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SvennoJ on 31 October 2020
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Weekly update (btw, it didn't come from eating bats, we've been over that before)

Records all around indeed, though one manages to go against the grain in Europe (Ireland) and South Korea, New Zealand and Australia are still managing it well.

In total 3.43 million new cases were reported last week, a 1.18x increase from last week's 2.90 million to a current total of just under 45.9 million
Also 44,534 new deaths were reported last week, a 1.11x increase from last week's 40,082 to a current total of 1,193,237

Europe is growing rapidly and now the USA has started to grow as well again

The continents

Europe reported 1.72 million new cases last week (up from 1.26 million) and 15,602 new deaths (up from 10,432)
North America reported 656.6K new cases last week (up from 542.8K) and 9,449 new deaths (up from 8,883)
Asia reported 609.7K new cases last week (down from 654.6K) and 9,848 new deaths (down from 10,820)
South America reported 360.5K new cases last week (up from 359.1K) and 7,891 new deaths (down from 8,312)
Africa reported 77.4K new cases last week (up from 74.4K) and 1,733 new deaths (up from 1,628)
Oceania reported 1604 new cases last week (down from 2163) and 11 new deaths (up from 7) All French Polynesia which only reports every 2 or 3 days

Corners of the world

The USA reported 569.3K new cases last week (up from 458.7K) and 5,875 new deaths (up from 5,640)
India reported 322.5K new cases last week (down from 383.0K) and 3,689 new deaths (down from 4,960)
Brazil reported 163.9K new cases last week (up from 154.1K) and 3,034 new deaths (down from 3,299)
Iran reported 48.1K new cases last week (up from 34.5K) and 2,493 new deaths (up from 2,115)
Canada reported 20,267 new cases last week (up from 17,626) and 222 new deaths (up from 166)
South Africa reported 11.3K new cases last week (down from 12.2K) and 339 new deaths (down from 521)

Japan and South Korea saw a slight increase, still managing it. Australia is almost rid of Covid-19.

Europe in detail
France, Uk, The Netherlands and Denmark are starting to get the second wave under control, growth is slowing.
Ireland already peaked for the second time and is improving, the only one in Europe.
The rest is all still growing, Italy, Poland, Belgium and Germany are growing fastest atm, with Switzerland and Austria close behind.
Norway has now also joined the 'beat the first wave' club.