The given chart provides information on new COVID-19 cases and recoveries around the world on a daily basis in January and February 2020. Overall, there was a rise in the number of new cases between the final week of January and the first two weeks of February, with its peak at 15,100 cases on February 13; while recoveries rose significantly in the final two weeks of Feburary, with the highest figure of 4,000 on February 22.
First cases of COVID-19 were recorded on January 21, after which the pandemic started spreading worldwide with the number of cases escalating and downfalling repeatedly, overtaking 2,500 cases on Feburary 1. More cases were observed in the first days of February before their plummeting to hundreds on February 12, after which the number of new confirmed cases skyrocketed to 15,100 due to a report from China about a change in the virus identification, reaching its peak in the whole period. Since then, there was a gradual decline in the figure until the end of the examined period.
When it comes to daily confirmed recoveries, their figures showed a converse trend with minor recoveries until February 13, when the number underwent a considerable growth to roughly 2,000 on February 13. The peak of confirmed recoveries was achieved on February 22 after several days of increases and fluctuations.