Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[SvennoJ]

Weekly update.
Some corrections coming through plus the USA had odd low counts at the start of the week, later corrected and then corrected again.

In total 3.19 million new cases were reported last week (down from 3.66 million) to a total of 173,311,801
Also another 69,965 deaths were reported (down from 79,660), corrected to +190,096 to a total of 3,727,177

USA wobbles but seems to still be heading down, just as Europe

The continents

Asia reported 1.51 million new cases (down from 2.00 million) and 30.794 more deaths (down from 35,865)
South America reported 1.00 million new cases (up from 945K) and 139,035 more deaths (up from 23,582) Peru corrections
Europe reported 334K new cases (down from 386K) and 8,307 more deaths (down from 10,075)
North America reported 182K new cases (down from 251K) yet corrected to 260K and 10,015 more deaths (up from 8,248) corrections probably
Africa reported 84.8K new cases (up from 72.5K) and 1,945 more deaths (slightly up from 1,881)
Oceania reported 967 new cases (903 last week) no deaths

Corners of the world

India reported 974K new cases (down from 1.43 million) and 21,717 more deaths (down from 26,876)
Brazil reported 449K new cases (up from 417K) and 11,797 more deaths (down from 12,644)
USA reported 109K new cases (down from 160K) yet corrected to 169K, and 3,279 more deaths (down from 5,553)
Iran reported 68.2K new cases (down from 70.2K) and 1,245 more deaths (slightly down from 1,374)
South Africa reported 31.5K new cases (up from 26.2K) and 539 deaths (574 last week)
Japan reported 21.2K new cases (down from 29.7K) and 650 deaths (668 last week)
Canada reported 15.2K new cases (down from 22.2K) and 239 deaths (278 last week)
South Korea reported 3,954 new cases (down from 4,220) and 23 deaths (24 last week)
Australia reported 76 new cases (75 last week) no deaths

Europe in detail

The UK seems to be starting a 4th wave. The rest is still flat or heading down.