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

(last updated 10:00 AM CET 8/4/2020)

 

Globally 18,142,718 cases (219,862)

691,013 deaths (4,278)

Africa 825,272 cases (9,276)

14,139 deaths (77)

Americas 9,741,727 cases (111,129)

365,334 deaths (2,172)

Eastern Mediterranean 1,574,551 cases (9,715)

41,202 deaths (420)

Europe 3,425,017 cases (28,964)

214,238 deaths (647)

South-East Asia 2,242,656 cases (55,641)

47,574 deaths (899)

Western Pacific 332,754 cases (5,137)

8,513 deaths (63)

 

Highlights
    • With over 18 million cases reported today, and new cases rising by around 250 000 each day, now is not the
      time to be complacent. As some economies and societies open up, WHO continues to urge the public to
      remain vigilant and take precautions to avoid getting COVID-19; while urging countries to increase testing and
      contact tracing to ensure no cases are missed and ensure appropriate treatment is available.
    • In his regular media briefing yesterday, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros reiterated that “We have seen
      around the world, that it’s never too late to turn this pandemic around. If we act together today, we can save
      lives, we can save livelihoods if we do it all together.”
    • WHO has published a scientific brief on estimating mortality from COVID-19. The brief discusses the limitations
      and difficulties in interpreting the case fatality ratio of COVID-19, and potential biases that could arise in
      ascertaining mortality.
    • Today’s‘Subject in Focus’ summarises the work being done by the WHO Regional Office for Africa and partners
      to respond to the COVID-19 Infodemic.