Table 2.

A list of few pandemics and their epidemiology

Event name	Date	Location	Disease name	Death toll	References
COVID-19 pandemic	2019-present	Worldwide	COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2 virus)	3,345,085 (as of 14 may 2021)	https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports
Western African Ebola virus epidemic	2013–2016	Western African Ebola virus epidemic 2013–2016 Worldwide, primarily concentrated in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone	Ebola	11,323+	Gignoux et al. (2015)
2012 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreak	2012-present	Worldwide	Middle East respiratory syndrome / MERS-CoV	935+	http://outbreaknewstoday.com/mers-coronavirus-update-61-cases-reported-in-first-half-of-2020/
2009 Swine flu pandemic	2009–2010	Worldwide	Influenza A virus subtype H1N1	284,000 (possible range 151,700–575,400)	Dawood et al. (2012)
2002–04 SARS outbreak	2002–2004	Worldwide	Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)	774	https://www.who.int/health-topics/severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome
Soviet flu	1977–1978	Worldwide	Influenza A virus subtype H1N1	10,000–30,000	Prieto (2009)
Hong Kong flu	1968–1970	Worldwide	Influenza A virus subtype H3N2	1–4 million	Paul (2003
1957–1958 Influenza pandemic (Asian flu)	1957–1958	Worldwide	Influenza A virus subtype H2N2	1–4 million	Paul (2003)
1918 Influenza pandemic (Spanish flu)	1918–1920	Worldwide	Influenza A virus subtype H1N1	17–100 million	Patterson and Pyle (1991), Spreeuwenberg et al. (2018), Jilani et al. (2020)
1889–1890 flu pandemic	1889–1890	Worldwide	Influenza	1 million	Parsons and Britain (1893)
1520 Mexico Smallpox epidemic	1519–1520	Mexico	Smallpox	5–8 million (40% population)	Acuña-Soto et al. (2002)