Since 31 December 2019 and as of 24 October 2020, 42 279 076 cases of COVID-19 (in accordance with the applied case definitions and testing strategies in the affected countries) have been reported, including 1 145 314 deaths.
Africa: 1 698 118 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are South Africa (712 412), Morocco (190 416), Egypt (106 230), Ethiopia (92 229) and Nigeria (61 882).
Asia: 12 884 003 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are India (7 814 682), Iran (556 891), Iraq (445 949), Bangladesh (396 413) and Indonesia (381 910).
America: 19 543 512 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are United States (8 493 669), Brazil (5 353 656), Argentina (1 069 355), Colombia (998 942) and Peru (883 116).
Europe: 8 112 657 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are Russia (1 480 646), Spain (1 046 132), France (1 041 075), United Kingdom (830 998) and Italy (484 869).
Oceania: 40 090 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are Australia (27 484), French Polynesia (5 797), Guam (4 141), New Zealand (1 934) and Papua New Guinea (583).
Other: 696 cases have been reported from an international conveyance in Japan.
Deaths have been reported from:
Africa: 40 915 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are South Africa (18 891), Egypt (6 176), Morocco (3 205), Algeria (1 897) and Ethiopia (1 400).
Asia: 230 142 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are India (117 956), Iran (31 985), Indonesia (13 077), Iraq (10 513) and Turkey (9 658).
America: 623 264 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are United States (223 995), Brazil (156 471), Mexico (88 312), Peru (34 033) and Colombia (29 802).
Europe: 249 956 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are United Kingdom (44 571), Italy (37 059), Spain (34 752), France (34 508) and Russia (25 525).
Oceania: 1 030 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are Australia (905), Guam (69), New Zealand (25), French Polynesia (20) and Papua New Guinea (7).
Other: 7 deaths have been reported from an international conveyance in Japan.
NOTE:
United Kingdom: from 3 October 2020, due to a technical issue, COVID-19 cases from 24 September to 1 October will be reported by British authorities in the coming days.
On 2 October 2020, authorities in Ireland retrocorrected the total number of COVID-19 deaths leading to a negative value for the deaths reported on 3 October 2020.
On 10 September 2020, Jersey reclassified nine cases as old infections resulting in negative cases reported on 11 September 2020.
As of 7 September 2020, there is a negative number of cumulative cases in Ecuador due to the removal of cases detected from rapid tests. In addition, the total number of reported COVID-19 deaths has shifted to include both probable and confirmed deaths, which lead to a steep increase on the 7 September.
From end of August 2020, Swedish authorities are performing daily data consolidation leading to data retro-corrections. From week 38, the Swedish Public Health Agency will update COVID-19 daily data four times per week on Tuesday–Friday. Hence, the cumulative figures and related outputs include cases and deaths from the previous 14 days with available data at the time of data collection. ■