Coronavirus: A visual guide to the pandemic
Coronavirus has been spreading rapidly across the world, affecting 175 countries and claiming more than 21,000 lives.
There are more than 470,000 confirmed cases worldwide. Southern Europe is now at the epicentre of the crisis and the US is also facing a surge in cases.
This series of maps and charts will help you understand what is going on.
1. The global pandemic continues to grow
The virus is spreading rapidly in many countries, with nearly 400,000 confirmed cases outside China, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University.
The true figure for the number of people with coronavirus is thought to be much higher as many of those with milder symptoms have not been tested and counted.
Coronavirus global cases, 26 March 2020
This information is regularly updated but may not reflect the latest totals for each country.
Source: Johns Hopkins University, national public health agencies
Last updated on 26 March 2020, 03:00 GMT.
Italy has the highest death toll of any single country in the world with more than 7,503 deaths, many in the worst-hit region of Lombardy.
The US, Spain, Germany and Iran also have a large number of confirmed cases.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the US could become the next epicentre of the pandemic, given the "very large acceleration in cases".
New York is at the centre of the outbreak in the US, with more than half of the country's almost 60,000 cases.
Governor Andrew Cuomo warned the illness was spreading faster than "a bullet train" in his state.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has described his country as being "at war" with the death toll now at more than 3,600.
In India, a 21-day lockdown is beginning across the country.
China, on the other hand, says it has now all but stopped the spread of the disease, and that all new recorded cases are imported infections from other countries.
The coronavirus outbreak was declared a global pandemic by the WHO on 11 March. This is when an infectious disease is passing easily from person to person in many parts of the world at the same time.
The WHO said it took more than three months to reach the first 100,000 confirmed cases worldwide, but only 12 days to reach the next 100,000 and only four days to reach 300,000.
More than 80,000 people in China were diagnosed with the infection after its emergence in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province, in December.
But after the recent turnaround, more than three months later, it is planning to partially lift the lockdown in Wuhan on 8 April.
Other countries around the world are ramping up measures to try to slow the virus down. Governments have halted flights, locked down towns and cities and urged people to stay at home.
credits: bbc.com
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