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COVID-19 World Weekly Statistics

Updated: 17th Apr 2024 6:53 pm
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UpdatedCases(±)Deaths(±)Active(±)Hosp(±)ICU(±)Vent(±)
Malaysia14-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-
Singapore6-Apr 2,145 -4.2%
*CONTINENTS*
Asia31-Mar 4,261 -22.1% 34 -60%
Africa31-Mar 253 -10.9% - -
Europe31-Mar 26,262 -12% 105 -24.5%
European Union31-Mar 3,035 -5.3% 30 -50.8%
North America31-Mar 155 -81.6% 476 -33.6%
South America31-Mar 2,849 -55.1% 18 -51.4%
Oceania31-Mar 78,011 +1185.8% 28 -34.9%
World31-Mar 111,791 +128.8% 661 -35.3%
*INCOME*
Low income31-Mar 393 +20.6% - -100%
Lower middle income31-Mar 1,022 -28.1% 13 -38.1%
Upper middle income31-Mar 25,428 -16.4% 96 -36%
High income31-Mar 84,948 +409% 552 -34.8%
*COUNTRIES*
Afghanistan31-Mar 332 +55.9% - -100%
Albania31-Mar - - - -
Algeria31-Mar 2 -33.3% - -
American Samoa31-Mar - - - -
Andorra31-Mar - - - -
Angola31-Mar 2 -92.9% - -
Anguilla31-Mar - - - -
Antigua and Barbuda31-Mar - - - -
Argentina31-Mar 512 -55.6% - -100%
Armenia31-Mar - - - -
Aruba31-Mar - - - -
Australia31-Mar 4,653 -10.5% 14 -39.1%
Austria31-Mar - - - -
Azerbaijan31-Mar 38 +153.3% - -
Bahamas31-Mar - - - -
Bahrain31-Mar - - - -
Bangladesh31-Mar 142 -36% - -100%
Barbados31-Mar 2 -84.6% - -
Belarus31-Mar - - - -
Belgium31-Mar 190 -7.3% - -
Belize31-Mar - - - -
Benin31-Mar - - - -
Bermuda31-Mar - - - -
Bhutan31-Mar - - - -
Bolivia31-Mar - - - -
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba31-Mar - - - -
Bosnia and Herzegovina31-Mar 12 +200% - -
Botswana31-Mar 3 +50% - -
Brazil31-Mar - - - -
British Virgin Islands31-Mar - - - -
Brunei31-Mar 51 -22.7% - -
Bulgaria31-Mar 67 +6.3% - -100%
Burkina Faso31-Mar 1 -83.3% - -
Burundi31-Mar - -100% - -
Cambodia31-Mar - -100% - -
Cameroon31-Mar - -100% - -
Canada31-Mar 151 -81.4% - -100%
Cape Verde31-Mar - - - -
Cayman Islands31-Mar - - - -
Central African Republic31-Mar - - - -
Chad31-Mar - - - -
Chile31-Mar 2,125 -56.8% 18 -40%
China31-Mar 1,768 -28.9% 19 -66.1%
Colombia31-Mar 212 -20.3% - -
Comoros31-Mar - - - -
Congo31-Mar 1 +% - -
Cook Islands31-Mar - -100% - -
Costa Rica31-Mar - - - -
Cote d'Ivoire31-Mar 4 -55.6% - -
Croatia31-Mar 33 -37.7% - -
Cuba31-Mar - - - -
Curacao31-Mar - - - -
Cyprus31-Mar - -100% - -
Czechia31-Mar 90 -5.3% 1 =
Democratic Republic of Congo31-Mar - - - -
Denmark31-Mar - -100% - -100%
Djibouti31-Mar - - - -
Dominica31-Mar - - - -
Dominican Republic31-Mar - - - -
Ecuador31-Mar - - - -
Egypt31-Mar - - - -
El Salvador31-Mar - - - -
Equatorial Guinea31-Mar - - - -
Eritrea31-Mar - - - -
Estonia31-Mar 38 +26.7% - -
Eswatini31-Mar - - - -
Ethiopia31-Mar 1 +% - -
Faeroe Islands31-Mar - - - -
Falkland Islands31-Mar - - - -
Fiji31-Mar - - - -
Finland31-Mar - - - -
France31-Mar--
French Guiana31-Mar - - - -
French Polynesia31-Mar 1 = - -
Gabon31-Mar - - - -
Gambia31-Mar - - - -
Georgia31-Mar - -100% - -
Germany31-Mar--
Ghana31-Mar 21 +40% - -
Gibraltar31-Mar - - - -
Greece31-Mar 917 +32.7% 8 +14.3%
Greenland31-Mar - - - -
Grenada31-Mar - - - -
Guadeloupe31-Mar - - - -
Guam31-Mar - - - -
Guatemala31-Mar - -100% - -
Guernsey31-Mar - - - -
Guinea31-Mar - - - -
Guinea-Bissau31-Mar - - - -
Guyana31-Mar - -100% - -
Haiti31-Mar - - - -
Honduras31-Mar - - - -
Hong Kong31-Mar--
Hungary31-Mar 19 -24% 1 +%
Iceland31-Mar 1 = - -
India31-Mar 716 -27.6% 13 -27.8%
Indonesia31-Mar 23 -34.3% - -
Iran31-Mar - - - -
Iraq31-Mar - - - -
Ireland31-Mar 142 -16% 2 -33.3%
Isle of Man31-Mar - - - -
Israel31-Mar - - - -
Italy31-Mar 487 -19.8% 11 -38.9%
Jamaica31-Mar 1 -66.7% - -
Japan31-Mar - - - -
Jersey31-Mar - - - -
Jordan31-Mar - - - -
Kazakhstan31-Mar - - - -
Kenya31-Mar - - - -
Kiribati31-Mar - - - -
Kosovo31-Mar - - - -
Kuwait31-Mar - -100% - -
Kyrgyzstan31-Mar - - - -
Laos31-Mar 4 +33.3% - -
Latvia31-Mar - - - -
Lebanon31-Mar - - - -
Lesotho31-Mar - - - -
Liberia31-Mar - - - -
Libya31-Mar - - - -
Liechtenstein31-Mar - -100% - -
Lithuania31-Mar 190 -14.4% - -100%
Luxembourg31-Mar 19 -13.6% - -
Madagascar31-Mar 2 +100% - -
Malawi31-Mar - - - -
Maldives31-Mar - - - -
Mali31-Mar - - - -
Malta31-Mar 3 +50% 1 +%
Marshall Islands31-Mar - -100% - -
Martinique31-Mar - - - -
Mauritania31-Mar 47 -6% - -
Mauritius31-Mar - - - -
Mayotte31-Mar - - - -
Mexico31-Mar - - - -
Micronesia (country)31-Mar - - - -
Moldova31-Mar 68 -10.5% - -100%
Monaco31-Mar - - - -
Mongolia31-Mar 10 +150% - -
Montenegro31-Mar - - - -
Montserrat31-Mar - - - -
Morocco31-Mar 7 -36.4% - -
Mozambique31-Mar - - - -
Myanmar31-Mar 28 = - -
Namibia31-Mar - - - -
Nauru31-Mar - - - -
Nepal31-Mar - - - -
Netherlands31-Mar 110 +25% - -
New Caledonia31-Mar - - - -
New Zealand31-Mar 73,357 +9069.6% 14 -30%
Nicaragua31-Mar 1 = - -
Niger31-Mar - - - -
Nigeria31-Mar - - - -
Niue31-Mar - - - -
North Korea31-Mar - - - -
North Macedonia31-Mar 2 -50% - -
Northern Mariana Islands31-Mar - -100% - -
Norway31-Mar 42 -25% - -
Oman31-Mar - - - -
Pakistan31-Mar - - - -
Palau31-Mar - - - -
Palestine31-Mar - - - -
Panama31-Mar - -100% - -
Papua New Guinea31-Mar - - - -
Paraguay31-Mar - - - -
Peru31-Mar - - - -
Philippines31-Mar - - - -
Pitcairn31-Mar - - - -
Poland31-Mar 253 -8.7% - -100%
Portugal31-Mar 61 +8.9% 1 -75%
Puerto Rico31-Mar - - - -
Qatar31-Mar - - - -
Reunion31-Mar - - - -
Romania31-Mar 313 -5.2% - -100%
Russia31-Mar 21,590 -13.3% 75 +5.6%
Rwanda31-Mar 2 +% - -
Saint Barthelemy31-Mar - - - -
Saint Helena31-Mar - - - -
Saint Kitts and Nevis31-Mar - - - -
Saint Lucia31-Mar - - - -
Saint Martin (French part)31-Mar - - - -
Saint Pierre and Miquelon31-Mar - - - -
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines31-Mar - - - -
Samoa31-Mar - - - -
San Marino31-Mar - - - -
Sao Tome and Principe31-Mar 6 +200% - -
Saudi Arabia31-Mar - - - -
Senegal31-Mar - -100% - -
Serbia31-Mar - - - -
Seychelles31-Mar 93 +151.4% - -
Sierra Leone31-Mar - -100% - -
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)31-Mar - - - -
Slovakia31-Mar 9 -71.9% - -
Slovenia31-Mar 14 = 2 =
Solomon Islands31-Mar - - - -
Somalia31-Mar - - - -
South Africa31-Mar 6 +50% - -
South Korea31-Mar - - - -
South Sudan31-Mar - -100% - -
Spain31-Mar--
Sri Lanka31-Mar - -100% - -100%
Sudan31-Mar - - - -
Suriname31-Mar - - - -
Sweden31-Mar 80 -16.7% 3 -66.7%
Switzerland31-Mar 125 -7.4% - -
Syria31-Mar - - - -
Tajikistan31-Mar - - - -
Tanzania31-Mar - - - -
Thailand31-Mar 728 +15.6% 2 -60%
Timor31-Mar - - - -
Togo31-Mar - - - -
Tokelau31-Mar - - - -
Tonga31-Mar - - - -
Trinidad and Tobago31-Mar - - - -
Tunisia31-Mar - - - -
Turkey31-Mar - -100% - -
Turkmenistan31-Mar - - - -
Turks and Caicos Islands31-Mar - -100% - -
Tuvalu31-Mar - - - -
Uganda31-Mar - - - -
Ukraine31-Mar 8 +33.3% - -
United Arab Emirates31-Mar - - - -
United Kingdom31-Mar 1,379 -5.2% - -
United States31-Mar- 476 -33.5%
United States Virgin Islands31-Mar - - - -
Uruguay31-Mar - - - -
Uzbekistan31-Mar - - - -
Vanuatu31-Mar - - - -
Vatican31-Mar - - - -
Venezuela31-Mar - - - -
Vietnam31-Mar - - - -
Wallis and Futuna31-Mar - - - -
Yemen31-Mar - - - -
Zambia31-Mar 55 -44.4% - -
Zimbabwe31-Mar - - - -
Source: MOH, Gov & News Agencies

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