This article is about the status of the outbreak in different locations by continent and conveyance around the world. For further information, see National responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID‑19 pandemic
Confirmed cases per 100,000 population as of 23 August 2020
This article provides a general overview and documents the status of locations affected by SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
Total confirmed cases per country as of 23 August 2020.
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As of 00:09 UTC on 23 August 2020, a total of 23,120,830 cases are confirmed in more than 227 countries and territories,[4] and 26 cruise and naval ships.[5] There are 7,475,755 active cases and 802,693 deaths.[4]
As of 20 August 2020 (UTC) · History of cases · History of deaths
Notes
^Location: Countries, territories, and international conveyances where cases were diagnosed. The nationality of the infected and the origin of infection may vary. For some countries, cases are split into respective territories and noted accordingly.
^Cases: This number shows the cumulative number of confirmed human cases reported to date. The actual number of infections and cases is likely to be higher than reported.[6] Reporting criteria and testing capacity vary between locations. The total number of cases may not necessarily represent an aggregate sum of all entries in this column as it relies on aggregate sources and not local sources.
^Deaths: Reporting criteria vary between locations. The total number of deaths may not necessarily represent an aggregate sum of all entries in this column as it relies on aggregate sources and not local sources.
^Recoveries: May not correspond to actual current figures and not all recoveries may be reported. Reporting criteria vary between locations. The total number of recoveries may not necessarily represent an aggregate sum of all entries in this column as it relies on aggregate sources and not local sources.
Figures do not include the unincorporated territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and U.S. Virgin Islands, all of which are listed separately.
Not all states or overseas territories report recovery data.
Cases include clinically diagnosed cases as per CDC guidelines.[7]
Recoveries and deaths include probable deaths and people released from quarantine as per CDC guidelines.[8][9][10]
Figures from the United States Department of Defense are only released on a branch-by branch basis since April 2020, without distinction between domestic and foreign deployment, and cases may be reported to local health authorities.[11]
Cases for the USS Theodore Roosevelt, currently docked at Guam, are reported separate from national figures but included in the Navy's totals.
Since 6 June, the Brazilian government has ordered the Ministry of Health to stop reporting the total number of deaths and active cases.[14][15] After this, the National Council of Health Secretaries assumed the function of reporting the total number of deaths and active cases.[16]
The Chilean Ministry of Health considered all cases as "recovered" after 14 days since the initial symptoms of the virus, no matter the health situation of the infected or if following tests indicate the continuing presence of the virus. The only exception were casualties, which are not included as recovered.[27]
Deaths only include cases with positive PCR tests and catalogued as "COVID-19 related death" by the Civil Registry and Identification Service. This number is informed on the daily reports of the Ministry of Health. A report with the total number of deaths, including suspected cases without PCR test, is released weekly since 20 June 2020.[28] In the latest report (14 August 2020), the number of total deaths is 14,407.[29]
Excluding confirmed cases on the claimed territory of the Falkland Islands. Since 11 April, the Argentine Ministry of Health includes them in their official reports.[33]
Figures for total confirmed cases and total deaths include data from both hospital and nursing home (ESMS: établissements sociaux et médico-sociaux).[45]
On 17 July 2020, Quebec, Canada, revised its criteria on recoveries. The Institut national de santé publique claims that "the previous method resulted in 'significant underestimations' of recovered cases."[53] This change resulted in a drop of active cases nationwide, from a total of 27,603 on 16 July to 4,058 on 17 July.[54]
The number of deaths also includes untested cases and cases in retirement homes that presumably died because of COVID-19, whilst most countries only include deaths of tested cases in hospitals.[72]
The British cruise ship Diamond Princess was in Japanese waters, and the Japanese administration was asked to manage its quarantine, with the passengers having not entered Japan. Therefore, this case is included in neither the Japanese nor British official counts. The World Health Organization classifies the cases as being located "on an international conveyance".
Excluding the cases from Diamond Princess cruise ship which are classified as "on an international conveyance". Ten cases, including one fatality recorded by the Australian government.
As of 23 March 2020, according to figures from just over 40 per cent of all GPs in Norway, 20,200 patients have been registered with the "corona code" R991. The figure includes both cases where the patient has been diagnosed with coronavirus infection through testing, and where the GP has used the "corona code" after assessing the patient's symptoms against the criteria by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.[140]
As of 24 March 2020, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health estimates that between 7,120 and 23,140 Norwegians are infected with the coronavirus.[141]
Including the autonomous region of the Åland Islands.
The number of recoveries is an estimate based on reported cases which were reported at least two weeks ago and there is no other monitoring data on the course of the disease.[156] The exact number of recoveries is not known, as only a small proportion of patients have been hospitalized.[157]
Although currently anchored off the coast of Uruguay, cases for the Greg Mortimer are currently reported separately. Six have been transferred inland for hospitalization.
854 people who tested positive have been voluntarily repatriated to their respective countries and are not part of the confirmed case count as a result the Government of Botswana does not include the transferred-out cases.[257]
Recoveries are presumed. Defined as "An individual testing positive for coronavirus who completes the 14 day self-isolation period from the onset of symptoms who is at home on day 15, or an individual who is discharged from hospital following more severe symptoms."[261]
The MS Rotterdam rendezvoused with the Zaandam on 26 March off the coast of Panama City to provide support and evacuate healthy passengers. Both have since docked in Florida.[304][305]
MS Zaandam and Rotterdam's numbers are currently not counted in any national figures.
Figures for Tanzania are "No data" as the country stopped publishing figures on coronavirus cases on 29 April.[321] Figures as of that date were 509 cases, 21 deaths, and 183 recoveries.[322][323]
U.S. Air Force airmen unload a C-17 aircraft carrying approximately 1,800 kg (4,000 lb) of medical supplies in Niamey, Niger 23 April 2020.
According to Michael Yao, WHO's head of emergency operations in Africa, early detection is vital because the continent's health systems "are already overwhelmed by many ongoing disease outbreaks".[327][328] Advisers say that a strategy based on testing could allow African countries to minimise lockdowns that inflict enormous hardship on those who depend on income earned day by day to be able to feed themselves and their families. Even in the best scenario, the United Nations says 74 million test kits and 30,000 ventilators will be needed by the continent's 1.3 billion people in 2020.[329] The number of infections exceeded a million by 6 August, with five countries make up over 75% of the total confirmed cases: South Africa, Algeria, Egypt, Ghana and Nigeria.[330] It is, however, believed that there is widespread under-reporting in other African countries with poorer health care systems,[331] and some countries such as Tanzania failed to provide useful statistics. The mortality rates of COVID-19 cases in African countries are relatively low compared to Europe due to the younger age of their populations.[330]
Disinfection of Tehran Metro trains against coronavirus. Similar measures have also been taken in other countries.[336]
A cluster of mysterious pneumonia cases was detected in December 2019 in Wuhan and eventually spread to the rest of China. Afterwards, many other Asian countries started to confirm cases, with some of the most affected countries being South Korea, Turkey and Iran. A number of countries such as India and Malaysia also experienced a surge in cases following religious gatherings. As of 30 April, cases have been reported in all Asian countries except for North Korea and Turkmenistan, both of which have suspected cases. The lack of cases in North Korea is disputed, given its shared border with China, while concerns have been raised about the ability for its health system to cope.[335] There have been no reported cases in the Australian external territories of Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.[337][338]
A small number of initial cases in Europe were reported in France, Germany and other countries. On 21 February, a large outbreak was reported in Italy, mostly in the north near Milan. Cases grew rapidly as the outbreak spread across Europe. Cases had been reported in all European countries when Montenegro reported a case on 17 March, and in almost all European territories after the Isle of Man on 19 March, the disputed state of Transnistria on 21 March,[339] and the Åland Islands on 22 March reported cases. No cases have been reported in the Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.[335] The WHO declared Europe as the new epicenter of the virus after the situation improved in China.[340] On 26 May, the epicenter was declared by the WHO to have moved to the Americas.[341]
The first cases in North America were reported in the United States in January 2020. Cases were reported in all North American countries after Saint Kitts and Nevis confirmed a case on 25 March, and in all North American territories after Bonaire confirmed a case on 16 April.[342]
On 26 March 2020, the U.S. became the country with the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 infections, with over 82,000 cases.[343] On 11 April 2020, the U.S. became the country with the highest official death toll for COVID-19, with over 20,000 deaths.[344] As of 31 July 2020 the total cases of COVID- with 150,283 total deaths.[345]
Canada reported 117,658 cases and 3,842 deaths on 30 July, while Mexico reported 416,179 cases and 46,000 deaths.[346]
As of 16 Aug, 30,428 cases have been reported in Oceania; the five territories reporting the most cases are: Australia (23,288), Hawaiʻi (4,825), New Zealand (1,271), Guam (502) and Papua New Guinea (271). 469 deaths have been reported in the region: Australia (396), Hawaiʻi (40), New Zealand (22), Guam (5), Papua New Guinea (3), the Northern Mariana Islands (2), and Fiji (1).[349]
South America
Workers being trained to disinfect buses in Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil, 16 March 2020
By 19 March, cases have been confirmed in all South American countries. Cases were confirmed in all South American territories, as cases were confirmed in the Falkland Islands on 3April.
The coronavirus was first reported in South America on 26 February when Brazil confirmed a case in São Paulo. Since then, governments across the region have taken an array of actions to protect their citizens and contain the spread of COVID-19.[350] Brazil reported 100,000 cases of infection and 7,000 deaths on 3 May,[351] becoming the country with the ninth highest number of cases in the world. As of 30 Jun, Brazil is the second country in the global ranking with about 1.4 million cases.
As of 1 July, the other South American countries with the high number of cases are Peru (285,213), Chile (279,393), Colombia (95,269), Argentina (64,517), and Ecuador (56,432).[352] Both with no permanent population, Bouvet Island and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands have not reported any cases as of 2 May.[335]
International conveyances
By mid-March 2020, over 700 people were infected aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship.
Cruise operators have either cancelled or changed their itineraries as countries across the world implement travel restrictions to curb the disease. Ports are[when?] refusing to accept cruise ships that have either been to Chinese ports or are carrying Chinese passengers.[citation needed]
The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), which represents 90% of cruise operators, announced various precautionary measures being implemented by its members. All passengers who have traveled to or visited/transited through China (including Hong Kong and Macau) within 14 days before embarkation will be denied entry into cruise ships. Anyone in close contact with either suspected or diagnosed cases of coronavirus infection will also be denied entry.[357]
Countries and dependent territories that have no confirmed cases
Below is a list of countries and territories that have not confirmed any cases of COVID-19, in order of greatest population.
UN member states
As of August 2020, 12 sovereign states (10 in Oceania and 2 in Asia) have not confirmed any cases of COVID-19. Below is a list of these countries, ordered by population.
^Australian IOT (20 April 2020). "IOT response to COVID-19 coronavirus". Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications.
^"La veille sanitaire au maroc". Le Portail Officiel du Coronavirus au Maroc (in French). Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.