funds to help fight global spread (Read more)

- Australia confirms first person-to-person transmissions of COVID-19

March 2

China

A total of 164 newly-cured patients, including this patient standing next to a medical worker flashing a thumb's up sign, who recovered from novel coronavirus pneumonia were discharged from a makeshift hospital at the Wuhan Sports Center on March 2, 2020. [Photo by Ke Hao/for chinadaily.com.cn]

- Chinese mainland reports 202 new infections of novel coronavirus (196 in Hubei), 42 new deaths (all in Hubei) (Read more)

- Over 4,000 PLA medical personnel dispatched to aid epidemic control efforts in Wuhan since Jan 24 (Read more)

- Head of Hubei's justice department among those under probe for letting released prisoner leave Wuhan for Beijing (Read more)

Outside China

Medics prepare to transfer a patient on a stretcher to an ambulance at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, the long-term care facility linked to the two of three confirmed coronavirus cases in the state, in Kirkland, Washington, on March 1, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]

- South Korea confirms 599 more cases of COVID-19, 4,335 in total (Read more)

- Italy's COVID-19 cases total 1,694, vast majority not serious (Read more)

- Washington state confirms 2nd US coronavirus death (Read more); NY reports first case (Read more)

- Indonesia confirms first two coronavirus cases (Read more)

- Japan closes nearly all schools in bid to contain COVID-19

- Iran's Health Ministry says number of coronavirus cases at 1501, deaths at 66

March 1

China

The 98-year-old woman Gao and her daughter, as well as the medics, pose for a photo with big thumbs-up at Leishenshan Hospital in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, on March 1, 2020. [Photo by Gao Xiang/chinadaily.com.cn]

- Chinese mainland reports 573 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infections, 35 new deaths (Read more)

- Single-digit new COVID-19 cases reported outside Hubei

- 98-year-old coronavirus-infected patient discharged from hospital (Read more)

- Over 50% admitted coronavirus patients didn't have fever, research finds (Read more)

- Beijing reports two new imported novel coronavirus cases from Iran (Read more) 

- Govt asks Chinese in virus-hit countries to consider coming back (Read more)

Outside China

A couple wearing masks to prevent contacting the coronavirus rides on an escalator at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, March 1, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]

- South Korea reports 586 new coronavirus cases for the day, total at 3,736 (Read more)

- Coronavirus cases in Germany jump to 117; France, 100 cases (Read more); Spain, 71 cases; UK, 35 cases (Read more)

- The Louvre Museum was shut down due to the spreading coronavirus epidemic

- Iran raises death toll to 54 as the number of confirmed cases jumped overnight by more than half to 978 people

- Armenia reports first case of COVID-19

- Australia, US record first coronavirus death

- Saudi health ministry spokesman says no coronavirus infection detected so far in the kingdom

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