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COVID-19 World Weekly Statistics

Updated: 18th Mar 2024 4:37 am
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UpdatedCases(±)Deaths(±)Active(±)Hosp(±)ICU(±)Vent(±)
Malaysia18-Mar 593 +52.1% - - 7,960 +2.6% 13 -64.9%2+100%2+100%
• Johor 58 +41.5% - - 1,827 +0.9% 1 =0-0-
• Kedah 16 +166.7% - --558 -1.9% 1 +%0-0-
• Kelantan 7 -41.7% - - 4 -55.6% 1 =0-0-
• Kuala Lumpur 148 +31% - - 563 +6.6% - -0-0-
• Labuan - - - - 26 = - -0-0-
• Melaka 21 +31.3% - - 1,105 +0.4% - -100%0-0-
• N. Sembilan 21 +50% - - 68 +13.3% 1 =0-0-
• P. Pinang 23 +64.3% - --29 -23.7% - -0-0-
• Pahang 6 +20% - - 495 +0.2% - -100%0-0-
• Perak 21 +250% - - 334 +4.7% 1 -96.3%1+%1+%
• Perlis 10 +400% - - 41 +28.1% - -0-0-
• Putrajaya 12 +100% - - 243 +2.5% 2 +100%0-0-
• Sabah 5 -16.7% - - 3,466 = - -0-100%0-100%
• Sarawak 6 +200% - - 58 +7.4% - -0-0-
• Selangor 205 +64% - - 8 -111.1% 6 +100%1+%1+%
• Terengganu 34 +54.5% - - 309 +3% - -100%0-0-
Singapore14-Mar 2,278 -2.4%
*CONTINENTS*
Asia3-Mar 7,155 -1.6% 26 -10.3%
Africa3-Mar 14 -77.8% 2 -50%
Europe3-Mar 32,840 -11.2% 122 -35.8%
European Union3-Mar 4,647 -37% 51 -58.2%
North America3-Mar 39 -80.8% 891 -17.7%
South America3-Mar 9,799 -24.7% 46 -13.2%
Oceania3-Mar 12,102 -3.5% 32 +6.7%
World3-Mar 61,949 -11.6% 1,119 -19.4%
*INCOME*
Low income3-Mar 2,525 +% 25 +%
Lower middle income25-Feb 1,946 -21.8% 11 -59.3%
Upper middle income3-Mar 31,507 -14.5% 80 -25.2%
High income3-Mar 27,917 -10.8% 1,014 -20.2%
*COUNTRIES*
Afghanistan18-Feb 211 -10.2% - -
Angola3-Mar 1 = - -
Argentina3-Mar 2,178 -41.4% 2 -50%
Armenia18-Feb 38 +% - -
Australia3-Mar 7,002 -3.1% 12 -25%
Azerbaijan3-Mar 115 -12.2% - -
Bangladesh3-Mar 356 +3.2% 2 -33.3%
Barbados3-Mar 6 -45.5% - -
Belgium3-Mar 364 -31.5% - -
Belize3-Mar 2 +100% - -
Bolivia25-Feb 1 +% - -
Bosnia and Herzegovina25-Feb 8 = - -100%
Brunei3-Mar 102 -39.3% - -
Bulgaria3-Mar 121 +16.3% - -100%
Cambodia3-Mar 2 = - -
Canada25-Feb 159 -90% - -100%
Chile3-Mar 6,984 +2.8% 40 +11.1%
China3-Mar 1,999 -34% - -100%
Colombia25-Feb 1,696 +50.1% - -
Czechia3-Mar 175 -30% 3 +50%
Denmark25-Feb 91 -23.5% 6 =
Ecuador3-Mar 581 +13.5% - -
El Salvador25-Feb 1 = - -
Estonia3-Mar 55 -28.6% 1 +%
Greece3-Mar 1,406 -28.1% 12 -33.3%
Guatemala3-Mar 1 +% - -
Guyana25-Feb 42 -44.7% - -
Haiti25-Feb 1 = - -
Honduras25-Feb 1 -50% - -
Hungary3-Mar 43 -33.8% - -
Iceland3-Mar 4 = - -
India3-Mar 1,177 +19.9% 17 +183.3%
Indonesia3-Mar 441 +975.6% 5 +%
Iran18-Feb 659 +121.9% 12 +%
Ireland3-Mar 222 -16.2% 1 =
Italy3-Mar 300 -74.7% 6 -84.2%
Jamaica3-Mar 11 +37.5% - -100%
Kuwait18-Feb 45 -33.8%-
Laos3-Mar 8 -11.1% - -
Liechtenstein18-Feb 1 = - -
Lithuania3-Mar 310 -29.7% - -100%
Luxembourg3-Mar 42 +2.4% - -
Malta3-Mar 4 -69.2% 1 =
Mauritania25-Feb 1 -83.3% - -
Moldova3-Mar 127 -27.4% 1 +%
Mongolia3-Mar 11 +22.2% - -
Morocco18-Feb 44 -56% 2 +%
Myanmar3-Mar 31 = - -
Namibia3-Mar 10 -82.1% 1 -50%
Netherlands18-Feb 239 -31.7% - -100%
New Zealand3-Mar 5,100 -4% 20 +42.9%
Nicaragua3-Mar 1 = - -
North Macedonia3-Mar 9 -30.8% - -100%
Norway3-Mar 100 -20% - -
Panama3-Mar 15 -25% 1 +%
Peru3-Mar 56 -77.6% 4 -69.2%
Poland3-Mar 683 -38.3% 10 -16.7%
Portugal3-Mar 140 +30.8% 1 -66.7%
Romania3-Mar 558 -33% - -100%
Russia3-Mar 25,835 -3% 70 +7.7%
Saint Lucia18-Feb 3 +% - -
Slovakia3-Mar 36 -32.1% 1 +%
Slovenia3-Mar 20 -58.3% 2 -71.4%
Sri Lanka3-Mar 1 = - -
Sweden3-Mar 168 -19.2% 13 -51.9%
Switzerland3-Mar 223 -6.3% - -
Thailand3-Mar 462 -5.1% 2 -33.3%
Turks and Caicos Islands3-Mar 3 +% - -
Ukraine3-Mar 493 -4.1% - -
United Kingdom3-Mar 1,402 -27% - -
Zimbabwe3-Mar 3 -40% 1 -50%
Source: MOH, Gov & News Agencies

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