Weekly epidemiological update - 29 December 2020

Data as received by WHO from national authorities, as of 27 December 2020, 10 am CET. Other information collected by epidemic intelligence activities and verified by WHO.

Overview

Globally in the past week, over 4 million new COVID-19 cases and 72 000 new deaths were reported. This brings the cumulative numbers to over 79 million reported cases and over 1.7 million deaths globally since the start of the pandemic.

 

WHO Team
Emergency Response (WRE)