Prominent scientist and HIV-AIDS researcher Gita Ramjee dies from COVID-19 in Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 2020-03-31
Spain's Ministry of Health reports an additional 324 COVID-19 deaths, the country's largest one-day increase. The country's death toll stands at 1,326, with 24,926 cases, the second highest in Europe. 2020-03-21
The death toll from COVID-19 in Spain exceeds 1,000 while the total number of those infected reaches 20,000. 2020-03-20
Bahrain reports the country's first death from COVID-19, a 65-year-old woman who returned from Iran last month. 2020-03-16
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte extends the quarantine lockdown, to cover all the region of Lombardy and 14 other northern provinces, affecting over a quarter of the national population. 2020-03-8
The second coronavirus death outside mainland China is reported in Hong Kong. The victim was a 34-year-old Hongkonger who had recently travelled to Wuhan, the center of the pandemic. The Hospital Authority said the victim suffered from "preexisting health conditions", but did not give details. 2020-02-4