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

(last updated 10:00 AM CET 8/13/2020)

 

Total (new cases in last 24 hours)

 

Globally 20,439,814 cases (276,398)

744,385 deaths (6,933)

Africa 916,644 cases (7,070)

17,557 deaths (359)

Americas 10,950,220 cases (151,158)

398,229 deaths (4,502)

Eastern Mediterranean 1,683,511 cases (13,578)

44,661 deaths (373)

Europe 3,668,652 cases (26,107)

218,255 deaths (504)

South-East Asia 2,830,404 cases (72,582)

56,636 deaths (1,072)

Western Pacific 389,642 cases (5,903)

9,034 deaths (123)

 

Highlights
    • There have been notable achievements made by Azerbaijan in their response to the COVID-19
      pandemic. To further boost its response to the ongoing pandemic, a team of WHO experts has
      recommended that the country strengthen contact tracing and testing.
    • Access to basic handwashing facilities is a key condition for schools to be able to operate safely
      in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet the latest data from the WHO/UNICEF Joint
      Monitoring Programme (JMP) found that 43% of schools worldwide lacked access to basic
      handwashing with soap and water in 2019.
    • More than 2800 community health workers have been trained in Haiti as part of the response
      to the COVID-19 pandemic, and meetings have been conducted with community leaders to
      provide them with accurate information about COVID-19. All of these efforts provide much needed support to the Ministry of Health and the country’s Multisectoral Pandemic
      Management Commission of COVID-19.
    • There has been a continued commitment to measles and rubella elimination in the WHO
      European Region, although the COVID-19 pandemic is placing an extraordinary burden on
      health systems