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The first section contains summary information: the total number of countries and territories with at least 100, 1,000, 10,000, 100,000, a million and ten million cases; the number of cases reported to WHO; the countries and territories that have reported no cases yet to WHO; and two charts showing the 20 countries and territories with the ...
For the Netherlands, based on overall excess mortality, an estimated 20,000 people died from COVID-19 in 2020, [9] while only the death of 11,525 identified COVID-19 cases was registered. [8] The official count of COVID-19 deaths as of December 2021 is slightly more than 5.4 million, according to World Health Organization's report in May 2022.
The COVID-19 pandemic began in Asia in Wuhan, Hubei, China, and has spread widely through the continent. As of 26 June 2024, at least one case of COVID-19 had been reported in every country in Asia except Turkmenistan. The Asian countries with the highest numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases are India, South Korea, Turkey, Vietnam, and Iran.
According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University as of 19:21 Eastern Standard Time (EST) on August 7, 2021, the total COVID-19 cases in the US has crossed the 35.73 million mark, with the death toll reaching 616,712. Progression charts New daily cases
COVID-19 is the deadliest pandemic in US history; [359] it was the third-leading cause of death in the US in 2020, behind heart disease and cancer. [360] From 2019 to 2020, US life expectancy dropped by 3 years for Hispanic Americans, 2.9 years for African Americans, and 1.2 years for white Americans. [361]
As of January 2023, taking into account likely COVID induced deaths via excess deaths, the 95% confidence interval suggests the pandemic to have caused between 19.1 and 36 million deaths. For the latest daily updates of cases, deaths, and death rates see COVID-19 pandemic death rates by country.
The COVID-19 pandemic also led to misinformation and conspiracy theories and highlighted weaknesses in the U.S. public health system. [16] [36] [37] In the United States, there have been 103,436,829 [3] confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,189,083 [3] confirmed deaths, the most of any country, and the 17th highest per capita worldwide. [38]
The United Kingdom reported a new daily high of 62,322 COVID-19 cases with a further 1,041 daily deaths. 7 January. Malaysia has reported 3,027 new cases, bringing the total to 128,465. There are 2,145 new recoveries, bringing the total number of recovered to 102,273. Eight deaths were reported, bringing the death toll to 521.