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COVID-19 World Weekly Statistics
| Updated | Cases | (±) | Deaths | (±) | Active | (±) | Hosp | (±) | ICU | (±) | Vent | (±) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Malaysia | 14-Apr | 246 | -50.1% | - | -100% | 7,722 | -1.8% | 11 | = | 0 | - | 0 | - |
• Johor | 34 | -20.9% | - | -100% | 1,820 | +0.5% | - | -100% | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• Kedah | 7 | -36.4% | - | - | -565 | +0.4% | 3 | +200% | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• Kelantan | 7 | +75% | - | - | - | -100% | 1 | = | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• Melaka | 11 | -26.7% | - | - | 1,097 | -0.3% | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• N. Sembilan | 7 | -87.3% | - | - | 60 | -41.2% | 2 | +% | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• Pahang | 3 | -57.1% | - | - | 492 | -0.8% | 2 | +% | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• Perak | 3 | -88.9% | - | - | 321 | -5.6% | 1 | -66.7% | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• Perlis | 2 | +100% | - | - | 31 | -3.1% | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• P. Pinang | 13 | -48% | - | - | -32 | +18.5% | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• Sabah | 3 | = | - | - | 3,464 | = | 1 | -50% | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• Sarawak | 8 | +60% | - | - | 59 | +3.5% | 1 | = | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• Selangor | 70 | -55.7% | - | - | -84 | +115.4% | - | -100% | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• Terengganu | 8 | -69.2% | - | - | 297 | -2.3% | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• WP Kuala Lumpur | 67 | -40.2% | - | - | 503 | -4.6% | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• WP Labuan | - | - | - | - | 26 | = | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• WP Putrajaya | 3 | +200% | - | - | 233 | +0.4% | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
Singapore | 6-Apr | 2,145 | -4.2% | ||||||||||
*CONTINENTS* | |||||||||||||
Asia | 31-Mar | 4,261 | -22.1% | 34 | -60% | ||||||||
Africa | 31-Mar | 253 | -10.9% | - | - | ||||||||
Europe | 31-Mar | 26,262 | -12% | 105 | -24.5% | ||||||||
European Union | 31-Mar | 3,035 | -5.3% | 30 | -50.8% | ||||||||
North America | 31-Mar | 155 | -81.6% | 476 | -33.6% | ||||||||
South America | 31-Mar | 2,849 | -55.1% | 18 | -51.4% | ||||||||
Oceania | 31-Mar | 78,011 | +1185.8% | 28 | -34.9% | ||||||||
World | 31-Mar | 111,791 | +128.8% | 661 | -35.3% | ||||||||
*INCOME* | |||||||||||||
Low income | 31-Mar | 393 | +20.6% | - | -100% | ||||||||
Lower middle income | 31-Mar | 1,022 | -28.1% | 13 | -38.1% | ||||||||
Upper middle income | 31-Mar | 25,428 | -16.4% | 96 | -36% | ||||||||
High income | 31-Mar | 84,948 | +409% | 552 | -34.8% | ||||||||
*COUNTRIES* | |||||||||||||
Afghanistan | 31-Mar | 332 | +55.9% | - | -100% | ||||||||
Albania | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Algeria | 31-Mar | 2 | -33.3% | - | - | ||||||||
American Samoa | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Andorra | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Angola | 31-Mar | 2 | -92.9% | - | - | ||||||||
Anguilla | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Antigua and Barbuda | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Argentina | 31-Mar | 512 | -55.6% | - | -100% | ||||||||
Armenia | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Aruba | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Australia | 31-Mar | 4,653 | -10.5% | 14 | -39.1% | ||||||||
Austria | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Azerbaijan | 31-Mar | 38 | +153.3% | - | - | ||||||||
Bahamas | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Bahrain | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Bangladesh | 31-Mar | 142 | -36% | - | -100% | ||||||||
Barbados | 31-Mar | 2 | -84.6% | - | - | ||||||||
Belarus | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Belgium | 31-Mar | 190 | -7.3% | - | - | ||||||||
Belize | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Benin | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Bermuda | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Bhutan | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Bolivia | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31-Mar | 12 | +200% | - | - | ||||||||
Botswana | 31-Mar | 3 | +50% | - | - | ||||||||
Brazil | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
British Virgin Islands | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Brunei | 31-Mar | 51 | -22.7% | - | - | ||||||||
Bulgaria | 31-Mar | 67 | +6.3% | - | -100% | ||||||||
Burkina Faso | 31-Mar | 1 | -83.3% | - | - | ||||||||
Burundi | 31-Mar | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
Cambodia | 31-Mar | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
Cameroon | 31-Mar | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
Canada | 31-Mar | 151 | -81.4% | - | -100% | ||||||||
Cape Verde | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Cayman Islands | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Central African Republic | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Chad | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Chile | 31-Mar | 2,125 | -56.8% | 18 | -40% | ||||||||
China | 31-Mar | 1,768 | -28.9% | 19 | -66.1% | ||||||||
Colombia | 31-Mar | 212 | -20.3% | - | - | ||||||||
Comoros | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Congo | 31-Mar | 1 | +% | - | - | ||||||||
Cook Islands | 31-Mar | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
Costa Rica | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Cote d'Ivoire | 31-Mar | 4 | -55.6% | - | - | ||||||||
Croatia | 31-Mar | 33 | -37.7% | - | - | ||||||||
Cuba | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Curacao | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Cyprus | 31-Mar | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
Czechia | 31-Mar | 90 | -5.3% | 1 | = | ||||||||
Democratic Republic of Congo | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Denmark | 31-Mar | - | -100% | - | -100% | ||||||||
Djibouti | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Dominica | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Dominican Republic | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Ecuador | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Egypt | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
El Salvador | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Equatorial Guinea | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Eritrea | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Estonia | 31-Mar | 38 | +26.7% | - | - | ||||||||
Eswatini | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Ethiopia | 31-Mar | 1 | +% | - | - | ||||||||
Faeroe Islands | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Falkland Islands | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Fiji | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Finland | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
France | 31-Mar | - | - | ||||||||||
French Guiana | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
French Polynesia | 31-Mar | 1 | = | - | - | ||||||||
Gabon | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Gambia | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Georgia | 31-Mar | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
Germany | 31-Mar | - | - | ||||||||||
Ghana | 31-Mar | 21 | +40% | - | - | ||||||||
Gibraltar | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Greece | 31-Mar | 917 | +32.7% | 8 | +14.3% | ||||||||
Greenland | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Grenada | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Guadeloupe | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Guam | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Guatemala | 31-Mar | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
Guernsey | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Guinea | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Guinea-Bissau | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Guyana | 31-Mar | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
Haiti | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Honduras | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Hong Kong | 31-Mar | - | - | ||||||||||
Hungary | 31-Mar | 19 | -24% | 1 | +% | ||||||||
Iceland | 31-Mar | 1 | = | - | - | ||||||||
India | 31-Mar | 716 | -27.6% | 13 | -27.8% | ||||||||
Indonesia | 31-Mar | 23 | -34.3% | - | - | ||||||||
Iran | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Iraq | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Ireland | 31-Mar | 142 | -16% | 2 | -33.3% | ||||||||
Isle of Man | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Israel | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Italy | 31-Mar | 487 | -19.8% | 11 | -38.9% | ||||||||
Jamaica | 31-Mar | 1 | -66.7% | - | - | ||||||||
Japan | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Jersey | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Jordan | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Kazakhstan | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Kenya | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Kiribati | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Kosovo | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Kuwait | 31-Mar | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
Kyrgyzstan | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Laos | 31-Mar | 4 | +33.3% | - | - | ||||||||
Latvia | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Lebanon | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Lesotho | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Liberia | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Libya | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Liechtenstein | 31-Mar | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
Lithuania | 31-Mar | 190 | -14.4% | - | -100% | ||||||||
Luxembourg | 31-Mar | 19 | -13.6% | - | - | ||||||||
Madagascar | 31-Mar | 2 | +100% | - | - | ||||||||
Malawi | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Maldives | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Mali | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Malta | 31-Mar | 3 | +50% | 1 | +% | ||||||||
Marshall Islands | 31-Mar | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
Martinique | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Mauritania | 31-Mar | 47 | -6% | - | - | ||||||||
Mauritius | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Mayotte | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Mexico | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Micronesia (country) | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Moldova | 31-Mar | 68 | -10.5% | - | -100% | ||||||||
Monaco | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Mongolia | 31-Mar | 10 | +150% | - | - | ||||||||
Montenegro | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Montserrat | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Morocco | 31-Mar | 7 | -36.4% | - | - | ||||||||
Mozambique | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Myanmar | 31-Mar | 28 | = | - | - | ||||||||
Namibia | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Nauru | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Nepal | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Netherlands | 31-Mar | 110 | +25% | - | - | ||||||||
New Caledonia | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
New Zealand | 31-Mar | 73,357 | +9069.6% | 14 | -30% | ||||||||
Nicaragua | 31-Mar | 1 | = | - | - | ||||||||
Niger | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Nigeria | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Niue | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
North Korea | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
North Macedonia | 31-Mar | 2 | -50% | - | - | ||||||||
Northern Mariana Islands | 31-Mar | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
Norway | 31-Mar | 42 | -25% | - | - | ||||||||
Oman | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Pakistan | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Palau | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Palestine | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Panama | 31-Mar | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
Papua New Guinea | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Paraguay | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Peru | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Philippines | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Pitcairn | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Poland | 31-Mar | 253 | -8.7% | - | -100% | ||||||||
Portugal | 31-Mar | 61 | +8.9% | 1 | -75% | ||||||||
Puerto Rico | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Qatar | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Reunion | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Romania | 31-Mar | 313 | -5.2% | - | -100% | ||||||||
Russia | 31-Mar | 21,590 | -13.3% | 75 | +5.6% | ||||||||
Rwanda | 31-Mar | 2 | +% | - | - | ||||||||
Saint Barthelemy | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Saint Helena | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Saint Lucia | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Saint Martin (French part) | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Samoa | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
San Marino | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Sao Tome and Principe | 31-Mar | 6 | +200% | - | - | ||||||||
Saudi Arabia | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Senegal | 31-Mar | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
Serbia | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Seychelles | 31-Mar | 93 | +151.4% | - | - | ||||||||
Sierra Leone | 31-Mar | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Slovakia | 31-Mar | 9 | -71.9% | - | - | ||||||||
Slovenia | 31-Mar | 14 | = | 2 | = | ||||||||
Solomon Islands | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Somalia | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
South Africa | 31-Mar | 6 | +50% | - | - | ||||||||
South Korea | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
South Sudan | 31-Mar | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
Spain | 31-Mar | - | - | ||||||||||
Sri Lanka | 31-Mar | - | -100% | - | -100% | ||||||||
Sudan | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Suriname | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Sweden | 31-Mar | 80 | -16.7% | 3 | -66.7% | ||||||||
Switzerland | 31-Mar | 125 | -7.4% | - | - | ||||||||
Syria | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Tajikistan | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Tanzania | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Thailand | 31-Mar | 728 | +15.6% | 2 | -60% | ||||||||
Timor | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Togo | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Tokelau | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Tonga | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Trinidad and Tobago | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Tunisia | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Turkey | 31-Mar | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
Turkmenistan | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Turks and Caicos Islands | 31-Mar | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
Tuvalu | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Uganda | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Ukraine | 31-Mar | 8 | +33.3% | - | - | ||||||||
United Arab Emirates | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
United Kingdom | 31-Mar | 1,379 | -5.2% | - | - | ||||||||
United States | 31-Mar | - | 476 | -33.5% | |||||||||
United States Virgin Islands | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Uruguay | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Uzbekistan | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Vanuatu | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Vatican | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Venezuela | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Vietnam | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Wallis and Futuna | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Yemen | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Zambia | 31-Mar | 55 | -44.4% | - | - | ||||||||
Zimbabwe | 31-Mar | - | - | - | - |
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