Since 31 December 2019 and as of 12 August 2020, 20 330 351 cases of COVID-19 (in accordance with the applied case definitions and testing strategies in the affected countries) have been reported, including 742 413 deaths.
Africa: 1 065 544 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are South Africa (566 109), Egypt (95 834), Nigeria (47 290), Ghana (41 404) and Algeria (36 204).
Asia: 5 139 447 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are India (2 329 638), Iran (331 189), Saudi Arabia (291 468), Pakistan (285 921) and Bangladesh (263 503).
America: 10 976 368 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are United States (5 141 207), Brazil (3 109 630), Mexico (492 522), Peru (489 680) and Colombia (410 453).
Europe: 3 124 530 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are Russia (897 599), Spain (326 612), United Kingdom (312 789), Italy (251 237) and Germany (218 519).
Oceania: 23 766 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are Australia (21 713), New Zealand (1 220), Guam (449), Papua New Guinea (214) and French Polynesia (71).
Other: 696 cases have been reported from an international conveyance in Japan.
Deaths have been reported from:
Africa: 23 858 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are South Africa (10 751), Egypt (5 059), Algeria (1 322), Nigeria (956) and Sudan (786).
Asia: 111 183 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are India (46 091), Iran (18 800), Pakistan (6 129), Turkey (5 873) and Indonesia (5 824).
America: 398 941 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are United States (164 537), Brazil (103 026), Mexico (53 929), Peru (21 501) and Colombia (13 475).
Europe: 208 060 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are United Kingdom (46 526), Italy (35 215), France (30 354), Spain (28 581) and Russia (15 131).
Oceania: 364 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are Australia (331), New Zealand (22), Guam (5), Papua New Guinea (3) and Northern Mariana Islands (2).
Other: 7 deaths have been reported from an international conveyance in Japan.
NOTE:
On 10 August 2020, the United Kingdom reported less cumulative deaths in the United Kingdom. This is due to revisions in historical data. On 11 August 2020, the United Kingdom did not report cumulative deaths due to technical difficulties.
The cases reported for Spain include cases from the previous 14 days with available data at the time of data collection.
On 17 July 2020, Kyrgyzstan has changed their registration statistics on COVID-19 by introducing two codes (laboratory confirmed cases and clinical-epidemiological cases). This leads to a significant increase in case and death numbers on 18 July 2020. ■