Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[SvennoJ]

Weekly update, still rising

In total 4.55 million new cases were reported last week (up from 4.39 million) to a total of 206,910,486
Also another 67,791 more deaths were reported (up from 66,159) to a total of 4,553,995

Europe slowed down but is starting to creep back up, USA is still increasing

The continents

Asia reported 1.88 million new cases (slightly up from 1.86 million) and 32,879 more deaths (up from 31,732)
North America reported 1.19 million new cases (up from 1.01 million) and 9,895 more deaths (up from 8,375)
Europe reported 864K new cases (up from 838K) and 8,194 more deaths (up from 7.946)
South America reported 349K new cases (down from 404K) and 10.392 more deaths (down from 11,377)
Africa reported 263K new cases (down from 275K) and 6,314 more deaths (down from 6,653)
Oceania reported 12.2K new cases (up from 11.5K) and 117 deaths (76 last week)

Corners of the world

USA reported 918K new cases (up from 759K) and 4,520 more deaths (up from 3,577)
Iran reported 267K new cases (up from 242K) and 3,656 more deaths (up from 2,742)
India reported 261K new cases (down from 282K) and 3,361 more deaths (down from 3,559)
Brazil reported 210K new cases (down from 228K) and 6,107 more deaths (down from 6,295)
Japan reported 102K new cases (up from 83.0K) and 118 deaths (67 last week)
South Africa reported 71.2K new cases (down from 76.1K) and 2,279 more deaths (down from 2,673)
South Korea reported 14.7K new cases (up from 10.6K) and 35 deaths (24 last week)
Canada reported 12.2K new cases (up from 7,412) and 44 deaths (65 last week)
Australia reported 2,968 new cases (up from 1,779) and 20 deaths (10 last week)

Europe in detail, a general upwards trend after the initial rapid growth