Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[SvennoJ]

Year end update. The numbers are pretty wobbly with the holidays. Also today a lot lower numbers due to it being Januari 1st.

In total 4.16 million new cases were reported last week (down from 4.20 million) for a total of 84,355,259 cases in 2019
Another 77,537 deaths were reported as well (up from 76,652) for a total of 1,834,484 Covid-19 deaths in 2019

Europe and the USA have big dips around Christmas and were on the way back up until today's low reporting


The continents

North America reported 1.57 million new cases (up from 1.48 million) and 24,369 more deaths (up from 23,453)
Europe reported 1.45 million new cases (down from 1.48 million) and 31,356 more deaths (exact same as last week)
Asia reported 543K new cases (down from 619K) and 9,009 more deaths (down from 9,916)
South America reported 438K new cases (down from 468K) and 8,624 more deaths (up from 8,216)
Africa reported 162K new cases (up from 155K) and 4,172 more deaths (up from 3,645)
Oceania reported 567 new cases (586 last week) and 7 deaths


Corners of the world

USA reported 1.41 million new cases (up from 1.32 million) and 18,182 more deaths (up from 17,418)
Brazil reported 252K new cases (down from 285K) and 4,926 more deaths (up from 4,828)
India reported 134K new cases (down from 165K) and 1,826 more deaths (down from 2,208)
South Africa reported 90.5K new cases (up from 81.8K) and 2,611 more deaths (up from 1,991)

Canada reported 47.5K new cases (up from 39.9K) and 887 deaths (679 last week)
Iran reported 42.2K new cases (down from 43.6K) and 897 deaths (1,167 last week)
Japan reported 24.1K new cases (up from 19.8K) and 355 deaths (322 last week)
South Korea reported 7.00K new cases (down from 7.25K) and 144 deaths (128 last week)
Australia reported 154 new cases (down from 179) and 1 death

Europe in detail

The UK and Ireland keep rising quickly.
South Africa seems to be in trouble as well.