There has been a rising number of countries which have reported cases of coronavirus.
Here are the dates and the numbers of countries reporting cases.
December 31 2019 – 1 (first cases in China reported to the World Health Organisation)
January 13 – 2 (first case outside China as virus reaches Thailand)
January 14 – 2
January 15-19 – 3 (first case in Japan)
January 20-21 – 4 (first case in South Korea)
January 22-23 – 6
January 24 – 8
January 25 – 12 (virus reaches Europe with first cases in France)
