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COVID-19 World Weekly Statistics
Updated: 17th Apr 2024 6:53 pm
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| | 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 | - | - | - | - |
Source: MOH, Gov & News Agencies
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