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COVID-19 World Weekly Statistics

Updated: 23rd Apr 2024 9:20 am
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UpdatedCases(±)Deaths(±)Active(±)Hosp(±)ICU(±)Vent(±)
Malaysia20-Apr 710 +188.6% - - 8,129 +5.3% 14 +27.3%0-0-
• Johor 109 +220.6% - - 1,888 +3.7% 1 +%0-0-
• Kedah 23 +228.6% - --550 -2.7% - -100%0-0-
• Kelantan 8 +14.3% - - 5 +% - -100%0-0-
• Melaka 29 +163.6% - - 1,114 +1.5% 1 +%0-0-
• N. Sembilan 39 +457.1% - - 87 +45% - -100%0-0-
• Pahang 13 +333.3% - - 502 +2% - -100%0-0-
• Perak 28 +833.3% - - 345 +7.5% 5 +400%0-0-
• Perlis 13 +550% - - 40 +29% 3 +%0-0-
• P. Pinang 35 +169.2% - --14 -56.3% - -0-0-
• Sabah 4 +33.3% - - 3,465 = - -100%0-0-
• Sarawak 5 -37.5% - - 58 -1.7% 1 =0-0-
• Selangor 223 +218.6% - - 37 -144% 1 +%0-0-
• Terengganu 19 +137.5% - - 299 +0.7% 1 +%0-0-
• WP Kuala Lumpur 150 +123.9% - - 585 +16.3% 1 +%0-0-
• WP Labuan 2 +% - - 28 +7.7% - -0-0-
• WP Putrajaya 10 +233.3% - - 240 +3% - -0-0-
*CONTINENTS*
Asia7-Apr 3,657 -17.5% 16 -52.9%
Africa7-Apr 98 -24% - -
Europe7-Apr 24,423 -7.5% 97 -7.6%
European Union7-Apr 2,465 -21.6% 26 -13.3%
North America7-Apr 985 +13.9% 458 -24.7%
South America7-Apr 1,802 -42.9% 26 +30%
Oceania7-Apr 7,065 -90.9% 22 -21.4%
World7-Apr 38,030 -66.3% 619 -22.1%
*INCOME*
Low income7-Apr 414 +5.3% - -
Lower middle income7-Apr 1,180 +19.8% 13 =
Upper middle income7-Apr 22,980 -11.3% 75 -23.5%
High income7-Apr 13,456 -84.3% 531 -22.4%
*COUNTRIES*
Afghanistan7-Apr 378 +13.9% - -
Albania7-Apr - - - -
Algeria7-Apr - -100% - -
American Samoa7-Apr - - - -
Andorra7-Apr - - - -
Angola7-Apr 8 +300% - -
Anguilla7-Apr - - - -
Antigua and Barbuda7-Apr - - - -
Argentina7-Apr 242 -58.6% - -100%
Armenia7-Apr - - - -
Aruba7-Apr - - - -
Australia7-Apr 3,880 -16.6% 15 +7.1%
Austria7-Apr - -100% - -
Azerbaijan7-Apr 46 +21.1% - -
Bahamas7-Apr - - - -
Bahrain7-Apr - - - -
Bangladesh7-Apr 126 -11.3% - -
Barbados7-Apr 7 +250% - -
Belarus7-Apr - - - -
Belgium7-Apr 146 -23.2% - -
Belize7-Apr - - - -
Benin7-Apr - - - -
Bermuda7-Apr - - - -
Bhutan7-Apr - - - -
Bolivia7-Apr - - - -
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba7-Apr - - - -
Bosnia and Herzegovina7-Apr 4 -66.7% - -
Botswana7-Apr - -100% - -
Brazil7-Apr - - - -
British Virgin Islands7-Apr - - - -
Brunei7-Apr 20 -60.8% - -
Bulgaria7-Apr - -100% - -
Burkina Faso7-Apr - -100% - -
Burundi7-Apr - - - -
Cambodia7-Apr 2 +% - -
Cameroon7-Apr - - - -
Canada7-Apr 974 +13.9% 1 -83.3%
Cape Verde7-Apr - - - -
Cayman Islands7-Apr - - - -
Central African Republic7-Apr - - - -
Chad7-Apr - - - -
Chile7-Apr 1,215 -42.8% 25 +38.9%
China7-Apr 1,368 -22.6% - -100%
Colombia7-Apr 160 -24.5% - -
Comoros7-Apr - - - -
Congo7-Apr 1 = - -
Cook Islands7-Apr - - - -
Costa Rica7-Apr - - - -
Cote d'Ivoire7-Apr 5 +25% - -
Croatia7-Apr 32 -3% - -
Cuba7-Apr - - - -
Curacao7-Apr - - - -
Cyprus7-Apr 83 -17% - -
Czechia7-Apr 87 -3.3% - -100%
Democratic Republic of Congo7-Apr - - - -
Denmark7-Apr - - - -
Djibouti7-Apr - - - -
Dominica7-Apr - - - -
Dominican Republic7-Apr - - - -
Ecuador7-Apr 185 -20.6% 1 =
Egypt7-Apr - - - -
El Salvador7-Apr - - - -
Equatorial Guinea7-Apr - - - -
Eritrea7-Apr - - - -
Estonia7-Apr 26 -31.6% 1 +%
Eswatini7-Apr - - - -
Ethiopia7-Apr - -100% - -
Faeroe Islands7-Apr - - - -
Falkland Islands7-Apr - - - -
Fiji7-Apr - - - -
Finland7-Apr - - - -
France7-Apr--
French Guiana7-Apr - - - -
French Polynesia7-Apr - -100% - -
Gabon7-Apr - - - -
Gambia7-Apr - - - -
Georgia7-Apr 172 +0.6% - -
Germany7-Apr--
Ghana7-Apr 32 +52.4% - -
Gibraltar7-Apr - - - -
Greece7-Apr 996 +8.6% 5 -37.5%
Greenland7-Apr - - - -
Grenada7-Apr - - - -
Guadeloupe7-Apr - - - -
Guam7-Apr - - - -
Guatemala7-Apr - - - -
Guernsey7-Apr - - - -
Guinea7-Apr - - - -
Guinea-Bissau7-Apr - - - -
Guyana7-Apr - - - -
Haiti7-Apr - - - -
Honduras7-Apr - - - -
Hong Kong7-Apr--
Hungary7-Apr 19 = 2 +100%
Iceland7-Apr - -100% - -
India7-Apr 695 -2.9% 13 =
Indonesia7-Apr 15 -34.8% - -
Iran7-Apr - - - -
Iraq7-Apr - - - -
Ireland7-Apr 145 +2.1% 1 -50%
Isle of Man7-Apr - - - -
Israel7-Apr - - - -
Italy7-Apr 151 -69% - -100%
Jamaica7-Apr - -100% - -
Japan7-Apr - - - -
Jersey7-Apr - - - -
Jordan7-Apr - - - -
Kazakhstan7-Apr - - - -
Kenya7-Apr - - - -
Kiribati7-Apr - - - -
Kosovo7-Apr - - - -
Kuwait7-Apr 8 +% - -
Kyrgyzstan7-Apr - - - -
Laos7-Apr 5 +25% - -
Latvia7-Apr - - - -
Lebanon7-Apr - - - -
Lesotho7-Apr - - - -
Liberia7-Apr - - - -
Libya7-Apr - - - -
Liechtenstein7-Apr - - - -
Lithuania7-Apr 122 -35.8% - -
Luxembourg7-Apr 11 -42.1% - -
Madagascar7-Apr - -100% - -
Malawi7-Apr - - - -
Maldives7-Apr - - - -
Mali7-Apr - - - -
Malta7-Apr 1 -66.7% - -100%
Marshall Islands7-Apr - - - -
Martinique7-Apr - - - -
Mauritania7-Apr - - - -
Mauritius7-Apr - - - -
Mayotte7-Apr - - - -
Mexico7-Apr - - - -
Micronesia (country)7-Apr - - - -
Moldova7-Apr 70 +2.9% 2 +%
Monaco7-Apr - - - -
Mongolia7-Apr 9 -10% - -
Montenegro7-Apr - - - -
Montserrat7-Apr - - - -
Morocco7-Apr 4 -42.9% - -
Mozambique7-Apr - - - -
Myanmar7-Apr 39 +39.3% - -
Namibia7-Apr - - - -
Nauru7-Apr - - - -
Nepal7-Apr - - - -
Netherlands7-Apr 61 -47% - -
New Caledonia7-Apr - - - -
New Zealand7-Apr 3,185 -95.7% 7 -50%
Nicaragua7-Apr 1 = - -
Niger7-Apr - - - -
Nigeria7-Apr - - - -
Niue7-Apr - - - -
North Korea7-Apr - - - -
North Macedonia7-Apr 1 -50% - -
Northern Mariana Islands7-Apr - - - -
Norway7-Apr 73 +73.8% - -
Oman7-Apr - - - -
Pakistan7-Apr - - - -
Palau7-Apr - - - -
Palestine7-Apr - - - -
Panama7-Apr 3 = - -
Papua New Guinea7-Apr - - - -
Paraguay7-Apr - - - -
Peru7-Apr - - - -
Philippines7-Apr - - - -
Pitcairn7-Apr - - - -
Poland7-Apr 171 -32.4% 1 +%
Portugal7-Apr 64 +4.9% 4 +300%
Puerto Rico7-Apr - - - -
Qatar7-Apr - - - -
Reunion7-Apr - - - -
Romania7-Apr 253 -19.2% 2 +%
Russia7-Apr 19,954 -7.6% 69 -8%
Rwanda7-Apr 1 -50% - -
Saint Barthelemy7-Apr - - - -
Saint Helena7-Apr - - - -
Saint Kitts and Nevis7-Apr - - - -
Saint Lucia7-Apr - - - -
Saint Martin (French part)7-Apr - - - -
Saint Pierre and Miquelon7-Apr - - - -
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines7-Apr - - - -
Samoa7-Apr - - - -
San Marino7-Apr - - - -
Sao Tome and Principe7-Apr - -100% - -
Saudi Arabia7-Apr - - - -
Senegal7-Apr - -100% - -
Serbia7-Apr - - - -
Seychelles7-Apr 7 +16.7% - -
Sierra Leone7-Apr - - - -
Singapore7-Apr - - - -
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)7-Apr - - - -
Slovakia7-Apr 12 +20% - -
Slovenia7-Apr 13 -7.1% 2 =
Solomon Islands7-Apr - - - -
Somalia7-Apr - - - -
South Africa7-Apr 4 -33.3% - -
South Korea7-Apr - - - -
South Sudan7-Apr 3 +% - -
Spain7-Apr--
Sri Lanka7-Apr - - - -
Sudan7-Apr - - - -
Suriname7-Apr - - - -
Sweden7-Apr 72 -10% 8 +166.7%
Switzerland7-Apr 102 -18.4% - -
Syria7-Apr - - - -
Tajikistan7-Apr - - - -
Tanzania7-Apr 1 = - -
Thailand7-Apr 774 +6.3% 3 +50%
Timor7-Apr - - - -
Togo7-Apr 1 +% - -
Tokelau7-Apr - - - -
Tonga7-Apr - - - -
Trinidad and Tobago7-Apr - - - -
Tunisia7-Apr - - - -
Turkey7-Apr - - - -
Turkmenistan7-Apr - - - -
Turks and Caicos Islands7-Apr - - - -
Tuvalu7-Apr - - - -
Uganda7-Apr - - - -
Ukraine7-Apr 237 +2862.5% - -
United Arab Emirates7-Apr - - - -
United Kingdom7-Apr 1,517 +7.1% - -
United States7-Apr- 457 -24.1%
United States Virgin Islands7-Apr - - - -
Uruguay7-Apr - - - -
Uzbekistan7-Apr - - - -
Vanuatu7-Apr - - - -
Vatican7-Apr - - - -
Venezuela7-Apr - - - -
Vietnam7-Apr - - - -
Wallis and Futuna7-Apr - - - -
Yemen7-Apr - - - -
Zambia7-Apr 31 -
Zimbabwe7-Apr - -
Source: MOH, Gov & News Agencies

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