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There are nearly two million confirmed cases of coronavirus in 185 countries and almost 120,000 people have died.

The United States now has about three times as many confirmed cases as any other country.

This series of maps and charts tracks the spread of the virus since it emerged in China in December last year.

How many deaths and recoveries have there been?

The virus is spreading rapidly in many countries and the death toll is still climbing - but the majority of people are recovering from the infection.

The country with the highest number of cases is the US, according to figures collated by Johns Hopkins University. With about 580,000 confirmed cases, it has nearly seven times the official number recorded in China.

China's official death toll from the outbreak is just over 3,300 - but the US, Italy, Spain, France and UK have each recorded more than 10,000 deaths.

Critics of the Chinese government, however, have questioned whether the country's official numbers can be trusted.

Coronavirus global cases, 14 April 2020

This information is regularly updated but may not reflect the latest totals for each country.

	Cases	Deaths
USA	581,370	23,568
Spain	170,099	17,756
Italy	159,516	20,465
France	136,779	14,967
Germany	130,072	3,194
UK	88,621	11,329
China	83,302	3,345
Iran	73,303	4,585
Turkey	61,049	1,296
Belgium	30,589	3,903
Netherlands	26,554	2,823
Switzerland	25,688	1,138
Canada	25,680	780
Brazil	23,723	1,355
Russia	18,328	148
Portugal	16,934	535
Austria	14,041	368
Israel	11,586	116
Sweden	10,948	919
Ireland	10,647	365
South Korea	10,564	222
India	10,453	358
Peru	9,784	216
Japan	7,645	143
Ecuador	7,529	355
Chile	7,525	82
Poland	6,934	245
Romania	6,633	331
Norway	6,605	134
Australia	6,366	61
Denmark	6,318	285
Czech Republic	6,059	143
Pakistan	5,707	96
Mexico	5,014	332
Saudi Arabia	4,934	65
Philippines	4,932	315
Malaysia	4,817	77
Indonesia	4,557	399
United Arab Emirates	4,521	25
Serbia	4,054	85
Panama	3,472	94
Luxembourg	3,292	69
Qatar	3,231	7
Dominican Republic	3,167	177
Ukraine	3,102	93
Finland	3,064	59
Belarus	2,919	29
Singapore	2,918	9
Colombia	2,852	112
Thailand	2,613	41
Argentina	2,277	98
South Africa	2,272	27
Egypt	2,190	164
Greece	2,145	99
Algeria	1,983	313
Morocco	1,763	126
Moldova	1,712	35
Iceland	1,711	8
Croatia	1,650	25
Hungary	1,458	109
Iraq	1,378	78
New Zealand	1,366	9
Bahrain	1,361	6
Estonia	1,332	28
Kuwait	1,300	2
Slovenia	1,212	55
Azerbaijan	1,148	12
Kazakhstan	1,091	14
Lithuania	1,062	24
Armenia	1,039	14
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,037	39
Uzbekistan	998	4
Puerto Rico	903	45
North Macedonia	854	38
Cameroon	848	12
Bangladesh	803	39
Slovakia	769	2
Oman	727	4
Cuba	726	21
Tunisia	726	34
Diamond Princess cruise ship	712	12
Bulgaria	685	32
Afghanistan	665	21
Cyprus	662	12
Latvia	655	5
Andorra	646	29
Lebanon	632	20
Ivory Coast	626	6
Costa Rica	612	3
Ghana	566	8
Niger	548	13
Burkina Faso	515	27
Uruguay	483	8
Albania	467	23
Kyrgyzstan	430	5
Honduras	397	25
Taiwan	393	6
Réunion	391
Jordan	391	7
Malta	384	3
San Marino	371	36
Bolivia	354	28
Nigeria	343	10
Mauritius	324	9
Guinea	319
Palestinian Territories	308	2
Djibouti	298	2
Senegal	291	2
Kosovo	283	7
Montenegro	274	3
Georgia	272	3
Vietnam	265
Isle of Man	242	2
DR Congo	235	20
Guernsey	219	6
Sri Lanka	218	7
Jersey	217	3
Kenya	208	9
Mayotte	207	3
Venezuela	189	9
Faroe Islands	184
Guatemala	167	5
Paraguay	159	7
Martinique	157	6
Guadeloupe	145	8
El Salvador	137	6
Brunei	136	1
Guam	133	5
Gibraltar	129
Rwanda	127
Mali	123	10
Cambodia	122
Trinidad and Tobago	113	8
Madagascar	106
Monaco	93	1
Aruba	92
French Guiana	86
Liechtenstein	79	1
Togo	77	3
Ethiopia	74	3
Jamaica	73	4
Barbados	72	4
Myanmar	62	4
Somalia	60	2
Congo	60	5
Liberia	59	6
Bermuda	57	5
Gabon	57	1
French Polynesia	55
Cayman Islands	54	1
Uganda	54
Sint Maarten	52	9
United States Virgin Islands	51	1
Bahamas	49	8
Tanzania	49	3
Guyana	47	6
Zambia	45	2
Haiti	40	3
Guinea-Bissau	38
Benin	35	1
Eritrea	34
Saint Martin	32	2
Mongolia	30
Sudan	29	4
Libya	26	1
Syria	25	2
Antigua and Barbuda	23	2
Chad	23
Equatorial Guinea	21
Mozambique	21
Maldives	20
Laos	19
Angola	19	2
New Caledonia	18
Belize	18	2
Zimbabwe	17	3
Fiji	16
Dominica	16
Malawi	16	2
Namibia	16
Saint Lucia	15
Eswatini	15
Grenada	14
Nepal	14
Curaçao	14	1
Botswana	13	1
Saint Kitts and Nevis	12
St Vincent and the Grenadines	12
Montserrat	11
Greenland	11
Seychelles	11
Central African Republic	11
Northern Mariana Islands	11	2
Sierra Leone	10
Cape Verde	10	1
Suriname	10	1
Turks and Caicos Islands	10	1
Nicaragua	9	1
Gambia	9	1
MS Zaandam cruise ship	9	2
Vatican	8
Mauritania	7	1
Saint Barthelemy	6
Western Sahara	6
Bhutan	5
Burundi	5	1
Falkland Islands	5
Timor-Leste	4
Sao Tome and Principe	4
South Sudan	4
British Virgin Islands	3
Anguilla	3
Papua New Guinea	2
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1
Yemen	1

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Source: Johns Hopkins University, national public health agencies. France now includes cases confirmed and suspected in retirement and nursing homes.

Last updated on 14 April 2020, 07:00 BST.

The outbreak was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (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 it took less than a week for the number to double from 500,000 to a million. It then took seven days to reach 1.5 million.

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.

China has now lifted many of the stringent measures it took to bring the disease under control. Last week, authorities eased travel restrictions in Wuhan, the city where the outbreak began in late 2019.

South Korea, where a major outbreak began in February, has also seen the number of new cases fall in recent weeks.

Governments across the world have halted flights, locked down towns and cities and urged people to stay at home.

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Europe still struggling - but signs of hope?

European countries have seen steep rises in cases and deaths, but slowing infection rates are raising hopes that strict social distancing measures are curbing the spread of the virus.

Italy has the highest toll outside the US, with more than 20,000 deaths so far, but recent data shows the infection rate is slowing.

The country was the first in Europe to record a large number of deaths and has been in lockdown since 9 March.

Some quarantine measures are now starting to be relaxed with certain shops, such as booksellers and stationery stores, reopening. The amount of activity depends on the region - for example, Lombardy in the north, which was the centre of Italy's coronavirus crisis, is keeping shops shut.

Spain's death toll is not far behind, with more than 18,000 - the third highest of any country. There are now around 172,000 confirmed cases in Spain, but data shows the rate of new cases is falling.

The Spanish government is also beginning to ease the strict lockdown that has been in place in the country since 14 March. People in manufacturing, construction and some services are being allowed to return to work, but must stick to strict safety guidelines. The rest of the population must still remain at home.

In the UK, there have been more than 88,000 confirmed cases and more than 11,000 deaths.

Like Spain, deaths in the UK grew rapidly at first, doubling faster than every two days. That rate of increase has now slowed.

The UK's first emergency field hospital, built in London's ExCel Centre, is now open. The NHS Nightingale hospital, as it has been called, has space for 4,000 intensive care beds. Others are planned across the UK.

New York is epicentre of US outbreak

With more than 580,000 cases, the US has the highest number of confirmed infections in the world.

In fact, New York state alone has more cases than any other country, with 195,000 so far. But Andrew Cuomo, the state's governor, says New York City is now witnessing a flattening curve of cases as the effects of social distancing measures begin to be seen.

The number of deaths from the virus in the US now stands at more than 23,000, and the rate is doubling about every three days at present.

Nearly all Americans are now living under some form of lockdown as states increase efforts to curb the outbreak.

President Trump has said he wants the economy to reopen with a "big bang" - but that would have to wait until the US was on the downward slope in terms of infections.

Federal coronavirus guidelines, such as social distancing, will be in place across the country until at least 30 April.

The outbreak is having a major economic impact, with figures showing the number of people making a new claim for unemployment benefits surging to a record high of more than 6.6 million in the week ending 4 April. In all, roughly 16 million Americans have lost their jobs since states began to bring in lockdown measures.

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Which countries are on lockdown?

The majority of countries in Europe now have strict lockdowns in place, with many only allowing citizens to leave their homes to buy essential items or exercise. In Paris, authorities have even banned exercise during the day to reduce the number of people out on the streets.

India's government told the country's 1.3 billion residents to stay at home last month and there are similar restrictions on movement and social contact across the world in countries like Argentina, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia and South Africa.

Data on planned journeys in major cities, from the travel app Citymapper, shows how people in places like London, Madrid, Istanbul and New York are now moving around far less than they were a few weeks ago.

The data shows that while Milan in northern Italy has been locked down for several weeks now, many other cities have been restricting movement for a much shorter period.

While movement is also down in the South Korean capital Seoul, the city hasn't ground to a halt like European capitals despite facing huge numbers of coronavirus cases - a sign of the country's decision to focus on widespread testing and contact tracing rather than imposing a lockdown.

In Russia, the Kremlin had insisted that there was "de facto no epidemic" in the country but President Putin has urged people to stay at home, which explains the significant drop in movement in Moscow.