Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): How to Prevent Coronavirus

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a new virus. The disease causes respiratory illness (like the flu) with symptoms such as a cough, fever, and in more severe cases, difficulty breathing. You can protect yourself by washing your hands frequently, avoiding touching your face, and avoiding close contact (1 meter or 3 feet) with people who are unwell.

How Coronavirus Disease Spreads

Coronavirus disease spreads primarily through contact with an infected person when they cough or sneeze. It also spreads when a person touches a surface or object that has the virus on it, then touches their eyes, nose, or mouth.

How to Prevent Coronavirus Disease

There’s currently no vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease (COVID-19). You can protect yourself and help prevent spreading the virus to others if you:

1. Do Wash your hands regularly for 20 seconds, with soap and water or alcohol-based hand rub
2. Cover your nose and mouth with a disposable tissue or flexed elbow when you cough or sneeze
3. Avoid close contact (1 meter or 3 feet) with people who are unwell
4. Stay home and self-isolate from others in the household if you feel unwell
5. Don’t Touch your eyes, nose, or mouth if your hands are not clean

Coronavirus Disease Statistics Across the World

Location	Confirmed	Cases per 1M people	Recovered	Deaths
Worldwide	677,622	96.17	141,698	31,750
United States	124,697	381.24	3,231	2,227
Italy	92,472	1,463.97	12,384	10,023
China	81,439	59.3	75,448	3,300
Spain	78,797	1,590.24	14,709	6,528
Germany	58,349	710.39	4,445	481
Iran	38,309	472.99	12,391	2,640
France	37,611	556.65	5,700	2,314
United Kingdom	17,136	264.06	140	1,028
Switzerland	14,352	2,115.25	1,595	282
Belgium	10,836	1,051.3	1,359	431
Netherlands	9,819	602.98	0	640
South Korea	9,583	187.76	5,033	152
Austria	8,450	1,078.36	225	68
Turkey	7,402	88.43	70	108
Canada	5,607	162.27	479	61
Portugal	5,170	484.23	43	100
Norway	4,048	759.63	0	23
Australia	3,966	173.27	224	16
Brazil	3,904	18.94	6	111
Israel	3,865	338.94	89	13
Sweden	3,460	344.21	18	112
Czechia	2,689	252.49	11	13
Malaysia	2,470	74.33	388	34
Ireland	2,415	462.36	5	36
Denmark	2,366	426.38	0	65
Chile	1,909	109.22	61	6
Ecuador	1,835	110.84	3	48
Luxembourg	1,831	2,287.08	40	18
Romania	1,760	81.99	169	37
Poland	1,717	46.18	15	19
Japan	1,693	13.35	404	52
Russia	1,534	10.72	64	8
Pakistan	1,526	7.59	28	13
Philippines	1,418	13.6	42	71
Thailand	1,388	20.72	111	7
Indonesia	1,285	4.93	64	114
Saudi Arabia	1,203	42.55	37	4
South Africa	1,187	21.4	31	1
Finland	1,163	214.32	10	9
Greece	1,061	98.44	52	32
India	979	0.77	87	25
Iceland	963	2,849.21	114	2
Panama	901	244.49	4	17
Mexico	848	6.73	4	16
Singapore	802	171.44	198	3
Argentina	745	16.4	51	19
Slovenia	730	416.33	10	11
Dominican Republic	719	67.85	3	28
Estonia	679	530.72	20	3
Peru	671	21.4	16	16
Serbia	659	81.72	42	10
Croatia	657	140.2	49	5
Colombia	608	12.86	10	6
Qatar	590	255.35	45	1
Hong Kong	582	56.61	112	4
Egypt	576	5.75	121	36
Iraq	506	12.39	131	42
Bahrain	499	356.68	272	4
New Zealand	476	106.2	56	1
United Arab Emirates	468	89.16	55	2
Algeria	454	10.96	29	29
Lebanon	438	70.54	30	10
Lithuania	437	146.49	1	7
Morocco	437	13.01	12	26
Armenia	424	168.66	30	3
Ukraine	418	9.75	5	9
Hungary	408	40.77	34	13
Latvia	347	184.87	1	0
Bulgaria	338	50.67	11	7
Bosnia and Herzegovina	323	98.61	8	6
Andorra	308	4,043.22	5	4
Taiwan	298	12.49	39	2
Costa Rica	295	58.53	3	2
Slovakia	292	48.67	7	0
Tunisia	278	24.7	2	8
Uruguay	274	84.3	0	0
Kazakhstan	265	13.62	18	1
North Macedonia	257	123.73	3	6
Jordan	246	28.02	18	1
Kuwait	235	83.09	64	0
San Marino	223	6,687.86	6	21
Albania	212	70.61	40	10
BurkinaFaso	207	10.69	21	11
Moldova	188	47.88	3	2
Azerbaijan	182	17.33	15	4
Vietnam	179	1.83	21	0
Oman	167	39.68	23	0
Cyprus	162	131.12	15	5
Malta	149	352.32	2	0
Senegal	142	9.53	27	0
Ghana	141	4.92	2	5
Côte d’Ivoire	140	5.9	3	0
Uzbekistan	133	4.91	7	2
Brunei	120	348.29	25	1
Cuba	119	10.68	4	3
Sri Lanka	115	5.13	10	1
Venezuela	113	3.58	39	2
Afghanistan	110	3.28	2	4
Honduras	110	11.98	3	2
Cambodia	103	6.57	21	0
Mauritius	102	74.96	0	2
Nigeria	97	0.5	3	1
Palestine	97	19.2	18	1
Belarus	94	9.74	32	0
Cameroon	91	3.73	2	2
Georgia	90	19	18	0
Kosovo	88	50.99	1	1
Montenegro	85	141.93	0	1
Bolivia	81	7.3	0	0
Trinidad and Tobago	74	60.8	1	2
Democratic Republic of the Congo	65	0.74	2	6
Jersey	61	595.62	0	1
Liechtenstein	61	590.5	12	0
Northern Cyprus	61	187.12	29	1
Rwanda	60	5.26	0	0
Kyrgyzstan	58	7.98	0	0
Paraguay	56	8.07	5	3
Bangladesh	48	0.29	15	5
Monaco	43	1,122.72	1	0
Guernsey	39	614.76	0	0
Madagascar	39	1.56	0	0
Kenya	38	0.78	1	1
Macao	37	66.58	10	0
Guatemala	34	2.31	10	1
Isle of Man	32	363.9	0	0
Jamaica	30	10.01	2	1
Uganda	30	0.82	0	0
Togo	28	3.43	1	1
Zambia	28	1.84	0	0
Barbados	26	89.35	0	0
El Salvador	24	3.73	0	0
Ethiopia	19	0.18	1	0
Mali	18	0.95	0	1
Niger	18	1.04	0	1
Maldives	17	43.94	11	0
Djibouti	14	18.16	0	0
Tanzania	14	0.25	0	0
Equatorial Guinea	12	17.56	0	0
Mongolia	12	4.06	0	0
Dominica	11	155.86	0	0
Namibia	11	5.23	2	0
The Bahamas	10	30.28	0	0
Eswatini	9	7.92	0	0
Guinea	8	0.65	1	0
Guyana	8	11.08	0	1
Haiti	8	0.74	0	0
Laos	8	0.89	0	0
Mozambique	8	0.31	0	0
Myanmar (Burma)	8	—	0	0
Seychelles	8	82.88	0	0
Suriname	8	13.92	0	0
Gabon	7	3.6	0	1
Grenada	7	63.45	0	0
Zimbabwe	7	0.5	0	1
Benin	6	0.62	0	0
Cape Verde	6	10.71	0	1
Eritrea	6	0.93	0	0
Vatican City	6	—	0	0
Angola	5	0.17	0	0
Fiji	5	5.41	0	0
Mauritania	5	1.56	0	0
Nepal	5	0.13	1	0
Sudan	5	0.13	0	1
Syria	5	0.3	0	0
Nicaragua	4	0.68	0	1
Republic of the Congo	4	1.17	0	0
Antigua and Barbuda	3	31.57	0	0
Bhutan	3	5.48	0	0
Central African Republic	3	0.58	0	0
Chad	3	0.24	0	0
Liberia	3	0.54	0	0
Libya	3	0.45	0	0
Saint Lucia	3	18.01	0	0
Somalia	3	0.29	0	0
The Gambia	3	1.29	0	1
Belize	2	4.26	0	0
Guinea-Bissau	2	1.17	0	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	2	37.66	0	0
Papua New Guinea	1	0.14	0	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	9.97	1	0
Timor-Leste	1	0.68	0	0