As the coronavirus reaches more than 100 countries and the WHO declares nCoV as a global pandemic, Pharmaceutical Technology lists the top ten most affected countries by the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in China, by the number of cases.
China, including Hong Kong and Macau, is the worst affected country by the novel coronavirus (nCoV) outbreak, officially named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization (WHO).
China witnessed more than 3,000 deaths and approximately 74% of the global coronavirus cases as of 09 March, which quickly came down to approximately 58% by 13 March and to less than 50% by 16 March as the number of cases in rest of the world surged and Europe became the new epicentre.