Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[SvennoJ]

Weekly update. The rise in cases in Europe is pushing up the global average.

In total 2.91 million new cases were reported last week (up from 2.83 million) to a total of 243,714,567
Also another 48,957 deaths were reported last week (up from 47,288) to a total of 4,953,058

The USA continues declining, Europe is picking up speed with most countries now having entered another wave

The continents

Europe reported 1.34 million new cases (up from 1.10 million) and 18,447 more deaths (up from 16,250)
North America reported 621K new cases (down from 719K) and 15,417 more deaths (15,417 last week)
South America reported 137K new cases (up from 121K) and 3,452 more deaths (slightly up from 3,207)
Asia reported 758K new cases (down from 826K) and 9,997 more deaths (down from 10,683)
Africa reported 39.8K new cases (down from 42.4K) and 1,554 more deaths (1,551 last week)
Oceania reported 19.6K new cases (slightly up from 19.3K) and 200 deaths (180 last week)

Corners of the world

USA reported 526K new cases (down from 603K) and 11,841 more deaths (slightly up from 11,403)
India reported 106K new cases (down from 118K) and 1,732 more deaths (slightly up from 1,602)
Brazil reported 84.4K new cases (up from 76.7K) and 2,484 more deaths (slightly up from 2,234)
Iran reported 78.7K new cases (down from 81.9K) and 1,233 more deaths (down from 1,498)
Canada reported 19.0K new cases (down from 21.5K) and 261 deaths (282 last week)
Australia reported 15.6K new cases (slightly down from 16.2K) and 104 deaths (102 last week)
South Korea reported 9,608 new cases (down from 11.4K) and 99 deaths (72 last week)
South Africa reported 3,323 new cases (down from 4,879) and 329 deaths (326 last week)
Japan reported 2,800 new cases (down from 4,566) and 122 deaths (195 last week)

Europe in detail

All heading up again.

Global vaccination rate went up to 36.77% (+1.06%)

Europe 54.30% (+0.75%)
North America 50.00% (+0.91%)
South America 47.73% (+2.60%)
Oceania 44.22% (+3.73%)
Asia 40.41% (+1.16%)
Africa 5.33% (+0.35%)

So far a higher vaccination rate has just meant letting cases rise and unfortunately while vaccination does prevent most deaths, it still leads to a higher number of deaths than were cases are kept low.