Johns Hopkins Realtime Tracker Shows 2794 Global Confirmed Cases Of nCoV 2019
As many as 2794 confirmed cases of Novel Coronavirus (nCoV 2019) have been reported globally, showed Johns Hopkins Centre which has built up an online dashboard for tracking the worldwide spread of the coronavirus outbreak that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
This dashboard gives real time update on the rising incidences of coronavirus, the data which is collected from World Health Organization (WHO), China Health Commission (CHD) and other reliable sources.
Till today, about 2737 cases were reported from China, including Hong Kong SAR (8 confirmed cases), Thailand 8, Hong Kong 8, Macau 6, America 5, Japan 4, Australia 4 , Malaysia 4, Singapore 4, Taiwan 4, Korea 3, France 3, Vietnam 2, Canada 1 and Nepal 1, data presented by the Johns Hopkins Centre .
According to WHO, Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause respiratory illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). A novel coronavirus (nCoV) is a new strain that has not been previously identified in humans.
On 30 December 2019, cases of pneumonia of unknown virus circulated in Wuhan city reported by China Health Commission.