Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[SvennoJ]

Weekly update

Global reported cases are still on the rise, 1.878 million last week (1.799 the week before) now 26.8 million total.
Reported deaths declined a little, 37,524 last week (38,273 the week before) now 878.2K total.

The USA continues to decline, 292.8K cases last week (299.5K the week before) now 6.39 million total.
Reported deaths are also declining, 6,210 last week (6,701 the week before) now 192.1K total.
Europe is catching up to the USA.

The continents

Asia leads with 739.1K new cases this week (up from 665.9K) and 10,781 deaths (up from 10,659) slowly rising.
South America follows with 485.4K new cases (down from 504.7K) and 11,629 deaths (down from 12,619) up and down.
North America reported 363.2K (down from 370.6K) and 10,660 deaths (down from 10,997) slowly declining.
Europe reported 232.7K cases last week (up from 196.4K) and 2,535 deaths (up from 2,118) still on the rise.
Africa reported 56.4K new cases (down from 60.6K) and 1,764 deaths (1,767 last week) slowly declining.
Oceania reported 980 new cases (down from 1,366) and 155 deaths (up from 113) next week deaths should peak as well.


India just keeps on rising, 556.0K new cases last week (up from 487.9K) and 5,856 deaths (down from 6,785)
The USA and Brazil are close together 292K USA, 279K for Brazil for the week. 6.2K deaths USA, 6.0K deaths Brazil.
South Africa, Japan and Australia are steadily improving, South Korea is still struggling a bit with their latest outbreak.
Canada is slightly on the rise again while Iran slightly declines over all.

Europe keeps going up.

Spain, Germany, Poland, Belgium and Ireland stabilized, the rest is still heading up.

Less people dying this week, however cases are still increasing.