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Medical personnel from Riverside University Health System hospitals administer a coronavirus test to an individual during drive-through testing in the parking lot of Diamond Stadium, March 22, 2020 in Lake Elsinore, CA. (Photo by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images)

The recent coronavirus outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

Known as SARS-CoV-2, the virus has resulted in more than 2.4 million infections and 165,000 deaths.

SARS-CoV-2 infection causes a respiratory illness called COVID-19.

COVID-19 has now been reported on every continent except Antarctica.