SITUATION IN NUMBERS total (new) cases in last 24 hours 

(last updated 10:00 AM CET 7/9/2020)

 

Globally 11,874,226 cases (204,967)
545,481 deaths (5,575)
Africa 410,744 cases (12,802)
7,559 deaths (144)
Americas 6,125,802 cases (121,117)
272,606 deaths (3,778)
Eastern Mediterranean 1,222,070 cases (17,372)
29,127 deaths (463)
Europe 2,847,887 cases (20,098)
201,853 deaths (598)
South-East Asia 1,032,167 cases (30,512)
26,808 deaths (584)
Western Pacific 234,815 cases (3,066)
7,515 deaths (8)
Highlights
    • WHO has partnered with Facebook and Praekelt.org to provide COVID-19 information in Free Basics and Discover, in a mobile-friendly format. This will enable some of the most vulnerable people to access health information without any data charges, in more than 50 countries.
    • A WHO mission arrived yesterday in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, to assess the risks and develop the response mechanisms required to tackle COVID-19. “This mission reflects the commitment of WHO to a strong partnership with the central Asian countries.” said Dr Catherine Smallwood, Senior Emergency Officer in WHO’s Europe region and mission lead.
    • The Regional Office for the Americas has been holding webinars on a range of issues in relation to COVID-19. Tomorrow, they will hold a webinar focusing on‘Caring for the Carers: Managing your Mental Health While Caring for Others’ .
    • OpenWHO.org, WHO’s health emergencies online learning platform, has published courses on thirteen COVID-19 topics with more than 3.7 million enrollments.
    • In the meantime, the WHO Academy, which aims to build one of the world’s largest and most innovative digital learning platforms, is holding a survey from 8 to 29 July.
    • In today’s ‘Subject in Focus’ below, we provide an update on WHO’s COVID-19 support to Africa