COVID Cases Are Still Rising in These 80 Countries

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New coronavirus cases were reported to be increasing in 80 countries, including the U.S. as well as dozens of countries in Europe, Asia and Africa, as of Friday, according to data compiled by Reuters.

"The [case] counts are based on the best available information accessible to Reuters at any given time. Total infections and deaths for each country include both confirmed and probable infections and deaths where that data is available. If probable infections and deaths are not reported by a country, we only use confirmed infections and deaths," Reuters noted.

The case data was sourced from official country, state, county, territory government and public health department websites and other verified sources including news conferences, press releases and social media posts by government officials, Reuters explained.

The U.S. was reported to have the world's highest seven-day average of daily new infections (59,902 average new cases), followed by India (57,121), France (25,480), Brazil (22,558) and the U.K. (19,229), in the top five ranking of countries with reporting the most new cases per day on average.

The seven-day average of daily new cases has been rising in the U.S., France and the U.K. over the past two weeks, while the figure has been declining in India over the same period, in the top five ranking, according to Reuters.

As of Friday, 50 countries, including the U.S., are "still near the peak of their infection curve," based on a comparison of the country's latest seven-day average of daily new cases and what it was at its peak, the worst stage of the outbreak in any given country.

"The percent of that peak a country currently reports gives us a better idea of how far it is from containing the spread of the virus relative to the worst days of its outbreak," Reuters said.

Currently, the seven-day average in the U.S. was reported to be 89 percent of the figure reported at its peak, according to Reuters.

"Of every 100 infections last reported around the world, more than 26 were reported from countries in Asia and the Middle East. The region is reporting a million new infections about every 10 days and has reported more than 12,806,000 since the pandemic began," Reuters said.

Shri Bankey Bihari temple, India, October 2020
Crowds outside the Shri Bankey Bihari Hindu temple in Vrindavan, India on October 17. India was reported to be among the 80 countries where COVID-19 cases are still rising, according to data compiled by Reuters.... AFP via Getty Images

Countries where COVID-19 cases are still rising

(as of October 23, according to data compiled by Reuters)

North America

  1. United States
  2. Canada

Europe

  1. U.K.
  2. France
  3. Italy
  4. Spain
  5. Germany
  6. Belgium
  7. Netherlands
  8. Portugal
  9. Greece
  10. Russia
  11. Sweden
  12. Denmark
  13. Norway
  14. Croatia
  15. Switzerland
  16. Czech Republic
  17. Bulgaria
  18. Hungary
  19. Ireland
  20. Lithuania
  21. North Macedonia
  22. Albania
  23. Austria
  24. Bosnia and Herzegovina
  25. Malta
  26. Poland
  27. Romania
  28. Slovenia
  29. Slovakia
  30. Ukraine
  31. Gibraltar
  32. Liechtenstein
  33. Luxembourg
  34. Belarus
  35. Serbia
  36. Estonia

Asia and the Middle East

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Armenia
  3. Azerbaijan
  4. Bangladesh
  5. Cyprus
  6. Georgia
  7. Iran
  8. Japan
  9. Jordan
  10. Kuwait
  11. Kazakhstan
  12. Kyrgyzstan
  13. Malaysia
  14. Mongolia
  15. Nepal
  16. Qatar
  17. Turkey
  18. United Arab Emirates

Latin America, Caribbean and Oceania

  1. Argentina
  2. Cayman Islands
  3. El Salvador
  4. Grenada
  5. Honduras
  6. Uruguay
  7. Saint Lucia
  8. French Polynesia

Africa

  1. Algeria
  2. Burkina Faso
  3. Burundi
  4. Djibouti
  5. Egypt
  6. Eritrea
  7. Guinea
  8. Kenya
  9. Mayotte
  10. Morocco
  11. Mozambique
  12. Rwanda
  13. South Africa
  14. South Sudan
  15. Tunisia
  16. Zimbabwe

The wider picture

The novel coronavirus has infected more than 41.7 million people across the globe since it was first reported in Wuhan, China. Globally, more than 1.1 million have died following infection, while more than 28.3 million have reportedly recovered as of Thursday, according to Johns Hopkins University.

The graphic below, provided by Statista, illustrates countries with the most COVID-19 cases.

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The graphic below, also produced by Statista, illustrates a comparison of COVID-19 case in the U.S. and the European Union (EU).

COVID-19 case surge in European Union
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The graphic below, also provided by Statista, illustrates different regions across the globe reporting a rise in new COVID-19 cases.

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Soo Kim is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. She covers various lifestyle stories, specializing in travel, health, home/interior design and property/real estate. Soo covered the COVID-19 pandemic extensively from 2020 to 2022, including several interviews with the chief medical advisor to the president, Dr. Anthony Fauci. Soo has reported on various major news events, including the Black Lives Matter movement, the U.S. Capitol riots, the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. and Canadian elections, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Soo is also a South Korea expert, covering the latest K-dramas—including the breakout hit Squid Game, which she has covered extensively, including from Seoul, the South Korean capital—as well as Korean films, such as the Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated Past Lives, and K-pop news, to interviews with the biggest Korean actors, such as Lee Jung-jae from Squid Game and Star Wars, and Korean directors, such as Golden Globe and Oscar nominee Celine Song. Soo is the author of the book How to Live Korean, which is available in 11 languages, and co-author of the book Hello, South Korea: Meet the Country Behind Hallyu. Before Newsweek, Soo was a travel reporter and commissioning editor for the award-winning travel section of The Daily Telegraph (a leading U.K. national newspaper) for nearly a decade from 2010, reporting on the latest in the travel industry, from travel news, consumer travel and aviation issues to major new openings and emerging destinations. Soo is a graduate of Binghamton University in New York and the journalism school of City University in London, where she earned a Masters in international journalism. You can get in touch with Soo by emailing s.kim@newsweek.com . Follow her on Instagram at @miss.soo.kim or X, formerly Twitter, at @MissSooKim .Languages spoken: English and Korean

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