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COVID-19 World Weekly Statistics
| Updated | Cases | (±) | Deaths | (±) | Active | (±) | Hosp | (±) | ICU | (±) | Vent | (±) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Malaysia | 25-Mar | 512 | -13.7% | - | - | 7,878 | -1% | 15 | +15.4% | 0 | -100% | 0 | -100% |
• Johor | 54 | -6.9% | - | - | 1,823 | -0.2% | - | -100% | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• Kedah | 7 | -56.3% | - | - | -567 | +1.6% | 2 | +100% | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• Kelantan | 6 | -14.3% | - | - | 2 | -50% | - | -100% | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• Melaka | 20 | -4.8% | - | - | 1,105 | = | 2 | +% | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• N. Sembilan | 11 | -47.6% | - | - | 56 | -17.6% | - | -100% | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• Pahang | 11 | +83.3% | - | - | 500 | +1% | 1 | +% | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• Perak | 13 | -38.1% | - | - | 326 | -2.4% | 1 | = | 0 | -100% | 0 | -100% | |
• Perlis | 8 | -20% | - | - | 39 | -4.9% | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• P. Pinang | 26 | +13% | - | - | -26 | -10.3% | 2 | +% | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• Sabah | 3 | -40% | - | - | 3,464 | -0.1% | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• Sarawak | 7 | +16.7% | - | - | 59 | +1.7% | 1 | +% | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• Selangor | 179 | -12.7% | - | - | -18 | -325% | 5 | -16.7% | 0 | -100% | 0 | -100% | |
• Terengganu | 34 | = | - | - | 310 | +0.3% | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• WP Kuala Lumpur | 131 | -11.5% | - | - | 546 | -3% | 1 | +% | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• WP Labuan | - | - | - | - | 26 | = | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
• WP Putrajaya | 2 | -83.3% | - | - | 233 | -4.1% | - | -100% | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
Singapore | 21-Mar | 2,134 | -6.3% | ||||||||||
*CONTINENTS* | |||||||||||||
Asia | 3-Mar | 7,155 | -1.6% | 26 | -10.3% | ||||||||
Africa | 3-Mar | 14 | -77.8% | 2 | -50% | ||||||||
Europe | 3-Mar | 32,840 | -11.2% | 122 | -35.8% | ||||||||
European Union | 3-Mar | 4,647 | -37% | 51 | -58.2% | ||||||||
North America | 3-Mar | 39 | -80.8% | 891 | -17.7% | ||||||||
South America | 3-Mar | 9,799 | -24.7% | 46 | -13.2% | ||||||||
Oceania | 3-Mar | 12,102 | -3.5% | 32 | +6.7% | ||||||||
World | 3-Mar | 61,949 | -11.6% | 1,119 | -19.4% | ||||||||
*INCOME* | |||||||||||||
Low income | 3-Mar | 2,525 | +% | 25 | +% | ||||||||
Lower middle income | 25-Feb | 1,946 | -21.8% | 11 | -59.3% | ||||||||
Upper middle income | 3-Mar | 31,507 | -14.5% | 80 | -25.2% | ||||||||
High income | 3-Mar | 27,917 | -10.8% | 1,014 | -20.2% | ||||||||
*COUNTRIES* | |||||||||||||
Afghanistan | 18-Feb | 211 | -10.2% | - | - | ||||||||
Angola | 3-Mar | 1 | = | - | - | ||||||||
Argentina | 3-Mar | 2,178 | -41.4% | 2 | -50% | ||||||||
Armenia | 18-Feb | 38 | +% | - | - | ||||||||
Australia | 3-Mar | 7,002 | -3.1% | 12 | -25% | ||||||||
Azerbaijan | 3-Mar | 115 | -12.2% | - | - | ||||||||
Bangladesh | 3-Mar | 356 | +3.2% | 2 | -33.3% | ||||||||
Barbados | 3-Mar | 6 | -45.5% | - | - | ||||||||
Belgium | 3-Mar | 364 | -31.5% | - | - | ||||||||
Belize | 3-Mar | 2 | +100% | - | - | ||||||||
Bolivia | 25-Feb | 1 | +% | - | - | ||||||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25-Feb | 8 | = | - | -100% | ||||||||
Brunei | 3-Mar | 102 | -39.3% | - | - | ||||||||
Bulgaria | 3-Mar | 121 | +16.3% | - | -100% | ||||||||
Cambodia | 3-Mar | 2 | = | - | - | ||||||||
Canada | 25-Feb | 159 | -90% | - | -100% | ||||||||
Chile | 3-Mar | 6,984 | +2.8% | 40 | +11.1% | ||||||||
China | 3-Mar | 1,999 | -34% | - | -100% | ||||||||
Colombia | 25-Feb | 1,696 | +50.1% | - | - | ||||||||
Czechia | 3-Mar | 175 | -30% | 3 | +50% | ||||||||
Denmark | 25-Feb | 91 | -23.5% | 6 | = | ||||||||
Ecuador | 3-Mar | 581 | +13.5% | - | - | ||||||||
El Salvador | 25-Feb | 1 | = | - | - | ||||||||
Estonia | 3-Mar | 55 | -28.6% | 1 | +% | ||||||||
Greece | 3-Mar | 1,406 | -28.1% | 12 | -33.3% | ||||||||
Guatemala | 3-Mar | 1 | +% | - | - | ||||||||
Guyana | 25-Feb | 42 | -44.7% | - | - | ||||||||
Haiti | 25-Feb | 1 | = | - | - | ||||||||
Honduras | 25-Feb | 1 | -50% | - | - | ||||||||
Hungary | 3-Mar | 43 | -33.8% | - | - | ||||||||
Iceland | 3-Mar | 4 | = | - | - | ||||||||
India | 3-Mar | 1,177 | +19.9% | 17 | +183.3% | ||||||||
Indonesia | 3-Mar | 441 | +975.6% | 5 | +% | ||||||||
Iran | 18-Feb | 659 | +121.9% | 12 | +% | ||||||||
Ireland | 3-Mar | 222 | -16.2% | 1 | = | ||||||||
Italy | 3-Mar | 300 | -74.7% | 6 | -84.2% | ||||||||
Jamaica | 3-Mar | 11 | +37.5% | - | -100% | ||||||||
Kuwait | 18-Feb | 45 | -33.8% | - | |||||||||
Laos | 3-Mar | 8 | -11.1% | - | - | ||||||||
Liechtenstein | 18-Feb | 1 | = | - | - | ||||||||
Lithuania | 3-Mar | 310 | -29.7% | - | -100% | ||||||||
Luxembourg | 3-Mar | 42 | +2.4% | - | - | ||||||||
Malta | 3-Mar | 4 | -69.2% | 1 | = | ||||||||
Mauritania | 25-Feb | 1 | -83.3% | - | - | ||||||||
Moldova | 3-Mar | 127 | -27.4% | 1 | +% | ||||||||
Mongolia | 3-Mar | 11 | +22.2% | - | - | ||||||||
Morocco | 18-Feb | 44 | -56% | 2 | +% | ||||||||
Myanmar | 3-Mar | 31 | = | - | - | ||||||||
Namibia | 3-Mar | 10 | -82.1% | 1 | -50% | ||||||||
Netherlands | 18-Feb | 239 | -31.7% | - | -100% | ||||||||
New Zealand | 3-Mar | 5,100 | -4% | 20 | +42.9% | ||||||||
Nicaragua | 3-Mar | 1 | = | - | - | ||||||||
North Macedonia | 3-Mar | 9 | -30.8% | - | -100% | ||||||||
Norway | 3-Mar | 100 | -20% | - | - | ||||||||
Panama | 3-Mar | 15 | -25% | 1 | +% | ||||||||
Peru | 3-Mar | 56 | -77.6% | 4 | -69.2% | ||||||||
Poland | 3-Mar | 683 | -38.3% | 10 | -16.7% | ||||||||
Portugal | 3-Mar | 140 | +30.8% | 1 | -66.7% | ||||||||
Romania | 3-Mar | 558 | -33% | - | -100% | ||||||||
Russia | 3-Mar | 25,835 | -3% | 70 | +7.7% | ||||||||
Saint Lucia | 18-Feb | 3 | +% | - | - | ||||||||
Slovakia | 3-Mar | 36 | -32.1% | 1 | +% | ||||||||
Slovenia | 3-Mar | 20 | -58.3% | 2 | -71.4% | ||||||||
Sri Lanka | 3-Mar | 1 | = | - | - | ||||||||
Sweden | 3-Mar | 168 | -19.2% | 13 | -51.9% | ||||||||
Switzerland | 3-Mar | 223 | -6.3% | - | - | ||||||||
Thailand | 3-Mar | 462 | -5.1% | 2 | -33.3% | ||||||||
Turks and Caicos Islands | 3-Mar | 3 | +% | - | - | ||||||||
Ukraine | 3-Mar | 493 | -4.1% | - | - | ||||||||
United Kingdom | 3-Mar | 1,402 | -27% | - | - | ||||||||
Zimbabwe | 3-Mar | 3 | -40% | 1 | -50% |
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