SARS, caused more than 7700 infections and 800 deaths in China in only 8 months.
Since April 2012, and as of 6 August 2024, a total of 2 622 cases of MERS, including 953 deaths, have been reported by health authorities worldwide.
The 2015 West African outbreak, the most severe Ebola outbreak in history, affecting five West African countries and causing nearly 29000 infections and 11300 deaths.
COVID-19, has caused more than 776 million infections and 7.06 million deaths worldwide since its outbreak in late 2019.