Confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Updated: 1652HRS, 26th March, 2020

	Confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
	Updated: 1652HRS, 26th March, 2020
	Location	Confirmed cases	Cases /1M people	Recovered	Deaths
	Worldwide	471,036	67	114228.000000	21,284
	China	81,285	60.67	74,051	3,287
	Italy	74,386	1233.24	9,362	7,503
	United States	69,047	221.59	616	1,046
	Spain	49,515	1059.53	5,367	3,647
	Germany	37,323	448.87	3,547	206
	Iran	27,017	324.79	9,625	2,077
	France	25,233	376.49	3,281	1,331
	Switzerland	10,909	1272.91	131	153
	United Kingdom	9,574	141.74	140	465
	South Korea	9,241	178.71	4,144	131
	Netherlands	6,437	369.41	—	357
	Austria	5,560	624.54	9	31
	Belgium	4,937	428.72	547	178
	Canada	3,409	90.19	369	35
	Norway	3,084	574.56	—	14
	Portugal	2,995	291.44	22	43
	Brazil	2,554	12.7	6	59
	Sweden	2,526	244.45	16	44
	Turkey	2,433	29.67	26	59
	Australia	2,431	95.33	118	11
	Israel	2,369	260.33	58	5
	Denmark	1,861	332.17	—	32
	Malaysia	1,796	54.8	199	19
	Czechia	1,654	155.31	10	6
	Luxembourg	1,333	2171.38	6	8
	Ireland	1,329	270.04	5	7
	Ecuador	1,173	71.59	3	28
	Chile	1,142	64.98	22	3
	Japan	1,128	8.83	301	42
	Poland	1,051	27.38	1	14
	Pakistan	1,022	5.7	21	8
	Thailand	934	13.56	70	4
	Romania	906	46.7	86	17
	Saudi Arabia	900	26.3	29	2
	Greece	821	76.24	36	22
	Finland	792	143.45	10	1
	Indonesia	790	3.2	31	58
	Iceland	737	2023.28	68	1
	South Africa	709	12.06	12	0
	Russia	658	4.57	29	2
	Philippines	636	6.71	26	38
	Singapore	631	111.91	160	2
	India	606	0.46	42	10
	Qatar	537	203.28	41	0
	Slovenia	528	252.14	10	5
	Peru	480	14.62	4	9
	Colombia	470	9.74	8	4
	Egypt	456	4.98	95	21
	Panama	443	109.81	0	6
	Croatia	442	108.43	22	1
	Bahrain	419	294	190	4
	Hong Kong	410	57.98	106	4
	Mexico	405	3.35	4	5
	Estonia	404	304.13	9	1
	Dominican Republic	392	36.51	3	10
	Serbia	384	52.89	15	4
	Lebanon	333	55.44	20	6
	United Arab Emirates	333	34.69	52	2
	Iraq	316	8.49	75	27
	Argentina	301	6.7	51	4
	New Zealand	283	56.82	27	0
	Armenia	265	90.6	16	0
	Algeria	264	6.14	65	19
	Lithuania	255	91.26	1	2
	Bulgaria	242	34.57	4	3
	Taiwan	235	9.88	29	2
	Hungary	226	23.13	21	10
	Morocco	225	6.32	7	6
	Latvia	221	115.11	1	0
	Slovakia	216	39.63	7	0
	San Marino	208	6238	4	21
	Kuwait	195	42.19	43	0
	Costa Rica	177	36.44	2	2
	North Macedonia	177	85.21	1	3
	Tunisia	173	14.76	1	5
	Jordan	172	16.53	1	0
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	166	47.27	2	3
	Andorra	164	2152.88	1	3
	Uruguay	162	47.04	0	0
	Albania	146	50.75	17	5
	Burkina Faso	146	7.26	10	7
	Ukraine	145	3.45	1	5
	Vietnam	141	1.56	17	0
	Malta	129	261.37	2	0
	Moldova	125	46.61	2	1
	Cyprus	124	105.97	3	3
	Brunei	109	246.38	2	0
	Venezuela	106	3.62	15	0
	Sri Lanka	102	4.71	3	0
	Oman	99	22.37	17	0
	Senegal	99	6.42	9	0
	Cambodia	96	6.28	10	0
	Azerbaijan	93	9.27	10	2
	Ghana	93	2.99	0	4
	Belarus	86	9.06	29	0
	Côte d'Ivoire	80	3.37	1	0
	Georgia	75	20.14	10	0
	Afghanistan	74	2.3	1	1
	Kazakhstan	72	3.9	0	0
	Kosovo	71	39.22	0	1
	Cameroon	70	2.99	2	1
	Palestine	60	11.88	16	1
	Uzbekistan	60	1.77	0	0
	Cuba	57	5.08	0	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	57	41.79	0	0
	Liechtenstein	51	1322.72	0	0
	Nigeria	51	0.29	2	1
	Democratic Republic of the Congo	48	0.71	1	2
	Mauritius	48	37.92	0	2
	Montenegro	47	74.46	0	1
	Kyrgyzstan	44	6.89	0	0
	Rwanda	41	3.64	0	0
	Bangladesh	39	0.24	7	5
	Paraguay	37	5.17	0	3
	Honduras	36	3.95	0	0
	Bolivia	32	2.8	0	0
	Macao	31	55.78	10	0
	Puerto Rico	31	—	2	0
	Guernsey	30	457.51	0	0
	Guam	29	—	1	0
	Kenya	28	0.59	1	0
	Monaco	27	704.96	1	0
	Jamaica	25	8.65	2	1
	Guatemala	24	1.39	4	1
	Isle of Man	23	276.02	0	0
	Togo	23	2.89	1	0
	Madagascar	19	0.76	0	0
	Barbados	18	65.71	0	0
	U.S. Virgin Islands	17	—	0	0
	Jersey	16	163.5	0	0
	Uganda	14	0.34	0	0
	Maldives	13	33.12	3	0
	Ethiopia	12	0.14	0	0
	Tanzania	12	0.22	0	0
	Zambia	12	0.72	0	0
	Djibouti	11	12.44	0	0
	Mongolia	10	3.05	0	0
	El Salvador	9	1.4	0	0
	Equatorial Guinea	9	7.37	0	0
	Haiti	8	0.74	0	0
	Suriname	8	14.33	0	0
	Dominica	7	—	0	0
	Namibia	7	2.69	0	0
	Niger	7	0.34	0	1
	Seychelles	7	74.29	0	0
	Benin	6	0.55	0	0
	Gabon	6	3.03	0	1
	Fiji	5	5.4	0	0
	Guyana	5	6.36	0	1
	Mozambique	5	—	0	0
	Syria	5	—	0	0
	The Bahamas	5	12.78	0	0
	Cape Verde	4	7.41	0	1
	Eritrea	4	0.7	0	0
	Eswatini	4	3.52	0	0
	Guinea	4	0.32	1	0
	Republic of the Congo	4	0.78	0	0
	Vatican City	4	—	0	0
	Angola	3	0.07	0	0
	Antigua and Barbuda	3	29.71	0	0
	Central African Republic	3	0.65	0	0
	Chad	3	0.22	0	0
	Laos	3	—	0	0
	Liberia	3	0.62	0	0
	Myanmar (Burma)	3	—	0	0
	Nepal	3	0.1	1	0
	Saint Lucia	3	16.85	0	0
	Sudan	3	0.07	0	1
	The Gambia	3	1.46	0	1
	Zimbabwe	3	0.19	0	1
	Bhutan	2	2.7	0	0
	Guinea-Bissau	2	—	0	0
	Mali	2	—	0	0
	Mauritania	2	0.47	0	0
	Nicaragua	2	0.32	0	0
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2	—	0	0
	Belize	1	—	0	0
	Grenada	1	—	0	0
	Libya	1	—	0	0
	Papua New Guinea	1	0.12	0	0
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	9.12	0	0
	Somalia	1	0.09	0	0
	Timor-Leste	1	—	0	0
	American Samoa	0	—	0	0
	Northern Mariana Islands	0	—	0	0

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26-3-2020:

Homemade cloth masks aren't ideal, but given the present shortages of medical-grade protective gear in the midst of a pandemic, they may be the best option for some people.

The new coronavirus, named SARS-CoV-2, is a dangerous, airborne illness. It has already spread to 169 countries, including in the United States. Its rapid spread and a lack of preparation by government officials has left doctors, nurses and other frontline workers without access to the protective equipment necessary to defend themselves from the pathogen as they treat patients. It's also left the public without the option of masking up en masse to slow the spread of the disease.

In the past, infectious disease experts questioned the value of homemade cloth masks as a defense against viruses like the flu. But now those same experts are urging medical professionals who only have access to limited protective equipment to use homemade cloth masks if they have absolutely no other option. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends that health care providers with absolutely no other option use a bandana or scarf when treating patients with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. However,this should ideally be paired with a face shield, and even then, the impact on disease reduction is unknown. 

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