First identified in Wuhan , Hubei , China in mid-November 2019 , the outbreak spread across multiple continents before being declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization ( WHO ) on 11 March 2020. ,
The first case of coronavirus was reported in Wuhan , Hubei , China , in mid-November 2019 , and the World Health Organization recognized it as a pandemic on 11 March 2020 .