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COVID-19 World Weekly Statistics
| 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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