COVID-19 pandemic cases in January 2020

This article contains the number of cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reported by each country and territory to the World Health Organization in January 2020 and published in the latter's daily 'situation reports'.[1]

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Cumulative Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) cases in January 2020[2]

Date	Jan 21	Jan 22	Jan 23	Jan 24	Jan 25	Jan 26	Jan 27	Jan 28	Jan 29	Jan 30	Jan 31
World	282	314	581	846	1,320	2,014	2,798	4,593	6,065	7,818	9,826
doubling (days)[lower-alpha 1]			2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
World except China	4	5	10	16	23	29	37	56	68	82	106
doubling (days)			1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4
Total countries/territories/areas	4	5	8	10	10	11	12	15	16	19	20
China[lower-alpha 2]	278	309	571	830	1,297	1,985	2,761	4,537	5,997	7,736	9,720
Japan	1	1	1	1	3	3	4	6	7	11	14
Thailand	2	2	4	4	4	5	5	14	14	14	14
Singapore				1	3	4	4	7	7	10	13
Hong Kong			1	2
South Korea	1	1	1	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	11
Taiwan		1	1	1
Australia					3	4	4	5	7	7	9
Malaysia						3	4	4	4	7	8
Macao			1	2
USA			1	1	2	2	5	5	5	5	6
France					3	3	3	3	4	5	6
Vietnam				2	2	2	2	2	2	2	5
Germany								1	4	4	5
UAE									4	4	4
Canada							1	2	3	3	3
Italy											2
Nepal					1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Cambodia								1	1	1	1
Sri Lanka								1	1	1	1
Finland										1	1
India										1	1
Philippines										1	1
References	[3]	[4]	[5]	[6]	[7]	[8]	[9]	[10]	[11]	[12]	[13]
Notes: The minimum number of days since fewer than half the current number of cases was reported Before 24 January's WHO situation report, "China" means Mainland China, in other words, excludes Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. After 25 January's WHO situation report, "China" means Greater China, in other words, includes Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.