Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[SvennoJ]

Weekly update. Slight reduction in reported deaths this week, small increase in reported cases, pretty much flat.

Worldwide: 1.80 million reported cases last week (up from 1.76 million) with 38.2 K deaths (down from 40.0K)
USA: 299.5K reported cases last week (down from 316.7K) with 6,701 reported deaths (down from 7,700)


Asia: 665.9K new cases (up from 632.2K) and 10,659 deaths (up from 10,383)
South America: 504.7K new cases (up fro 408.4K) and 12,619 deaths (up from 12,444)
North America: 370.6K new cases (down from 391.0K) and 10,997 deaths (down from 12,160)
Europe: 196.4K reported cases last week (up from 184.5K) with 2,118 reported deaths (down from 2,313)
Africa: 60.6K reported cases last week (down from 71.8K) with 1,767 reported deaths (down from 2,234)
Oceania: 1,366 new cases last week (down from 1,952) with 113 deaths (up from 98)



India leading, South Africa, Australia and China declining.
South Korea trying to stop the latest out break.

Europe is still increasing but some have managed to start heading back down