Global COVID-19 Summary:


According to European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, since 31 December 2019 and as of 29 May 2020, 5 776 934 cases of COVID-19 (in accordance with the applied case definitions and testing strategies in the affected countries) have been reported, including 360 089 deaths.

Cases have been reported from:

Africa: 129 361 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are South Africa (27 403), Egypt (20 793), Algeria (8 997), Nigeria (8 915) and Morocco (7 643).

Asia: 1 040 539 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are India (165 799), Turkey (160 979), Iran (143 849), China (84 106) and Saudi Arabia (80 185).

America: 2 698 519 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are United States (1 721 750), Brazil (438 238), Peru (141 779), Canada (88 501) and Chile (86 943).

Europe: 1 899 216 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are Russia (379 051), United Kingdom (269 127), Spain (237 906), Italy (231 732) and Germany (180 458).

Oceania: 8 603 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are Australia (7 150), New Zealand (1 154), Guam (172), French Polynesia (60) and Northern Mariana Islands (22).

Other: 696 cases have been reported from an international conveyance in Japan.

Deaths have been reported from:

Africa: 3 789 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are Egypt (845), Algeria (630), South Africa (577), Nigeria (259) and Morocco (202).

Asia: 28 983 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are Iran (7 627), India (4 706), China (4 638), Turkey (4 461) and Indonesia (1 496).

America: 155 764 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are United States (101 617), Brazil (26 754), Mexico (9 044), Canada (6 877) and Peru (4 099).

Europe: 171 414 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are United Kingdom (37 837), Italy (33 142), France (28 662), Spain (27 119) and Belgium (9 388).

Oceania: 132 deaths; the 4 countries reporting deaths are Australia (103), New Zealand (22), Guam (5) and Northern Mariana Islands (2).

Other: 7 deaths have been reported from an international conveyance in Japan.

NOTE: on 29/05/2020, the increase reported by France is due to the implementation of a new laboratory-based surveillance system of COVID-19 (SI-DEP) since 13 Maywith a significant increase of the laboratory coverage, allowing the inclusion of retrospective cases diagnosed since that date.

Post a Comment

0 Comments