Outbreak Brief 74: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

Outbreak Update: Since the last brief (8 June 2021), 2,685,807 new confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, including 76,044 new deaths have been reported globally. To date, a global total of 175,707,065 COVID-19 cases and 3,804,136 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 9,078,815 (5%), European Region 55,025,257 (31%), Region of the Americas 69,690,628 (40%), South-East Asia Region 33,519,646 (19%) and Western Pacific Region 3,281,532 (2%). The number of new cases being reported from India has continued to decline. In the last seven days, India reported just above 600,000 new cases. During the same period, Brazil reported more than 450,000 new cases, Argentina and Columbia have reported more than 170,000 new cases, while the United States reported more than 100,000 new cases.
For more detailed information on cases and deaths being reported outside of Africa, refer to the WHO COVID-19 dashboard.