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COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological situation Report: WHO

January 4, 2021

Globally in the past week, over 4 million new cases were reported. Although this is a 12% decrease compared to the previous week, this and other short term trends in data should be interpreted with caution over the end of year holiday season, as numbers may be influenced by presentation, testing and reporting delays.New deaths decreased by 8% to 72,730.

The Region of the Americas accounts for 48% of all new cases and 42% of all new deaths globally. While new cases and deaths remained high in the European
Region, which accounted for 37% and 42% respectively, both decreased compared to the previous week. New cases and deaths declined in South East Asia and Eastern Mediterranean regions.

In the African Region, while both new cases and deaths remained low compared to other regions, there was a 20% increase in new cases and 37% in new deaths. In the Western Pacific Region, new cases increased by 13% and new deaths increased by 4%.

Situation by WHO Region

South-East Asia Region
In the South East Asia Region, nearly 2,32,000 new cases were reported last week, a decrease of 6% compared to the previous week, while new deaths were
nearly 4,000; a slight decrease of 1%. There has been an overall decline in both cases and deaths since the peak in the week beginning 7 September. The countries reporting the highest number of both new cases and new deaths in the past week were India (1,56,627 new cases; 113 new cases per 1 million; 2,145 new deaths; 2 new deaths per 1 million), Indonesia (48,889 new cases; 179 new cases per 1 million; 1335 new deaths; 5 new deaths per 1 million) and Bangladesh (8,539 new cases; 52 new cases per 1 million; 186 new deaths; 1 new death per 1 million).