Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[SvennoJ]

Weekly update. The global downward trend continuous.

The are some that are going up, Colombia, Malaysia, Indonesia, South Africa and more. The big hitters are going down faster, keeping the global downward trend going for now.

In total 3.66 million new cases were reported last week (down from 3.94 million) bringing the total to 170,119,645
Also another 79,660 deaths were reported last week (down from 86,648) to a total of 3,537,081 casualties

Case in Europe and the USA continue to go down at a good pace, deaths are oddly back up a bit in the USA.

The continents

Asia reported 2.00 million new cases (down from 2.49 million) and 35,865 more deaths (down from 39,940)
South America reported 945K new cases (slightly up from 938K) and 23,582 more deaths (down from 25,784)
Europe reported 386K new cases (down from 502K) and 10,075 more deaths (down from 12,311)
North America reported 251K new cases (down from 302K) and 8,248 more deaths (up from 6,453)
Africa reported 72.5K new cases (up from 65.3K) and 1,881 more deaths (down from 2,142)
Oceania reported 903 new cases (down from 1321) and 9 deaths (18 last week)

Corners of the world

India reported 1.43 million new cases (down from 1.91 million) and 26,876 more deaths (down from 29,279)
Brazil reported 417K new cases (down from 455K) and 12,644 more deaths (down from 13,742)
USA reported 160K new cases (down from 198K) and 5,553 more deaths (up from 4,094)
Iran reported 70.2K new cases (down from 83.7K) and 1,374 more deaths (down from 1,761)
Japan reported 29.7K new cases (down from 38.6K) and 668 deaths (791 last week)
South Africa reported 26.2K new cases (up from 19.9K) and 574 deaths (595 last week)
Canada reported 22.2K new cases (down from 33.7K) and 278 deaths (193 last week)
South Korea reported 4,220 new cases (4,298 last week) and 24 deaths (29 last week)
Australia reported 75 new cases (42 last week) no deaths

Europe in detail

The holiday effected some of the numbers last week, all but the UK keep heading down, Spain flat for the week. Numbers are going back up in the UK.