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WHO latest Situation Analysis COVID-19 report: Weekly Epidemiological Update

September 22, 2020

To date, over 30.6 million COVID-19 cases and 9,50,000 deaths have been reported to WHO. From 14-20 September, there were almost 2 million new cases of COVID-19, which represents 6 % increase compared to the previous week and the highest number of reported cases in a single week since the beginning of the epidemic. During the same period, there was 10% decrease in the number of deaths with 36, 764 deaths reported in the past seven days.

With the exception of the African Region, an increase in the weekly case incidence was reported across all WHO regions in the last seven days. Overall, the Region of the America's continues to carry the highest burden of COVID-19 globally, accounting for over 38% of all new cases reported in the past seven days, although the region has reported a 22% decrease in new deaths.

The WHO European Region showed the greatest rise in deaths in the past week, with a 27 % increase compared to the previous week.

South East Region:
The South-East Asian Region is the second most affected Region and currently accounts for 35 % and 25 % of cases and deaths, respectively, newly reported globally in the past seven days. Although the number of cases and deaths has been increasing steadily since March, the increases have slowed, with increases in new cases and deaths of only 1% and 4% respectively in the past week. The countries reporting the highest number of new cases continue to be India, Indonesia and Bangladesh, while Myanmar and Nepal showed the highest increase in new cases in the past seven days.

The countries reporting the highest number of new deaths per million population include India and Maldives, with 6 and 4 deaths per million population respectively, while Myanmar continues to show the highest increase in deaths in the past week.