The novel coronavirus that originated in the Chinese city Wuhan - the capital of Hubei province - had killed 17,826 people in Greater China. As of June 7, 2022, there were 2,785,848 active cases with symptoms in the region.

How did it spread?

In late December 2019, the health authorities in Wuhan detected several pneumonia cases of unknown cause. Most of these patients had links to the Huanan seafood market. The virus then spread spread rapidly to other provinces when millions of Chinese migrant workers headed home for Chinese New Year celebrations. About five billion people left Wuhan before the start of the travel ban on January 23. Right before Chinese New Year, the central government decided to put Wuhan and other cities in Hubei province on lockdown. With further travel restrictions and cancellations of public celebration events, the number of infections surpassed 80 thousand by the end of February. On March 18, 2020, China reported no new local coronavirus COVID-19 transmissions for the first time after quarantine measures had been implemented. On March 31, 2020, the National Health Commission (NHC) in China announced that it would begin reporting the infection number of symptom-free individuals who tested positive for coronavirus. After no new deaths reported for first time, the Chinese government lifted ten-week lockdown on Wuhan on April 8, 2020. Daily life was returning slowly back to normal in the country.

What is COVID-19?

Coronaviruses originate in animals like camels, civets and bats and are usually not transmissible to humans. But when a coronavirus mutates, it can be passed from animals to humans. The new strain of coronavirus COVID-19 is one of the seven known coronaviruses that can infect humans causing fever and respiratory infections. China's National Health Commission has confirmed the virus can be transmitted between humans through direct contact, airborne droplets. Faecal-oral transmission could also be possible. Although the death toll of COVID-19 has surpassed that of SARS, its fatality rate is relatively low compared to other deadly coronavirus, such as SARS and MERS.

China COVID-19: Confirmed Case: New Increase data was reported at 17.000 Person in 10 May 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 14.000 Person for 09 May 2020. China COVID-19: Confirmed Case: New Increase data is updated daily, averaging 51.000 Person from Jan 2020 (Median) to 10 May 2020, with 112 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 15,152.000 Person in 12 Feb 2020 and a record low of 1.000 Person in 08 May 2020. China COVID-19: Confirmed Case: New Increase data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Health Commission. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GZ: COVID-19: No of Patient.

The dataset contains three columns: 1. Date: Contains the date 2. Total Cases: It provides details of the total number of covid cases. 3. Total Death: It provides details of the total number of deaths.

Data is extracted from : https://covidlive.com.au/country/china

In a survey among U.S. companies operating in China conducted in June 2022, about 44 percent of respondents stated that if China's COVID strategy changes, their views of the Chinese market would be reversible but it will take years to restore confidence. Collectively, 86 percent of U.S. companies surveyed believed that they would view the Chinese market positively when China changes its COVID-19 measures.

The number of COVID-19 vaccination doses administered in China rose to 3491077000 as of Oct 27 2023. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for China Coronavirus Vaccination Total.

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China recorded 86689 Coronavirus Recovered since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, China reported 4636 Coronavirus Deaths. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for China Coronavirus Recovered.

China recorded 99256991 Coronavirus Cases since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, China reported 5226 Coronavirus Deaths. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for China Coronavirus Cases.

China COVID-19: Confirmed Case data was reported at 118,147.000 Person in 08 Jan 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 104,874.000 Person for 07 Jan 2023. China COVID-19: Confirmed Case data is updated daily, averaging 978.500 Person from Feb 2020 (Median) to 08 Jan 2023, with 1068 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 118,147.000 Person in 08 Jan 2023 and a record low of 55.000 Person in 09 Jun 2020. China COVID-19: Confirmed Case data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Health Commission. The data is categorized under High Frequency Database’s Disease Outbreaks – Table CN.GZ: COVID-19: No of Patient.

On March 10, 2023, the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center ceased collecting and reporting of global COVID-19 data. For updated cases, deaths, and vaccine data please visit the following sources:Global: World Health Organization (WHO)U.S.: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)For more information, visit the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.This feature layer contains the most up-to-date COVID-19 cases and latest trend plot. It covers China, Canada, Australia (at province/state level), and the rest of the world (at country level, represented by either the country centroids or their capitals)and the US at county-level. Data sources: WHO, CDC, ECDC, NHC, DXY, 1point3acres, Worldometers.info, BNO, state and national government health departments, and local media reports. . The China data is automatically updating at least once per hour, and non-China data is updating hourly. This layer is created and maintained by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at the Johns Hopkins University. This feature layer is supported by Esri Living Atlas team and JHU Data Services. This layer is opened to the public and free to share. Contact us.

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The new SARS-like coronavirus has spread around China since its outbreak in Wuhan - the capital of central China’s Hubei province. As of June 7, 2022, there were 2,785,848 active cases with symptoms in Greater China. The pandemic has caused a significant impact in the country's economy.

Fast-moving epidemic

In Wuhan, over 3.8 thousand deaths were registered in the heart of the outbreak. The total infection number surged on February 12, 2020 in Hubei province. After a change in official methodology for diagnosing and counting cases, thousands of new cases were added to the total figure. There is little knowledge about how the virus that originated from animals transferred to humans. While human-to-human transmission has been confirmed, other transmission routes through aerosol and fecal-oral are also possible. The deaths from the current virus COVID-19 (formally known as 2019-nCoV) has surpassed the toll from the SARS epidemic of 2002 and 2003.

Key moments in the Chinese coronavirus timeline

The doctor in Wuhan, Dr. Li Wenliang, who first warned about the new strain of coronavirus was silenced by the police. It was announced on February 7, 2020 that he died from the effects of the coronavirus infection. His death triggered a national backlash over freedom of speech on Chinese social media. On March 18, 2020, the Chinese government reported no new domestically transmissions for the first time after a series of quarantine and social distancing measures had been implemented. On March 31, 2020, the National Health Commission (NHC) in China started reporting the infection number of symptom-free individuals who tested positive for coronavirus. Before that, asymptomatic cases had not been included in the Chinese official count. China lifted ten-week lockdown on Wuhan on April 8, 2020. Daily life was returning slowly back to normal in the country. On April 17, 2020, health authorities in Wuhan revised its death toll, adding some 1,290 fatalities in its total count.

COVID-19: Number of Death: Year to Date: Hubei: Wuhan data was reported at 3,869.000 Person in 13 Dec 2022. This stayed constant from the previous number of 3,869.000 Person for 12 Dec 2022. COVID-19: Number of Death: Year to Date: Hubei: Wuhan data is updated daily, averaging 3,869.000 Person from Jan 2020 (Median) to 13 Dec 2022, with 1069 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,869.000 Person in 13 Dec 2022 and a record low of 1.000 Person in 14 Jan 2020. COVID-19: Number of Death: Year to Date: Hubei: Wuhan data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Health Commission. The data is categorized under High Frequency Database’s Disease Outbreaks – Table CN.GZ: COVID-19: No of Death. Clinical diagnosis included in since 12Feb 自2月12日起纳入临床诊断

China COVID-19: Number of Death: Year to Date data was reported at 4,633.000 Person in 10 May 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 4,633.000 Person for 09 May 2020. China COVID-19: Number of Death: Year to Date data is updated daily, averaging 3,213.000 Person from Jan 2020 (Median) to 10 May 2020, with 113 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4,633.000 Person in 10 May 2020 and a record low of 4.000 Person in 19 Jan 2020. China COVID-19: Number of Death: Year to Date data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Health Commission. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GZ: COVID-19: No of Death.

As of June 6, 2022, the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that originated in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in China, had infected over 2.1 million people and killed 14,612 in the country. Hong Kong is currently the region with the highest active cases in China.

From Wuhan to the rest of China

In late December 2019, health authorities in Wuhan detected several pneumonia cases of unknown cause. Most of these patients had links to the Huanan Seafood Market. With Chinese New Year approaching, millions of Chinese migrant workers travelled back to their hometowns for the celebration. Before the start of the travel ban on January 23, around five million people had left Wuhan. By the end of January, the number of infections had surged to over ten thousand. The death toll from the virus exceeded that of the SARS outbreak a few days later. On February 12, thousands more cases were confirmed in Wuhan after an improvement to the diagnosis method, resulting in another sudden surge of confirmed cases. On March 31, 2020, the National Health Commission (NHC) in China announced that it would begin reporting the infection number of symptom-free individuals who tested positive for coronavirus. On April 17, 2020, health authorities in Wuhan revised its death toll, adding 50 percent more fatalities. After quarantine measures were implemented, the country reported no new local coronavirus COVID-19 transmissions for the first time on March 18, 2020.

The overloaded healthcare system

In Wuhan, 28 hospitals were designated to treat coronavirus patients, but the outbreak continued to test China’s disease control system and most of the hospitals were soon fully occupied. To combat the virus, the government announced plans to build a new hospital swiftly. On February 3, 2020, Huoshenshan Hospital was opened to provide an additional 1,300 beds. Due to an extreme shortage of health-care professionals in Wuhan, thousands of medical staff from all over China came voluntarily to the epicenter to offer their support. After no new deaths reported for first time, China lifted ten-week lockdown on Wuhan on April 8, 2020. Daily life was returning slowly back to normal in the country.

A data set on COVID-19 pandemic in China, which covers daily statistics of confirmed cases (new and cumulative), recoveries (new and cumulative) and deaths (new and cumulative) at city level. All data are extracted from Chinese government reports.

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Updated to May 13, 2021. World COVID-19 daily cases with basemap, starting from January 22, 2020.

China COVID-19: Confirmed Case: Year to Date data was reported at 82,918.000 Person in 10 May 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 82,901.000 Person for 09 May 2020. China COVID-19: Confirmed Case: Year to Date data is updated daily, averaging 80,860.000 Person from Jan 2020 (Median) to 10 May 2020, with 113 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 82,918.000 Person in 10 May 2020 and a record low of 201.000 Person in 19 Jan 2020. China COVID-19: Confirmed Case: Year to Date data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Health Commission. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GZ: COVID-19: No of Patient.

China COVID-19: under Medical Observation data was reported at 5,501.000 Person in 10 May 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5,840.000 Person for 09 May 2020. China COVID-19: under Medical Observation data is updated daily, averaging 15,359.500 Person from Jan 2020 (Median) to 10 May 2020, with 112 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 189,660.000 Person in 07 Feb 2020 and a record low of 922.000 Person in 20 Jan 2020. China COVID-19: under Medical Observation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Health Commission. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GZ: COVID-19: No of Patient.