COVID-19 situation update worldwide, as of week 17, updated 6 May 2021

Data presented on this page are collected between Monday and Wednesday for the preceding week and published on Thursdays

Disclaimer: National updates are published at different times and in different time zones. This, and the time ECDC needs to process these data, may lead to discrepancies between the national numbers and the numbers published by ECDC. Users are advised to use all data with caution and awareness of their limitations. Data are subject to retrospective corrections; corrected datasets are released as soon as processing of updated national data has been completed.

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Since 31 December 2019 and as of week 2021-17, 153 220 576 cases of COVID-19 (in accordance with the applied case definitions and testing strategies in the affected countries) have been reported, including 3 209 416 deaths.

Cases have been reported from:

Africa: 4 571 789 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are South Africa (1 584 064), Morocco (511 856), Tunisia (312 747), Ethiopia (258 384) and Egypt (229 635).

Asia: 34 785 351 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are India (19 925 604), Iran (2 516 157), Indonesia (1 677 264), Iraq (1 074 930) and Philippines (1 054 983).

America: 63 068 547 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are United States (32 421 705), Brazil (14 779 529), Argentina (3 021 179), Colombia (2 905 254) and Mexico (2 349 900).

Europe: 50 722 884 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are France (5 652 247), Turkey (4 875 388), Russia (4 823 255), United Kingdom (4 420 201) and Italy (4 044 762).

Oceania: 71 300 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are Australia (29 826), French Polynesia (18 758), Papua New Guinea (11 206), Guam (8 004) and New Zealand (2 622).

Other: 705 cases have been reported from an international conveyance in Japan.

Deaths have been reported from:

Africa: 122 304 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are South Africa (54 417), Egypt (13 469), Tunisia (10 915), Morocco (9 028) and Ethiopia (3 726).

Asia: 477 851 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are India (218 959), Iran (72 090), Indonesia (45 796), Pakistan (18 149) and Philippines (17 431).

America: 1 533 740 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are United States (577 045), Brazil (408 622), Mexico (217 345), Colombia (75 164) and Argentina (64 792).

Europe: 1 074 175 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are United Kingdom (127 538), Italy (121 177), Russia (110 862), France (104 848) and Germany (83 276).

Oceania: 1 340 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are Australia (910), French Polynesia (141), Guam (137), Papua New Guinea (115) and New Zealand (26).

Other: 6 deaths have been reported from an international conveyance in Japan.

Epidemiological curves

These histograms are based on the available information at the time of publication, originating from several sources. Data completeness depends on the availability of information from the affected areas. All data should be interpreted with caution as the outbreak is evolving rapidly. In addition, due to the unavailability of date-of-onset data and different testing policies per country, this figure might not be reflective of the evolution of the epidemic.

Distribution of COVID-19 cases worldwide, as of week 17 2021

Cases reported in accordance with the applied case definition and testing strategies in the affected countries.

Distribution of COVID-19 deaths, worldwide, as of week 17 2021

Geographic distribution of COVID-19

14-day COVID-19 case notification rate per 100 000, weeks 16-17