SITUATION IN NUMBERS total (new) cases in last 24 hours
(last updated 10:00 AM CET 5/19/2020)
Globally 4,731,458 cases (112,637)
316,169 deaths (4,322)
Western Pacific Region 169,178 cases (663)
6,765 deaths (22)
European Region 1,909 592 cases (19,125)
167,998 deaths (825)
South-East Asia Region 148,761 cases (7,168)
4,780 deaths (198)
Eastern Mediterranean Region 356,749 cases (18,189)
10,149 deaths (170)
Region of the Americas 2,082,945 cases (6,5134)
124,668 deaths (3,059)
African Region 63,521 cases (2,358)
1,796 deaths (48)
Highlights
- In his opening remarks at the World Health Assembly, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros declared: ‘We have come together as the nations of the world to confront the defining health crisis of our time.’ In concluding he asserted that the COVID-19 pandemic reminds us that we need a healthier, safer and
fairer world with a stronger WHO to support this goal. - Countries around the world have put in place a range of public health and social measures to suppress or stop community spread of COVID-19. WHO has published a document to provide an overview of public health and social measures, and to propose strategies to limit any possible harm resulting from these
interventions. - A new WHO report on the health behaviours of 11–15-year-olds in Europe reveals more adolescents have been reporting mental health concerns. The results were based on data between 2014 and 2018 and provide a baseline against which future studies can measure the impact of COVID-19 on young
people’s lives. - The WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific has released a timeline outlining some of the key moments and actions to respond to COVID-19 in the Region.