China (COVID)

1795 severe cases , a total of 259 deaths, a total of 243 cured and discharged patients http://www.chinacdc.cn/jkzt/crb/zl/szkb_11803/jszl_11809/202002/t20200201_212109.html

A total of 213 deaths and 171 cases were cured and discharged http://www.chinacdc.cn/jkzt/crb/zl/szkb_11803/jszl_11809/202001/t20200131_212064.html

170 death cases,124 cumulative cures and discharges from 31 provinces http://www.chinacdc.cn/jkzt/crb/zl/szkb_11803/jszl_11809/202001/t20200130_212029.html

1,239 cases of severe cases, 132 deaths, and 103 cases cured and discharged. http://www.chinacdc.cn/jkzt/crb/zl/szkb_11803/jszl_11809/202001/t20200129_211508.html

976 severe coronavirus cases, 106 cases of deaths, and 60 cases of discharged patients http://www.chinacdc.cn/jkzt/crb/zl/szkb_11803/jszl_11809/202001/t20200128_211493.html

Today's update from the China CDC indicated that the number of PCR confirmed cases (8,538), which represent a jump of 3,879 cases over yesterday's total, exceeded the total for confirmed cases in the SARS 2002/2003 outbreak , which lasted 6 months. The exponential growth went largely unnoticed. Media reports focused on confirmed cases, which are those that test positive twice. The first test is done locally at regional centers. The positives are then sent to the National Lab, in Wuhan, for confirmation. Confirmations have showed a steady rise in the past three days (1287-->1975-->2794). In contrast, the rise is suspect (presumptive positive) cases has …

The increase of 3879 nCoV cases in 1 day pushes the total above the SARS total. 461 cases of severe cases, 80 cases of deaths, and 51 cases of hospitalized cures. http://www.chinacdc.cn/jkzt/crb/zl/szkb_11803/jszl_11809/202001/t20200127_211470.html

4659 coronavirus cases is an increase of 1407 in 1 day. 324 severe cases. A total of 56 deaths and 49 cases were cured and discharged http://www.nhc.gov.cn/yjb/s7860/202001/9614b05a8cac4ffabac10c4502fe517c.shtml

444 new confirmed cases and 1118 new suspected cases total of 1287 confirmed cases total of 1965 suspected cases were reported in 20 provinces including 237 severe cases and 41 deaths (39 in Hubei Province, Hebei Province 1 case, 1 case in Heilongjiang) Source: National Health Commission website http://www.chinacdc.cn/jkzt/crb/zl/szkb_11803/jszl_11809/202001/t20200125_211422.html

Authorities in Wuhan took too long to impose travel ban so ‘golden time’ to contain spread of disease has passed, virologist Guan Yi says Vital evidence that could have been used to identify source of infection also lost when seafood market in Wuhan was washed clean, he says https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3047319/wuhan-coronavirus-full-blown-community-epidemic-chinese-health

Confirmed 2019-nCov Cases In China Increase To 830. 680 Suspects

including 177 severe cases and 25 deaths, A total of 1072 suspected cases were reported in 20 provinces https://news.sina.cn/gn/2020-01-24/detail-iihnzahk6077769.d.html

Quarantined Population In China At 35 Million and Growing. This thread will tally cities closed and restricted due to novel coronavirus..

Novel coronavirus cases in China increased to 1061, which includes 639 confirmed and 422 suspect (PCR confirmed at Provincial level). https://news.sina.cn/2020-01-24/detail-iihnzahk6053487.d.html

Cases of the new coronavirus pneumonia disease rose to 571 on the Chinese mainland as of Wednesday midnight, including 95 in critical condition, and fatalities rose to 17, China's National Health Commission said on Thursday morning. In addition, 393 suspected cases were reported as of Wednesday midnight. http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202001/23/WS5e28b8a0a310128217272dca.html

149 more confirmed coronavirus cases added to bring China case total to 440. 3 More Deaths bring the death total to 9.

Confirmed 2019-nCov Cases In China Increase To 309

77 more confirmed coronavirus cases added to bring China total to 291.

Tweets (in Chinese) are raising concerns about censorship of negative information in China regarding 2019-nCoV and atypical pneumonia cases. This thread will document concerns.

Virus spreads to more Chinese cities, President Xi says containment is priority Se Young Lee, Colin Qian 4 MIN READ BEIJING (Reuters) - An outbreak of a new coronavirus has spread to more Chinese cities, including the capital Beijing and Shanghai, national and local authorities confirmed on Monday, and a fourth case has been reported beyond China’s borders.…

Media Advisory For Immediate Release Friday, January 17, 2020 Contact: CDC Media Relations (404) 639-3286 CDC Telebriefing: Update on 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) What The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will provide an update on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus and proactive actions CDC is taking to be prepared. Who Nancy Messonnier, MD, Director, National Center for Immunization and Resp…

Report from MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis estimates 1200-6000 2019-nCoV cases in Wuhan based on confirmed exported cases on international commercial airline flights out of Wuhan https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Report.pdf

Media reports cite WHO acknowledgement of limited human to human transmission of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).