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SvennoJ on 20 February 2021
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Weekly update, still heading down overall but the downward trend is slowing and already reversing in some countries


In total 2.52 million new cases were reported over the last week (2.81 million the week before) to a total of 111,232,756 detected cases
Also another 70,082 deaths were reported (down from 84,975) to a total of 2,462,663 casualties so far

Europe already seems to be losing its downward momentum, some countries showing signs of heading back up. The USA is still dropping.

The continents

Europe reported 893K new cases (down from 921K) and 25,668 more deaths (down from 30,416)
North America reported 606K new cases (down from 827K) and 23,232 more deaths (down from 31,565)
South America reported 487K new cases (down from 507K) and 12,399 more deaths (down from 13,034)
Asia reported 454K new cases (down from 466K) and 5,878 more deaths (down from 6,310)
Africa reported 80.9K new cases (down from 90.4K) and 2,901 more deaths (down from 3,648)
Oceania reported 181 new cases and 4 deaths

Corners of the world


USA reported 497K new cases (down from 699K) and 15,225 more deaths (down from 21,816)
Brazil reported 316K new cases (317K last week) and 7,354 more deaths (7,474 last week)
India reported 84.2K new cases (down from 77.3K) and 652 deaths (632 last week)
Iran reported 54.4K new cases (up from 51.4K) and 532 deaths (473 last week)
Canada reported 20.3K new cases (down from 22.6K) and 414 deaths (553 last week)
South Africa reported 13.0K new cases (down from 17.1K) and 1,189 more deaths (down from 1,768)
Japan reported 10.2K new cases (down from 12.7K) and 500 deaths (639 last week)
South Korea reported 3,291 new cases (up from 2,706) and 43 deaths (48 last week)
Australia reported 31 new cases, no deaths

Europe in detail

It looks like we're going to draw out this wave until vaccines hopefully get rid of the pandemic. The willingness to drive numbers down doesn't seem to be there anymore. At least fewer people are dying now with better treatment and the most vulnerable getting vaccinated (in rich countries that is).

We're now back to late November when it comes to nr of deaths per week, still about double the minimum after the first wave in September. For reported cases we're back to October levels.