(NEW YORK) — Here’s the latest data on COVID-19 coronavirus infections, deaths and vaccinations.
Latest reported COVID-19 numbers globally per Johns Hopkins University
Global diagnosed cases: 159,732,343
Global deaths: 3,319,169. The United States has the most deaths of any single country, with 582,848.
Number of countries/regions: at least 192
Total patients recovered globally: 95,819,194
Latest reported COVID-19 numbers in the United States per Johns Hopkins University
There are at least 32,779,414 reported cases in 50 states + the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam. This is more than in any other country.
U.S. deaths: at least 582,848. California has the greatest number of reported deaths in the U.S., with 62,365.
U.S. total people tested: 446,863,658
The greatest number of reported COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is in California, with 3,761,779 confirmed cases out of a total state population of 39.51 million. This ranks third in the world after England, which has 3,878,541 cases, and Maharashtra, India, which leads the world with 5,179,929 reported cases. Texas is second in the U.S., with 2,920,304 confirmed cases out of a total state population of 29 million.
Latest reported COVID-19 vaccination numbers in the United States
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports a total of 334,081,065 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been distributed in the U.S. Of those, 263,132,561 doses have been administered, with 153,448,316 people receiving at least one dose and 116,576,359 people fully vaccinated, representing 46.2% and 35.1% of the total U.S. population, respectively. The Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines each require two doses to be effective. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine requires a single dose to be effective.
WHO and global leaders could have prevented COVID-19 pandemic, new report says
The World Health Organization and global leaders could have done more to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic, a panel of independent experts say in a new report released Wednesday. The panel says countries’ slow response to COVID-19 led to devastating results.
The group also says the WHO’s response was “hindered” due to lack of global leadership and restrictive international health laws. The report suggests giving more power to the WHO to fight pandemics in the future, including being given “guaranteed rights of access” in countries to investigate emerging outbreaks.
COVID-19 cases surging in Asia and the Pacific, Red Cross says
COVID-19 cases are surging in Asia and the Pacific, the International Federation of the Red Cross said Wednesday. In the past two weeks, there have been over 5.9 million new confirmed cases, with the Red Cross warning that hospitals and health systems in these regions are being pushed to the limit.
“COVID-19 is exploding across much of Asia, overwhelming hospitals and healthcare. More people have been diagnosed with the disease in Asia over the past two weeks than in the Americas, Europe, and Africa combined,” Red Cross Asia Pacific director Alexander Matheou says in a statement.
Vaccine campaigns are underway in the region, but the Red Cross says they are being hindered by “shortages, hesitancy and the costly logistics.”
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