As of 8:00 March 20, according to available sources, 244,840 cases have been confirmed worldwide (26,432 cases over the past 24 hours; the increase made 12.1%). 163,540 cases have been registered in 152 countries worldwide except for China (26,367 cases over the past 24 hours; the increase made 19.2%), the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing of the Russian Federation reports.
According to the daily report of the National Health Commission of China, as of 19:00 Moscow time, March 19, a total of 81,300 cases of the disease have been registered in China. The increase made 65 cases (0.08%) over the past day. Fatal cases: 3,253 (increase: 3.0%, fatality: 4.0%; outside Hubei province: 0.90%).
Over the past 24 hours, the first case has been registered in the Republic of Niger (the patient had previously visited Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, Ghana, Burkina Faso), Chad (one case, from Cameroon), and Fiji (an imported case).