Coronavirus timeline

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posted on 2025-08-09, 07:40 authored by Matthew PartridgeMatthew Partridge

<p dir="ltr">This infographic-style cartoon shows the estimated infection and recovery timeline for mild COVID-19 cases. A graph illustrates how infectious someone is over time, peaking around symptom onset and decreasing as recovery nears.</p>

History

Creation date

2020-03-29

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Timeline showing COVID-19 infectiousness and symptom duration for mild cases.

Transcript

Coronavirus estimated timeline For mild cases Initial infection Day 4–5 Symptoms show Day 11 Symptoms lessen Day 17 Recovery How infectious you are to others Adapted from The Lancet and 10.1056/NEJMoa2001191 29th March 2020