By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
SvennoJ on 17 April 2021
Edit Thread

Weekly Update. Daily new cases are reaching record heights again. Last recorded high was on Januari 7th with 835,547 new cases, Thursday saw 845,223 new cases in a single day and it's still increasing.

Around the world 5.22 million new cases were reported last week (up from 4.49 million) to a total of 140,504,994 reported cases
Also another 83,836 deaths were reported (up from 77,516) bringing the total casualties to 3,011,501

USA is slowly increasing again, Europe is about flat

The continents

Asia reported 2.35 million new cases (up from 1.73 million) and 17,075 more deaths (up from 14,720)
Europe reported 1.24 million new cases (1.23 million last week) and 24,761 more deaths (24,887 last week)
South America reported 909K new cases (up from 841K) and 28,662 more deaths (up from 27,272)
North America reported 633K new cases (up from 602K) and 11,143 more deaths (up from 10,444)
Africa reported 79.7K new cases (79.3K last week) and 2,180 more deaths (up from 1,799)
Oceania reported 1,674 new cases (1,519 last week) and 15 deaths (9 last week)

Corners of the world

India reported 1.32 million new cases (up from 812K) and 7,206 more deaths (up from 4,326)
USA reported 503 new cases (up from 488K) and 5,102 more deaths (down from 7,230)
Brazil reported 459K new cases (up from 463K) and 20,090 more deaths (down from 20,568)
Iran reported 165K new cases (up from 120K) and 1,969 more deaths (up from 1,163)
Canada reported 60.8K new cases (up from 54.7K) and 290 deaths (243 last week)
Japan reported 24.5K new cases (up from 18.7K) and 204 deaths (149 last week)
South Africa reported 8,113 new cases (up from 5,518) and 437 deaths (280 last week)
South Korea reported 4,520 new cases (up from 4,075) and 26 deaths (27 last week)
Australia reported 95 new cases (55 last week) and 1 death

Europe in detail

Europe is stabilizing, Germany still increasing, cases still high across the board.

India is getting out of hand, still no signs of slowing down.

We still have problems in Ontario as well. The hospitals are full, children's hospitals are now also used for adults. The lock down / stay at home orders have been extended to 6 weeks, provincial borders and parks are now closed as well. The variants are not slowing down.