Workers collect samples from homeless people during a Miami-Dade County testing operation for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in downtown Miami, Florida, April 16, 2020.Marco Bello/Reuters
- Six months ago, Chinese officials in Wuhan reported the coronavirus outbreak to the World Health Organization.
- In just half a year, the COVID-19 virus has traveled across the globe, spread under the radar, and revealed the flaws of delayed responses.
- These nine maps and charts show how the pandemic has evolved so far — and what to expect next.
It's been six months since China first told the World Health Organization about a new outbreak of mysterious, severe pneumonia cases.
Since that report set off alarm bells on December 31, the coronavirus has spread across the globe, forced a third of the world's population to shelter at home, and killed more than 512,000 people.
After half a year of dealing with the virus, the numbers offer a clearer picture of how it spread and how the world responded to it.
Here's what the data reveals about the pandemic so far.