The figures shown are based on the ECDC data up to and 20 March 2020 (10:00 Central European Time).
Location How long did it take for the number of total confirmed deaths to double? Total confirmed deaths
ECDC data. Up to date for 10 AM (CET) on March 20. Daily new confirmed deaths
ECDC data. Up to date for 10 AM (CET) on March 20.
Australia doubled in
5 days
6 total March 20

+0 new March 20
Egypt doubled in
3 days
6 total March 20

+0 new March 20
Greece doubled in
6 days
5 total March 20

+0 new March 20
Iraq doubled in
9 days
12 total March 20

+0 new March 20
Poland doubled in
6 days
5 total March 20

+0 new March 20
San Marino doubled in
4 days
14 total March 20

+0 new March 20
Sweden doubled in
4 days
10 total March 20

+0 new March 20
United States doubled in
4 days
150 total March 20

+0 new March 20
Algeria doubled in
5 days
7 total March 20

+1 new March 20
Canada doubled in
3 days
10 total March 20

+1 new March 20
Philippines doubled in
5 days
18 total March 20

+1 new March 20
Austria doubled in
2 days
6 total March 20

+2 new March 20
Brazil doubled in
2 days
6 total March 20

+2 new March 20
Denmark doubled in
3 days
6 total March 20

+2 new March 20
Norway doubled in
1 day
6 total March 20

+3 new March 20
China doubled in
34 days
3,254 total March 20

+4 new March 20
Japan doubled in
8 days
33 total March 20

+4 new March 20
Belgium doubled in
2 days
21 total March 20

+7 new March 20
South Korea doubled in
12 days
100 total March 20

+9 new March 20
Switzerland doubled in
3 days
33 total March 20

+12 new March 20
Indonesia doubled in
1 day
19 total March 20

+14 new March 20
Netherlands doubled in
2 days
76 total March 20

+18 new March 20
Germany doubled in
1 day
43 total March 20

+30 new March 20
United Kingdom doubled in
2 days
144 total March 20

+41 new March 20
France doubled in
2 days
372 total March 20

+128 new March 20
Iran doubled in
5 days
1,284 total March 20

+149 new March 20
Spain doubled in
3 days
767 total March 20

+169 new March 20
Italy doubled in
5 days
3,407 total March 20

+429 new March 20
World doubled in
8 days
9,885 total March 20

+1,042 new March 20

Countries with less than 5 confirmed deaths are not shown. Deaths from the Diamond Princess cruise ship are also not shown since these numbers are no longer changing over time.

Data source: ECDC. Download the full dataset.