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Mortality risk. Excess mortality. Policy responses. Contents. Our interactive data visualizations that show the case fatality rate in each country are updated daily. The text below is updated periodically.
The actual death toll from COVID-19 is likely to be higher than the number of confirmed deaths – this is due to limited testing and problems in the attribution of the cause of death. The difference between reported confirmed deaths and actual deaths varies by country.
- Hannah Ritchie, Edouard Mathieu, Lucas Rodés-Guirao, Cameron Appel, Charlie Giattino, Esteban Ortiz-...
- 2020
Learn what we know about the mortality risk of COVID-19 and explore the data used to calculate it. Compare the number of deaths from all causes during COVID-19 to the years before to gauge the total impact of the pandemic on deaths.
- Hannah Ritchie, Edouard Mathieu, Lucas Rodés-Guirao, Cameron Appel, Charlie Giattino, Esteban Ortiz-...
- 2020
May 28, 2020 · The UK currently has the highest number of cases & deaths (250,138 & 35,169), followed by Italy (226, 699 & 32,169), Spain (232,037 & 27,778) and France (180,933 & 25,025). Sweden similarly followed a plan of ‘voluntary’ social distancing, with the country remaining open.
- John Hiscott, Magdalini Alexandridi, Michela Muscolini, Evelyne Tassone, Enrico Palermo, Maria Soult...
- 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2020.05.010
- 2020
- 2020/06
Covid-19 is continuing to spread around the world, with more than 550 million confirmed cases and more than six million deaths reported across almost 200 countries. The US, India and Brazil...
Jul 22, 2023 · WHO COVID-19 Dashboard is updated every Friday for the period of two weeks prior. Counts primarily reflect laboratory-confirmed cases and deaths, based upon WHO case definitions; although some departures may exist due to local adaptations. Counts include both domestic and repatriated cases.
Dec 4, 2021 · With that aim, the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response has developed a chronology of events, actions, and recommendations, from December, 2019, when the first cases of COVID-19 were identified in China, to the end of March, 2020, by which time the outbreak had spread extensively worldwide and had been characterised as a pand...
