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COVID-19 World Weekly Statistics
Updated: 23rd Apr 2024 9:20 am
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| | Updated | Cases | (±) | Deaths | (±) | Active | (±) | Hosp | (±) | ICU | (±) | Vent | (±) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 20-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* | |||||||||||||
| Asia | 7-Apr | 3,657 | -17.5% | 16 | -52.9% | ||||||||
| Africa | 7-Apr | 98 | -24% | - | - | ||||||||
| Europe | 7-Apr | 24,423 | -7.5% | 97 | -7.6% | ||||||||
| European Union | 7-Apr | 2,465 | -21.6% | 26 | -13.3% | ||||||||
| North America | 7-Apr | 985 | +13.9% | 458 | -24.7% | ||||||||
| South America | 7-Apr | 1,802 | -42.9% | 26 | +30% | ||||||||
| Oceania | 7-Apr | 7,065 | -90.9% | 22 | -21.4% | ||||||||
| World | 7-Apr | 38,030 | -66.3% | 619 | -22.1% | ||||||||
| *INCOME* | |||||||||||||
| Low income | 7-Apr | 414 | +5.3% | - | - | ||||||||
| Lower middle income | 7-Apr | 1,180 | +19.8% | 13 | = | ||||||||
| Upper middle income | 7-Apr | 22,980 | -11.3% | 75 | -23.5% | ||||||||
| High income | 7-Apr | 13,456 | -84.3% | 531 | -22.4% | ||||||||
| *COUNTRIES* | |||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | 7-Apr | 378 | +13.9% | - | - | ||||||||
| Albania | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Algeria | 7-Apr | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
| American Samoa | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Andorra | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Angola | 7-Apr | 8 | +300% | - | - | ||||||||
| Anguilla | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Argentina | 7-Apr | 242 | -58.6% | - | -100% | ||||||||
| Armenia | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Aruba | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Australia | 7-Apr | 3,880 | -16.6% | 15 | +7.1% | ||||||||
| Austria | 7-Apr | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
| Azerbaijan | 7-Apr | 46 | +21.1% | - | - | ||||||||
| Bahamas | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Bahrain | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Bangladesh | 7-Apr | 126 | -11.3% | - | - | ||||||||
| Barbados | 7-Apr | 7 | +250% | - | - | ||||||||
| Belarus | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Belgium | 7-Apr | 146 | -23.2% | - | - | ||||||||
| Belize | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Benin | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Bermuda | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Bhutan | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Bolivia | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7-Apr | 4 | -66.7% | - | - | ||||||||
| Botswana | 7-Apr | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
| Brazil | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| British Virgin Islands | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Brunei | 7-Apr | 20 | -60.8% | - | - | ||||||||
| Bulgaria | 7-Apr | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 7-Apr | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
| Burundi | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Cambodia | 7-Apr | 2 | +% | - | - | ||||||||
| Cameroon | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Canada | 7-Apr | 974 | +13.9% | 1 | -83.3% | ||||||||
| Cape Verde | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Cayman Islands | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Central African Republic | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Chad | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Chile | 7-Apr | 1,215 | -42.8% | 25 | +38.9% | ||||||||
| China | 7-Apr | 1,368 | -22.6% | - | -100% | ||||||||
| Colombia | 7-Apr | 160 | -24.5% | - | - | ||||||||
| Comoros | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Congo | 7-Apr | 1 | = | - | - | ||||||||
| Cook Islands | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Costa Rica | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Cote d'Ivoire | 7-Apr | 5 | +25% | - | - | ||||||||
| Croatia | 7-Apr | 32 | -3% | - | - | ||||||||
| Cuba | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Curacao | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Cyprus | 7-Apr | 83 | -17% | - | - | ||||||||
| Czechia | 7-Apr | 87 | -3.3% | - | -100% | ||||||||
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Denmark | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Djibouti | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Dominica | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Dominican Republic | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Ecuador | 7-Apr | 185 | -20.6% | 1 | = | ||||||||
| Egypt | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| El Salvador | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Eritrea | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Estonia | 7-Apr | 26 | -31.6% | 1 | +% | ||||||||
| Eswatini | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Ethiopia | 7-Apr | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
| Faeroe Islands | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Falkland Islands | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Fiji | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Finland | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| France | 7-Apr | - | - | ||||||||||
| French Guiana | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| French Polynesia | 7-Apr | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
| Gabon | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Gambia | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Georgia | 7-Apr | 172 | +0.6% | - | - | ||||||||
| Germany | 7-Apr | - | - | ||||||||||
| Ghana | 7-Apr | 32 | +52.4% | - | - | ||||||||
| Gibraltar | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Greece | 7-Apr | 996 | +8.6% | 5 | -37.5% | ||||||||
| Greenland | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Grenada | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Guadeloupe | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Guam | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Guatemala | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Guernsey | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Guinea | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Guinea-Bissau | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Guyana | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Haiti | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Honduras | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Hong Kong | 7-Apr | - | - | ||||||||||
| Hungary | 7-Apr | 19 | = | 2 | +100% | ||||||||
| Iceland | 7-Apr | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
| India | 7-Apr | 695 | -2.9% | 13 | = | ||||||||
| Indonesia | 7-Apr | 15 | -34.8% | - | - | ||||||||
| Iran | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Iraq | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Ireland | 7-Apr | 145 | +2.1% | 1 | -50% | ||||||||
| Isle of Man | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Israel | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Italy | 7-Apr | 151 | -69% | - | -100% | ||||||||
| Jamaica | 7-Apr | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
| Japan | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Jersey | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Jordan | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Kenya | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Kiribati | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Kosovo | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Kuwait | 7-Apr | 8 | +% | - | - | ||||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Laos | 7-Apr | 5 | +25% | - | - | ||||||||
| Latvia | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Lebanon | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Lesotho | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Liberia | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Libya | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Liechtenstein | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Lithuania | 7-Apr | 122 | -35.8% | - | - | ||||||||
| Luxembourg | 7-Apr | 11 | -42.1% | - | - | ||||||||
| Madagascar | 7-Apr | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
| Malawi | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Maldives | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Mali | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Malta | 7-Apr | 1 | -66.7% | - | -100% | ||||||||
| Marshall Islands | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Martinique | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Mauritania | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Mauritius | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Mayotte | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Mexico | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Micronesia (country) | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Moldova | 7-Apr | 70 | +2.9% | 2 | +% | ||||||||
| Monaco | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Mongolia | 7-Apr | 9 | -10% | - | - | ||||||||
| Montenegro | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Montserrat | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Morocco | 7-Apr | 4 | -42.9% | - | - | ||||||||
| Mozambique | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Myanmar | 7-Apr | 39 | +39.3% | - | - | ||||||||
| Namibia | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Nauru | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Nepal | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Netherlands | 7-Apr | 61 | -47% | - | - | ||||||||
| New Caledonia | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| New Zealand | 7-Apr | 3,185 | -95.7% | 7 | -50% | ||||||||
| Nicaragua | 7-Apr | 1 | = | - | - | ||||||||
| Niger | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Nigeria | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Niue | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| North Korea | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| North Macedonia | 7-Apr | 1 | -50% | - | - | ||||||||
| Northern Mariana Islands | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Norway | 7-Apr | 73 | +73.8% | - | - | ||||||||
| Oman | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Pakistan | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Palau | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Palestine | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Panama | 7-Apr | 3 | = | - | - | ||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Paraguay | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Peru | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Philippines | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Pitcairn | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Poland | 7-Apr | 171 | -32.4% | 1 | +% | ||||||||
| Portugal | 7-Apr | 64 | +4.9% | 4 | +300% | ||||||||
| Puerto Rico | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Qatar | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Reunion | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Romania | 7-Apr | 253 | -19.2% | 2 | +% | ||||||||
| Russia | 7-Apr | 19,954 | -7.6% | 69 | -8% | ||||||||
| Rwanda | 7-Apr | 1 | -50% | - | - | ||||||||
| Saint Barthelemy | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Saint Helena | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Saint Lucia | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Saint Martin (French part) | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Samoa | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| San Marino | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Sao Tome and Principe | 7-Apr | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Senegal | 7-Apr | - | -100% | - | - | ||||||||
| Serbia | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Seychelles | 7-Apr | 7 | +16.7% | - | - | ||||||||
| Sierra Leone | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Singapore | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Slovakia | 7-Apr | 12 | +20% | - | - | ||||||||
| Slovenia | 7-Apr | 13 | -7.1% | 2 | = | ||||||||
| Solomon Islands | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Somalia | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| South Africa | 7-Apr | 4 | -33.3% | - | - | ||||||||
| South Korea | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| South Sudan | 7-Apr | 3 | +% | - | - | ||||||||
| Spain | 7-Apr | - | - | ||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Sudan | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Suriname | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Sweden | 7-Apr | 72 | -10% | 8 | +166.7% | ||||||||
| Switzerland | 7-Apr | 102 | -18.4% | - | - | ||||||||
| Syria | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Tajikistan | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Tanzania | 7-Apr | 1 | = | - | - | ||||||||
| Thailand | 7-Apr | 774 | +6.3% | 3 | +50% | ||||||||
| Timor | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Togo | 7-Apr | 1 | +% | - | - | ||||||||
| Tokelau | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Tonga | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Tunisia | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Turkey | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Turkmenistan | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Tuvalu | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Uganda | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Ukraine | 7-Apr | 237 | +2862.5% | - | - | ||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| United Kingdom | 7-Apr | 1,517 | +7.1% | - | - | ||||||||
| United States | 7-Apr | - | 457 | -24.1% | |||||||||
| United States Virgin Islands | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Uruguay | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Vanuatu | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Vatican | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Venezuela | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Vietnam | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Wallis and Futuna | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Yemen | 7-Apr | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Zambia | 7-Apr | 31 | - | ||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 7-Apr | - | - |
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