Outbreak Brief 77: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

Outbreak Update: Since the last brief (29 June 2021), 2,748,295 new confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, including 56,249 new deaths, have been reported globally. To date, a global total of 183,592,818 COVID-19 cases and 3,980,074 related deaths (case fatality ratio (CFR): 2.2%) have been reported from 225 countries and territories to the World Health Organization (WHO). The distribution of cumulative cases (proportion of global cases) from the World Health Organization (WHO) reporting regions (excluding Africa) are as follows: Eastern Mediterranean Region 9,649,249 (5%), European Region 56,302,326 (31%), Region of the Americas 72,930,979 (40%), South-East Asia Region 35,309,575 (19%) and Western Pacific Region 3,651,728 (2%). In the last seven days, Brazil and India reported more than 300,000 new cases. while Colombia, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, the Russian Federation, South Africa and Argentina reported more than 100,000 new cases. For more detailed information on cases and deaths reported outside of Africa, refer to the WHO COVID-19 dashboard.