Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[SvennoJ]

Weekly update, reported cases are still on the rise, USA and Europe's growth are slowing, Asia is accelerating

Here we just entered another 4 week lockdown, ICUs are full. The new variants are twice as contagious and 1.5x as lethal according to the government. More youg people need to be hospitalized with severe symptoms. The vaccine rollout isn't fast enough to keep up.



In total 4.11 million new cases were reported last week (up from 3.81 million) to a total of 130,801,589
Another 71,048 people lost their lives to Covid-19 last week (up from 66,240) to a total of 2,850,149


The continents

Europe reported 1.43 million new cases (slightly down from 1.46 million) and 23,284 more deaths (slightly down from 24,621)
Asia reported 1.22 million new cases (up from 958K) and 7,606 more deaths (slightly up from 7,306)
South America reported 809K new cases (slightly up from 786K) and 26,108 more deaths (up from 20,887)
North America reported 554K new cases (slightly up from 522K) and 10,517 more deaths (down from 11,325)
Africa reported 87.4K new cases (up from 80.4K) and 1,897 more deaths (down from 2,094)
Oceania reported 2,011 new cases (2,198 last week) and 21 deaths (7 last week)

Corners of the world

Brazil reported 505K new cases (slightly down from 530K) and 21,040 more deaths (up from 16,801)
India reported 483K new cases (up from 353K) and 2,866 more deaths (up from 1,681)
USA reported 462K new cases (up from 427K) and 6,468 more deaths (down from 7,038)
Iran reported 70.1K new cases (up from 52.5K) and 653 deaths (574 last week)
Canada reported 33.9K new cases (up from 29.6K) and 182 deaths (209 last week)
Japan reported 14.6K new cases (up from 10.1K) and 218 deaths (209 last week)
South Africa reported 7,645 new cases (7,656 last week) and 344 deaths (567 last week)
South Korea reported 3,424 new cases (up from 3,013) and 21 deaths (26 last week)
Australia reported 95 new cases (57 last week) no deaths

Europe in detail


The UK is doing great, the rest not so much.

Cases are slightly down at the end of the week probably from Good Friday, but it does look like most countries are stopping the growth at least.

Last edited by SvennoJ - on 03 April 2021