Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[SvennoJ]

Weekly update. Cases are rising again over all as more countries are entering into another wave.



Another 2.67 million new cases were reported last week (up from 2.57 million) to a total of 183,836,168
Also 55,095 more deaths were reported (down from 57,896) to a total of 2,672,951


Europe and USA are heading up again, deaths are also rising in Europe

The continents

Asia reported 994K new cases (up from 925K) and 16,516 more deaths (down from 18,202)
South America reported 801K new cases (down from 960K) and 22,708 more deaths (down from 24,964)
Europe reported 434K new cases (up from 312K) and 7,233 more deaths (up from 6,477)
Africa reported 242K new cases (up from 197K) and 4,267 more deaths (up from 3,542)
North America reported 199K new cases (up from 178K) and 4,360 more deaths (down from 4,697)
Oceania reported 2,506 new cases (up from 1,847) and 11 deaths (14 last week)

Corners of the world

Brazil reported 365K new cases (down from 521K) and 10,796 more deaths (down from 12,651)
India reported 319K new cases (down from 360K) and 6,544 more deaths (down from 9,357)
South Africa 124K new cases (up from 99.3K) and 1,711 more deaths (up from 1,180)
USA reported 97.5K new cases (up from 89.4K) and 2,009 more deaths (down from 2,232)
Iran reported 81.7K new cases (up from 70.4K) and 928 deaths (842 last week)
Japan reported 10.6K new cases (slightly up from 10.1K) and 204 deaths (278 last week)
South Korea reported 4,760 new cases (up from 3,551) and 15 deaths (13 last week)
Canada reported 4,091 new cases (down from 4,957) and 141 deaths (174 last week)
Australia reported 263 new cases (109 last week) no deaths

Europe in detail


I guess it's the delta variant gaining more ground in various countries.