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WHO's Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation analysis report: Weekly Epidemiological Update

September 30, 2020

To date, over 32.7 million COVID-19 cases and 9,91,000 deaths have been reported to WHO. During the week of 21�27 September, there were more than 2 million new cases and 36, 000 new deaths reported, which is similar to the numbers reported the previous week. Cumulative deaths are expected to exceed one million in the coming week.

The Region of the Americas continues to carry the highest incidence of COVID-19 globally, reporting similar number of new cases and deaths as the previous week. The Region accounts for 38 % of all new cases and 52 % of all new deaths reported in the past seven days. The Eastern Mediterranean Region showed the greatest increase (9%) in cases in the past week, while the European Region reported a substantial rise in deaths, with a 9 % increase compared to the previous week.
The WHO African Western Pacific and South East Asia Regions reported decreases in the new case and deaths over the past week.

South-East Asia Region

The South-East Asian Region is the second most affected Region, accounting for 21% and 11% of cumulative cases and deaths, respectively. While the Region had been reporting increasing cases and deaths since March, in the past week, a 7% decrease in new cases and a 3% decrease in new deaths were observed. The countries reporting the highest number of new cases continue to be India, Indonesia and Bangladesh, while Myanmar reported the highest increase in cases (92% increase) and deaths (80%
increase) compared to the previous week.