Current geographic distribution of COVID-19 in and outside
China
Figure 4A depicted distribution of confirmed and death cases of COVID-19
in China as of March 26, 2020. Hubei accounted for the majority of the
total confirmed (83.36%) and death (96.42%) number. The highest
confirmed case was in Hubei (67,801); clusters are notable in
neighboring provinces of Henan (1,275) and Hunan (1,018), as well as in
Guangdong (1,456) and Zhejiang (1,247) province. Despite the fact that
almost all death cases were in Hubei (3,174), Henan (22) and
Heilongjiang (13) were on the top as well. Outside Hubei, the death toll
is indeed low and some provinces reported none.
Outside of China, there were 427,086 confirmed cases reported in 198
countries and the total death number were 20,037 as of March
26, 2020. The total daily new confirmed case outsides China
exceeded those in China on February 26. The highest confirmed case was
in Italy (80,539), followed by U.S.A
(68,334) and Spain (56,188). The top
three death toll were in in Italy (8,165), Spain (4,089) and Iran
(2,234). The overall CFR varies in countries with Italy (10.14%), Iran
(7.60%) and Spain (7.28%) to be in detail.