Spread of coronavirus across the UK
January 31
University of York student and a relative test positive after travelling to the UK from China. Taken to Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary for treatment.
February 6
Businessman Steve Walsh diagnosed in Brighton and transferred to Guy’s and St Thomas’ in London after contracting the virus at a conference in Singapore.
February 9
A fourth person diagnosed in the UK, believed to be a contact of Mr Walsh.
February 10
Four more patients in England test positive, all contacts of Mr Walsh. Two are healthcare workers, with one named as Catriona Greenwood.
February 13
A woman becomes the first confirmed case in the capital and is moved to a specialist NHS centre at Guy’s and St Thomas’ for treatment after contracting the virus in China.
February 23
Four Britons rescued from the Diamond Princess cruise ship test positive in the UK.
February 27
A patient who had returned from northern Italy becomes the first case in Northern Ireland.
A parent of a pupil at a Buxton primary school in Derbyshire tests positive after contracting the virus in Tenerife. Another patient who also contracted the virus in Italy also tests positive.
February 28
Wales reports its first case, an individual who had returned from Italy.
Two new cases identified in England. Both had recently travelled back from Iran.
The first case not to have been contracted abroad is confirmed to be a man who was recently treated at the Haslemere Health Centre in Surrey.
A British man becomes the first UK national to die after having contracted the virus while on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan.
February 29
Three more patients test positive, bringing the total number of UK cases to 23, Prof Chris Whitty, the Chief Medical Officer, said.
The patients are from Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire and Berkshire. Two had just returned from Italy, and the third from Asia.
Total 23