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2020-02-22 Italy confirms that a 78-year-old Italian man in Padua, Veneto, and a woman in her 70s in Codogno, Lombardy, have died after contracting the virus. These are the first two virus-related deaths in Italy. 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak

2020-02-22 South Korea confirms that 229 more people have contracted the coronavirus in the country, raising the total number to 433. 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak

2020-02-22 The United States reports 34 confirmed cases of the illness and expects more. 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak

2020-02-21 Israel and Lebanon report their first cases of 2019-nCoV coronavirus. 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak

2020-02-21 Italy confirms 18 more coronavirus cases in the country, bringing the confirmed cases to twenty-one. All eighteen are Italian citizens. 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak

2020-02-21 North Korea cancels this year's Pyongyang Marathon due to concerns about coronavirus. 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak

2020-02-20 South Korea reports its first death from COVID-19. 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak

2020-02-20 Two Japanese passengers who were on board of the "Diamond Princess" cruise ship have died from the disease. Both, a man and a woman in their 80s, had underlying health conditions. 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak

2020-02-18 Chinese state media reports that the director of the central Wuhan Wuchang Hospital has died from the virus. 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak

2020-02-18 Russia says it will temporarily block Chinese citizens beginning on February 20 from entering its territory as authorities look to stem the spread of the deadly coronavirus outbreak. 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak