COVID-19 pandemic cases in January 2020

This page 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]

Further information: COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 pandemic cases, COVID-19 pandemic deaths, and COVID-19 pandemic death rates by country. See also: Timeline of first confirmed case by country.

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For other months see COVID-19 pandemic cases. There is also a column there listing the date of the first case for each country. For more international statistics in table and map form see COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory.

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)[3]			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[4]	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	[5]	[6]	[7]	[8]	[9]	[10]	[11]	[12]	[13]	[14]	[15]
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