Official Coronavirus Maps

There have been many hundreds of maps created which purport to show the spread of Covid-19 around the world. A large percentage of those maps aren't very good. However there are a few maps that you can trust.

If you are interested in the global situation regarding Covid-19 then you can refer to:

• The Johns Hopkins Wuhan Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Global Cases Dashboard.

• The World Health Organisation's Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation dashboard

The World Health Organisation has also created a map dashboard which concentrates purely on the European region:

• COVID-19 situation in the WHO European Region

If you need to travel internationally then you can refer to the United Nations travel restrictions map:

• World Travel Restrictions - a map of travel restrictions put in place by individual countries around the world.

If you want the most accurate data on the number of Covid-19 cases in your region or country then you should probably bookmark your official government Covid-19 dashboard or map. Here are links to a few official government Covid-19 tracking sites (and some Esri dashboard maps where there seems to be no official map):

• USA: The CDC's Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the U.S. - includes daily updated totals of the number of confirmed cases and deaths. A poor choropleth map shows the number of cases reported in each state. If you click on a state on the map you will be taken to that state's health department. In light of the government's poor national data on Coronavirus the New York Times has released data and an interactive map showing the number of cases at county level. Covid Act Now has published an interactive map which shows the current stay-at-home policies in every state.

• Canada: Health Canada's Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Outbreak update page provides details on the number pf confirmed cases in each province. Esri Canada has released a map dashboard for Canada. The Covid-19 Canada uses data from the ViriHealth website to show the number of cases in Canada's provinces.

• UK: The NHS's UK Coronavirus Dashboard map records the total number of confirmed cases across the UK. The map shows more refined results as you zoom-in.

• Australia: The Department of Health's Coronavirus (COVID-19) current situation and case numbers page has no map but does show the number of confirmed cases in each state (updated daily).

• Germany: Robert Koch Institute's COVID-19 : Case numbers in Germany and worldwide - no map but daily updated totals of the number of cases and deaths in each German state. Esri's COVID-19 Dashboard Bundesländer provides a regional breakdown of the number of cases and fatalities in German's regions using data from the Robert Koch Institute.

• France: Santé Publique France - no map but daily updated totals of the numbers of confirmed cases in each French region and national number of deaths. Esri's Coronavirus COVID-19 en France uses data from Santé Publique France to map the number of cases in France's departments.

• Italy: Dipartimento della Protezione Civile's Covid-19 Dashboard includes running totals of cases and fatalities. It also has an interactive map showing the number of cases in each Italian region.

• Spain: The Ministerio de Sanidad's Situación actual includes the total number of cases in Spain and a link to a PDF showing the latest number of cases and deaths in each Spanish region.

• Ireland: The Government of Ireland's Latest updates on COVID-19 provides the latest data on coronavirus in Ireland. This data is also available on the Irish government's Coronavirus Map.