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SvennoJ on 17 October 2020
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Weekly update. New record in reported cases world wide, reported deaths are back down a bit.

There were 2.47 million new cases reported last week (up from 2.28 million) bringing the total to 39.6 million
Reported deaths went back down to 36,404 (down from 39,466) tot a total of 1,108,621

Europe is still climbing, USA is climbing again as well. Deaths are also rising in Europe, details below


The continents

Europe is the epicenter again with 888.5K new cases last week (up from 645.5K) and 7,513 reported deaths (up from 5,503)
Asia continues to decline with 704.9K new cases last week (down from 754.4K) and 10,882 reported deaths (down from 11,711)
North America is on the rise with 469.3K new cases last week (up from 446.7K) and 7,841 reported deaths (down from 10,843)
South America is still improving with 336.2K new cases last week (down from 372.4K) and 8,489 reported deaths (down from 10,009)
Africa has a slight increase with 67.9K new cases last week (up from 58.8K) and 1,668 reported deaths (up from 1,401)
Oceania, mostly French Polynesia, had 1231 new cases last week (up from 935) and 11 new deaths (up from 9)


Corners of the world

India continues to decline, 453.6K new cases last week (down from 505.1K) and 5,582 reported deaths (down from 6,575)
Yesterday the USA took back the top spot thanks to a big spike, 393.8K new cases last week (up from 345.2K) and 4,996 reported deaths (down from 5,124)
Brazil continues to decline, 144.4K new cases last week (down from 175.0K) and 3,537 reported deaths (down from 4,261)

Iran is still on the rise, 30.0K new cases last week (up from 27.8K) and 1,772 reported deaths (up from 1,531)
Canada starting to stabilize, 16.0K new cases last week (up from 15.5K) and 137 reported deaths (down from 176)
South Africa is slowly going back up, 11.9K new cases last week (up from 10.5K) and 823 reported deaths (up from 638)

Japan, South Korea and Australia are holding steady

Europe is concerning, the second wave is hitting pretty hard and reported deaths are also increasing faster.

Last edited by SvennoJ - on 17 October 2020