Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[SvennoJ]

Weekly Update. Spain and the Netherlands are showing explosive growth, the delta variant?

In total 2.98 million new cases were reported last week (up from 2.67 million) to a total of 186,816,539
Also another 55,172 deaths were reported (55,095 last week) to a total of 4,034,825

USA has an independence day dip but still seems to be climbing as well as Europe. Deaths are stable or going down.

The continents

Asia reported 1.14 million new cases (up from 994K) and 18,674 more deaths (up from 16,516)
South America reported 697K new cases (up from 801K) and 19,992 more deaths (down from 22,708)
Europe reported 603K new cases (up from 434K) and 6,618 more deaths (down from 7,233)
Africa reported 280K new cases (up from 242K) and 6,061 more deaths (up from 4,267)
North America reported 256K new cases (up from 199K) and 3,795 more deaths (down from 4,360)
Oceania reported 4,766 new cases (up from 2,506) and 32 deaths (11 last week)

Corners of the world

Brazil reported 333K new cases (down from 365K) and 9,709 more deaths (down from 10,796)
India reported 294K new cases (down from 319K) and 6,105 more deaths (down from 6,544)
South Africa reported 138K new cases (up from 124K) and 2,541 more deaths (up from 1,711)
USA reported 131K new cases (up from 97.5K) and 1,547 more deaths (down from 2,009)
Iran reported 111K new cases (up from 81.7K) and 1,027 more deaths (928 last week)
Japan reported 12.3K new cases (up from 10.6K) and 115 deaths (204 last week)
South Korea reported 6,795 new cases (up from 4,760) and 12 deaths (15 last week)
Canada reported 3,647 new cases (down from 4,091) and 81 deaths (141 last week)
Australia reported 266 new cases (263 last week) no deaths

Europe in detail

It certainly looks like a more infectious variant is spreading through Europe.