Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an (31) _______ disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei, China, and has resulted (32) _______ an ongoing pandemic. The first confirmed case has been traced back to 17 November 2019 in Hubei. Traces of the virus have been found in wastewater was (33) _______ from Milan and Turin, Italy, on 18 December 2019. As of 8 July 2020, (34) _______ 12 million cases have been reported across 213 countries and territories, (35) _______ in more than 546,000 deaths. More than 6.89 million people have recovered.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an (31) _______ disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).