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COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological situation Report: WHO

February 5, 2021

Globally, 3.7 million new cases were reported last week, a 13% decline as compared to the previous week and the third consecutive week showing a decline in cases. There were 96, 000 new deaths and a 1% decline as compared to the previous week. This brings the total number of cases to over 102 million and the total number of deaths to 2.2 million from 222 countries and territories. Last week, all WHO regions, except South East Asia reported a decline in new cases. Although new deaths declined globally by 1%, they
rose in the Western Pacific (21%), Eastern Mediterranean (9%) and the Americas (4%).

In the past week, 5 countries reporting the highest number of new cases continue to be the United States of America (1,072,287 cases, a 15% decrease), Brazil (3,64,593 cases, a 1% increase), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1,78,629 cases, a 31% decrease), France (1,41,092 cases, a 2% increase) and the Russian Federation (1,31,039 cases, a 13% decrease).

Situation by WHO Region

South-East Asia Region
Following slow declines in the number of new cases in the South-East Asia Region in recent weeks, there was a plateau in newly reported cases (2,00,000 new cases, 3% increase from last week) and deaths (3,000 new deaths, 0% change) this week. The three countries reporting the highest numbers of new cases and new deaths were India (91,650 new cases; 6.6 new cases per 1,00,000, a 5% decrease), Indonesia (88,839 new cases; 32.5 new cases per 1,00,000; a 10% increase) and Sri Lanka (5,706 new cases; 26.6 new cases per 1,00,000; an 8%
increase).

The three countries reporting the highest numbers of new deaths this week were Indonesia (2064 new deaths; 0.8 new deaths per 100 000, a 9% increase), India (935 new deaths; <0.1 new deaths per 100 000, a 12% decrease) and Bangladesh (108 new deaths; <0.1 new deaths per 100 000; a 10% decrease).