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A Counting Game
THE SITUATION TO DATE
The Coronavirus was first reported on New Year's Eve (31 December) 2019. It
is thus known as Covid-19. A laboratory in Wuhan, China informed the headquarters of the World Health
Organisation (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland.
Over the next 19 months, the virus swept around the world. The virus spread in five waves - measured by the daily reports of new cases
(infections) and new deaths.
Graph shows the first four waves of daily new
cases (of infections), left, and daily new deaths (by the Coronavirus), right, worldwide from 22 January 2020 to 16 April
2021.
The first wave peaked in early April 2020. The second wave was twice as big as the first wave and peaked in
mid to late-July 2020. The third wave was three to four times bigger than the second wave
and peaked in January 2021. The fourth wave of daily new cases began in mid-February 2021. The fourth wave of daily new deaths began
in mid-March 2021. The
fourth wave of daily new cases and daily new deaths peaked on 28 and 29 April 2021. On
28 April, the highest level of daily new cases in the history of the infection worldwide was reported. From that day, daily new cases and daily new deaths declined.
Daily
new cases picked up again in mid-June 2021 in a fifth wave. Not shown on the chart. Daily new deaths picked up again, one month later, in mid-July 2021
in a fifth wave. Not shown on the graph.
CASES
European Union (EU) map of cases for 31 May 2020
WHO map of cases on 9 July 2020
Map of reported cases in E. U. and U.
K. per 100,000 population over a 14-day period in September - October 2020.
Worldwide Daily new cases (grey) with a 7-day
rolling average (green) From January to October 2020 
According
to the above chart, which applies a 'seven-day rolling average' counting method, the rate of 'reported' 'new' 'confirmed'
cases per day peaked and levelled off in August 2020. Then the rate rose slightly
towards the end of September.
From mid-June to early September 2020, the United States and Brazil, two countries with
a people much alike, reported the most cases (infections) in the world. In early September 2020, the total number
of cases reported by India surpassed Brazil's total. Brazil and India are Third World countries. Thus, the efficiency
of their counting methods or systems may be lower than that of Europe, the U. S. and Canada. In reality,
the death rates of Brazil and India could be higher than the U. S. The rates reported by Asian and other Latin American
countries also are to be doubted and considered understated. Some believe the US, due to corrupt practices, is reporting
more than the actual number of cases. Many point out that most public services in the U. S. are
run by people with less education than people in many Third World nations.
Then the rate climbed again - back
to the level of its previous peak. It climbed higher. The rate surpassed the peak of the first wave in late October.
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Reported daily
new cases worldwide Jan. 2020 to Feb. 2021
Peak 1 Peak
2
Peak 3 First
wave
Second wave
Third wave
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- Reported daily new cases of Covid-19 infections
worldwide January 2020 to mid-March
2021
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- Reported daily
new cases of Covid-19 infections worldwide January
2020 to 28 March 2021
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- Reported daily new cases
of Covid-19 infections worldwide January 2020 to 2 April 2021
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-
Reported daily new cases of Covid-19 infections worldwide January 2020 to 16
April 2021
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Reported daily new cases of Covid-19 infections worldwide
January 2020 to 7 May 2021 
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Reported daily new cases of Covid-19 infections
worldwide 23 January
2020 to 29 July
2021 Five waves
Daily reports
of new cases of Covid-19 infections worldwide over sixteen months, from January 2020 to April
2021, peaked on 7 January 2021. Then the reports dropped in a steep and steady decline. By mid-February 2021, the level of reported daily new cases had dropped to the same
level as mid-October 2020 - four months earlier. The steep decline in daily new cases ended in mid and late-February 2021.
The
daily new cases rose again, climbing steadily in
a fourth wave, and peaked on 29 April 2021 before dropping. Daily
new cases picked up again in mid-June 2021 in a fifth wave. Daily
new deaths climbed again one month later in mid-July 2021 in a fifth wave. See: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51235105
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CASES
The figures from World-O-Meter
(John Hopkins University)
• Confirmed cumulative tiotal of cases
of infection world-wide
5.13
million confirmed cases worldwide as of 19 May 2020; 5.13 million confirmed cases worldwide
as of 21 May 2020; 5.7 million
as of 27 May,
5.8 million by 28 May; 7,583,324 as
of 11 June (23:54 GMT)
7,885,028 as of 13 June (23:58 GMT) 8,207,375
as of 16 June (20:44 GMT) 8,514,945 as of 18 June (17:55
GMT) 9,051,398
as of 22 June (04:19 GMT)
9,124,611 as of 22 June (19:31 GMT)
9,742,302 as of
26 June,
9,987,112 as of 27 June
10,103,196 as of 28 June (09:12 GMT) 10,169,378
as of 28 June (16:37 GMT)
10,331,979 as of 29 June (18:32 GMT) 10,439,188 as of 30
June (13:09 GMT)
10,935,672 as of 2 July (20:29 GMT) 11,704,073 as of 6 July
(22:28 GMT)
11,780,467 as of 7 July (14:19 GMT)
12,639,695 as of 11 July (8:21 GMT)
12,645,684 as of 11 July (9:04 GMT)
13,557,045 as of 15 July (18:40 GMT)
14,384,296 as of 18 July (22:41 GMT)
14,850,887 as of 21 July (01:23 GMT)
16,005,664 as of 25 July
16,448,065 as of 27 July (11:50 GMT)
16,859,817 as of 28 July (22:35 GMT)
17,213,663 as of 30 July (11:04 GMT)
18,195,271 as 2 August (21:45 GMT)
18,561,570 as of 4 August (17:00 GMT)
19,193,849 as of 6 August (21:09 GMT)
21,046,107 as of 13 August (22:20 GMT)
22,163,206 as of 18 August (17:00 GMT)
23,722,981 as of 24 August (18:33 GMT)
25,000,000 as of 29 August
27,148,915 as of 6 September
28,247,357 as of 10 September (21:19 GMT)
29,127,547 as 13 September 2020 (20:35 GMT)
30,351,723 as of 18 September (04:55 GMT)
31,763,352 as of 23 September (00:13 GMT)
32,192,433 as of 24 September (15:30 GMT)
33,010,177 as of 26 Sept. (21:31 GMT)
34,353,283 as of 1 October (17:59 GMT)
35,702,089 as of 6 Oct. (05:10 GMT/UTC)
37,575,566 as of 11 October
39,170,483 as of 16 October (02:56 GMT/UTC)
40.8 million (rounded figure) as of 20 October
44.7 million as of 29 October
47,257,707 as of 2 Nov. 50
million as of 7 Nov.
51.25 million as of 11 Nov.
54.5 million as of 15 Nov.
60 million - 21-22/11
c. 62 million - 28/11
63,697,277 as of 1 Dec.
65,536,040 as of 4 Dec.
66,744,000 as of 5 Dec.
70,683,414 as of 11 Dec. (01:29 GMT)
74,596,800 as of 17 Dec. (08:09 GMT)
75,701,045 as of 18 Dec. (19:23 GMT)
78,366,708 as of 23 Dec. (05:15 GMT)
80,066,037 as of 25 Dec. (19:32 GMT)
80,850,898 as of 27 Dec. (15:56 GMT)
82,283,404 as of 30/12 (0:46) 84,338,551
as of 1 Jan. 2021 (23:39 GMT) 88,985,651 as of 8 Jan. 2021 (19:38 GMT) 92,305,25i9 as
of 13 Jan. 2021 (17:39 GMT) 93,504,389 cases as of 15 January 2021 (01:20 GMT) 95,449,788
as of 18 Jan. (00:02 GMT) 99,065,048 as of 23 Jan. 2021 (19:46 GMT)
100,243,257 as of 25 January (23:45 GMT) 103,216,252
as 31 Jan. 2021 (12:44 GMT) 105,383,502 as of 4 Feb. 2021 (23:51 GMT)
106,379,986 as of 7 Feb. (09:15 GMT) 108,296,047 as of 12 Feb. (03:25
GMT) 110,506,240 as of 18 Feb. (10:27
GMT) 113,100,697 as of 25 February 2021 (04:25
GMT) 116,208,090 as of 5 March 05 (02:01
GMT) 118,608,815 cases as of 11
March 2021 (00:36 GMT) 120,632,755
as 15 March 2021 (19:02 GMT)
121,914,574 cases as of 18 March 2021 (09:53 GMT)
125,436,393 cases as of 25 March 2021 (05:33 GMT)
130,089,444 cases as of 1 April 2021 (21:36 GMT)
132,437,230 cases as of 6 April 2021 (05:46 GMT) 133,015,276
cases as of 7 April 2021 (01:36 GMT)
136,246,676 cases as of 11 April '21 (15:16 GMT)
146,269,590 cases as of 24 April '21 (06:21 GMT) 150,041,930
cases as of 28 April 2021 (20:04 GMT)
155,106,782 cases as of 5 May 2021 (14:02 GMT)
161,851,664 cases as of 14 May 2021 (08:18 GMT)
166,244,011 cases as of 21 May 2021 (18:37 GMT)
168,528,040 cases as of 26 May 2021 (04:09 GNT)
175,622,445 cases worldwide as of 11 June 2021
178,678,871 cases worldwide as of 19 June 2021
180,847,411 cases as of 25 June 2021 (12:07 GMT)
182,757,522 cases as of 30 June 2021 191,600,752
cases as of 19 July 2021
199,938,908 cases as of 3 August 2021 (17:28 GMT)
200,220,294 reported cases (infections) worldwide as 4 August 2021 (00:41 GMT)
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HISTORY
DEATHS
Map
showing total deaths as of 19 July 2020 (Wikipedia).
Worldometer graph of daily new deaths for 18 October 2020:
January to October 2020
Worldometer Graph
of Daily New Deaths Worldwide January
to October 2020
DEATHSWorld-wide, Worldometer recorded
the most deaths in one day (a 24-hour period) - 8,573 - on 17 April 2020. By the 'seven-day rolling average' counting method, the daily rate of reported deaths peaked in April 2020.
Then the rate fell dramatically by one-third from its peak
level. Then the daily rate rose again,
indicating a 'second wave', as anticipated. The
daily decrease in new deaths remained steady until 7 May 2020 when the rate levelled off. The rate remained constant until
it 'spiked' in mid-June. The reported rate of
daily new deaths increased steadily. (In other words, more new cases were reported today than were reported yesterday. More
cases were reported yesterday than the day before.) Many
countries reopened their borders in June 2020. 'Lock-downs' eased. 'Social distancing' slowly and steadily disappeared. The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on 22 June 2020
that the 'second wave' of the virus was spreading around the world. In July 2020, reported cases and deaths increased at a steadily growing daily rate. Then the 'second wave' peaked in August. Its peak did not
reach the height of the peak of the first wave. According
to the above graphs, there were definitely two waves of deaths - a first followed by a second. Both waves peaked and dropped.
The second wave was not as high as the first. But then the rate rose again, indicating the start of a third wave in late September. The
rate increased steadily. In the first week of November, the number of reported daily deaths shot higher than the previous
peak. On 11 November 2020, 10,156 daily new deaths were reported.
DEATHS
- Reported daily new deaths by Covid-19 worldwide January 2020 to March 2021
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- Reported daily new deaths by
Covid-19 worldwide January
2020 to 2 April 2021 
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- Reported daily new deaths by
Covid-19 worldwide January 2020 to 16 April 2021
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- Reported daily new deaths by
Covid-19 worldwide January 2020 to 7 May 2021 
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- Reported daily new
deaths by Covid-19 worldwide January 2020 to 28 May 2021
First wave, second wave,
third wave, fourth wave . . .
The Third Wave Daily new deaths
peaked on 27 January 2021.
The drop in
daily new deaths ended in mid-March 2021
when the level was the same as mid-November 2020.
The Fourth Wave By late March
2021, the reports of daily new deaths rose and climbed in a fourth wave. By mid-April 2021
the number of daily new deaths reached the same level as 23 December 2020. By 29 April
2021, daily new deaths peaked and began to drop. By the end of
June 2021 the steep declines in daily new cases and daily new deaths levelled off.
The
Fifth Wave The Fifth Wave of daily new cases worldwide began in mi-June 2021. The Fifth Wave of daily new deaths began in mid-July 2021.
Between December 2020 and 7 February
2021, '128 million doses' of Covid-19 vaccine were administered. (Breakdown into primes and boosters
not available.) According to medical professionals, the vaccinations did not cause
- or contribute to - the sharp and steady decline in cases and deaths from January
2021. Nor did the vaccines prevent the highest levels of infection and deaths that were recorded by mid-April 2021.
As of 9 April 2021, 163 million people worldwide had been fully vaccinated
- about 2.1% of the world's population.
Reported deaths world-wide:
203,289
deaths (26/4),
245,544 (3/5), 294,412 (13/5), 331,021 deaths
as of 20/21 May 2020, 352,168 as of
27 May (1:01 GMT);
354,803 deaths as of 27 May (18:04 GMT),
357,432 deaths as of 28/5; 360,000 as of 29/5 367,300 deaths as of 30/5; 409,292
deaths by 9 June
423,080 as of 11 June (23:54 GMT) 431,726 by 13 June
(23:58 GMT)
443,803 as of 16 June (20:44 GMT)
453,507 as of 18 June (17:55 GMT) 470,395
as of 22 June (04:19 GMT)
472,084 as of 22 June (19:31 GMT)
492,475 as of 26 June (12:52 GMT)
498,720 as of 27 June (16:35 GMT)
501,678 as of 28 June (09:12 GMT)
502,797 as of 28 June (16:37 GMT)
506,088 as of 29 June (18:32 GMT)
508,983 as of 30 June (13:09 GMT)
521,759 as of 2 July (20:32 GMT)
526,586 as of 3 July (19:34 GMT)
539,550 as of 6 July (22:28)
541,775 as of 7 July (14:19)
554,074 as of 9 July (16:41)
563,173 as of 11 July (8:44 GMT)
563,255 as of 11 July (9:12 GMT)
583,694 as of 15 July (18:40 GMT)
583,694 as of 15 July (18:40 GMT)
603,242 as of 18 July (22:41 GMT)
613,143 as of 21 July (01:23 GMT)
643,878 as of 25 July (14:21 GMT)
652,872 as of 27 July (11:50 GMT)
661,825 as of 28 July (22:35 GMT)
670,909 as of 30 July (11:04 GMT)
691,733 as of 2 August (21:45 GMT)
700,230 as of 4 August (17:00 GMT)
715,586 as of 6 August (21:09 GMT)
728,337 as of 8 August of (22:29 GMT)
752,195 as of 13 August (22:20 GMT)
780,000 as of 18 August
791,034 as of 20 August (11:00 GMT)
814,374 as of 24 August (18:26 GMT)
814,604 as of 24 August (18:33 GMT)
841,335 as of 29 August (05:12 GMT) 884,959
as of 6 September
911,684 as of 10 Sept. (21:18 GMT)
927,138 as of 13 September (20:35 GMT)
950,557 as of 18 September (04:55 GMT)
974,543 as of 23 September 2020 (00:13 GMT)
983,542 as of 24 September (15:30 GMT) 993,463
as of 26 Sept. (04:04 GMT)
997,388 as of 26 Sept. (21:37 GMT) 998,167
as of 27 Sept. (00:03) 1
million as of 27 Sept. 1,000,360 as of 27 Sept. (16:40 GMT)
1,021,456 as of 1 October (17:59 GMT) 1,045,955
as of 6 Oct. (05:10 GMT/UTC
1,078,832 as of 11 October
1.1 million as of 15 Oct.
1.11 million as of 17 Oct.
1,177,471 as of 28 Oct. (21:09 GMT)
1.21 million as of 2 Nov.
1,253,156 as of 7 Nov.
1.27 million as of 11 Nov.
1,320,488 - 15/11
1,379,000 - 21/11
1,450.000 - 28/11
1,475,542 as of 1 Dec.
1,512,000 as of 4 Dec.
1,532,547 as of 5 Dec.
1,587,486 as of 11 Dec. (01:29 GMT)
1,656,545 as of 17 Dec. (08:09 GMT)
1,675,593 as of 18 Dec. (19:23 GMT) 1,694,146 as of 20 Dec. (13:08 GMT) 1,724,050 as of 23 Dec. (05:15 GMT) 1,754,880
as of 25 December (19:32 GMT) 1,767,468 as
of 27 Dec. (15:56 GMT); 1,795,045 as of 30
Dec. (00:46 GMT)
1,834,214 as of 1 Jan. 2021
(23:39 GMT) 1,861,846 as of 5 January
2021 (09:08 GMT) 1,914,639 as of 8
Jan. 2021 (19:38 GMT) 1.977,678
as of 13 Jan. 2021 (17:39 GMT)
2,001,133 deaths as of 15 January 2021 (01:20 GMT)
2,038,848 as of 18 Jan. (00:02 GMT)
2,123,897 as of 23 Jan. 2021 (19:46 GMT)
2,148,259 as of 25 January (23:45 GMT)
2,216,723 as of 30 Jan. 2021 (07:12 GMT)
2,231,184 as of 31 Jan. 2021 (12:44 GMT)
2,292,157 as of 4 Feb. 2021 (23:51 GMT)
2,321,445 as of 7 Feb. (09:15 GMT)
2,442,742 as of 18 February 2021 (10:27 GMT)
2,508,913 as of 25 February (04:28 GMT) 2,546,905
as of 1 March (19:48 GMT)
2,580,800 as of 5 March (02:01 GMT) 2,630,919
deaths as of 11 March 2021 (00:36 GMT)
2,668,477 as 15 March 2021 (19:02 GMT)
2,694,637 deaths as of 18 March 2021 (09:53 GMT)
2,728,064 deaths as of 22 March 2021 (07:43 GMT)
2,756,768 deaths as of 25 March 2021 (05:33 GMT)
2,838,177 deaths as of 1 April 2021 (21:36 GMT)
2,874,232 deaths as of 1 April 2021 (05:46 GMT)
2,885,894 deaths as of 7 April 2021 (01:36 GMT) 2,941,862
deaths as of 11 April '21 (15:16 GMT)
3,000,000 deaths as of 16 April 2021 (06:09 GMT)
3,100,084 as of 21 April 2021 ()6:21 GMT) 3,115,299
as of 25 April 2021 (11:24 GMT) 3,158,423
deaths as of 28 April 2021 (20:04 GMT)
3,243,939 deaths as of 5 May 2021 (14:02 GMT)
3,359,153 deaths as of 14 May 2021 (08:18 GMT)
3,451,720 deaths as of 21 May 2021 (18:37 GMT)
3,500,000 deaths as of 26 May 2021
3,717,698 as of 4 June 2021
3,788,723 cumulative deaths worldwide as of 11 June 2021 (04:25 GMT)
3,868,661 cumulative deaths worldwide as of 19 June 2021
3,917,924 deaths as of 25 June 2021 (12:07 GMT) 3,956,679
deaths worldwide as of 30 June 2021 4,110,385
deaths as of 19 July 2021
4,254,616 deaths as of 3 August 2021 (17:28 GMT)
The Five Waves
First wave, second wave, third .
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WORLD-WIDE
By 15 October 2020, a total of 1.1 million deaths from Coronavirus had been reported world-wide. By 11 Dec. 2020, almost 1.6 million. By 26 Dec. 2020, almost 1.8 million. By 20 Jan. 2021, 2.05 million. By
25 Jan. 2,148,259 By 31 Jan. 2,231,184 By 1 March 2,546,905 By 7 April '21 2,885,894 By 28 April '21 3,158,423 By 5 May '21 3,243,939 By 14 May '21 3,359,153 By 19 May '21 3,418,430 By 26 May '21 3,500,000 By 11 June '21 3,788,723 By 25 June '21 3,917,924 deaths By 19 July '21 4,110,385 By 4 Aug. '21 4,258,232 By 7 Aug. '21 4,290,768
Four countries -
the U. S., Brazil, Mexico and India - account for almost half of the deaths in the world by
Coronavirus. About 45%. By early September 2020, India reported more deaths than Mexico and surpassed it as third in deaths world-wide.
As of 19 November, the U. S.
has reported the most deaths, followed by Brazil (# 2), with almost two-thirds as many, India (# 3), Mexico (# 4), U. K. (#
5), Italy (# 6), France (# 7), Iran (# 8), Spain (# 9) and Argentina (# 10) in that order. But Mexico returned to the # 3 ranking, ahead of India, in late January 2021.
As of 00:21 GMT on 17 January 2021, the four
countries accounted for 905,928 of 2,029,568 deaths world-wide. About 45% of the reported total. As of April 2021, Brazil reported the second most deaths world-wide, roughly half as many
as the U. S. As of 7 April 2021 (01:36 GMT) the USA had reported a cumulative total of 570,260
deaths, Brazil 337,364, Mexico 205,002 and India 166,208. The four had 1,278,834 deaths - slightly
less than half the total deaths world-wide. Mexico was third and India was fourth, each with much less than Brazil. As of 28 April 2021, the US reported 588,009 deaths
- much more than any other country and about one-fifth (20%) of all deaths world-wide. By May 2021, India was third and Mexico was fourth. By August 2021, the same: USA, Brazil, India and Mexico.
The figures do not offer a real indication of the situation. The figures tell only who is recording
cases and deaths the best. There are certainly many unreported cases and deaths, especially in the Third World.
World-Wide
Political
map of the world
Europe reported a total of 1,007,947 deaths as of 28 April 2020. About one-third of all deaths by
Coronavirus world-wide have occurred in Europe.
If the reported deaths of European countries are taken together, Europe has had about twice as many
deaths as the U. S.
Countries with the
most deaths As of 17 Dec. 2020; 7 Jan. '21; 15 Jan.; 25 Feb. 1 Mar. '21 1. USA
312,678 370,000 400,267 518,363 522,226 2. Brazil
183,053 199,043 207,183
255,018 3. Mexico 115,099 128,822
137,916 185,715 4. India
144,353 150,372 152,094
157,257 5. Italy
66,537 77,346 81,325 (6th) 6. U. K.
65,520 76,877 87,296 (5th) 7. France
59,361 66,565 69,949 8. Iran
52,883 55,830 (9) 56,621 (9) 9. Spain 48,593 51,430 (10) 53,314
(10) 10. Russia 48,564 59,851
(8) 64,496 (8)
As of 7 April '21
5 May '21 19 May ' 21 19 June '21 1. USA
570,260 592,413 601,330 616,820 2. Brazil 337,364 411,854
439,378 498,621 3. Mexico 205,002
217,740 (#4) 220,746 (#4) 230,969 (4) 4. India
166,208 226,188 (#3) 283,376 (#3) 385,167
(3) 5. U. K.
126,882 127,543 127,691 127,956
(7) 6. Italy 111,747 121,738
124,497 127,225 (8) 7. Russia
101,106 111,895 116,575
128,911 (6) 8. France 97,273 105,387
108,040 110,702 (9) 9. Germany 77,862
84,285 87,148
90,912 (11) 10. Spain 75,911
78,399 79,502 (#11) 80,652 (14) Columbia
82,291 (#10) 98,746 (10) Peru
189,933 (5) Argentina 88,247
(12) Iran 82,854
(13)
Countries with the most deaths by
Covid-19 as of 4
August 2021 World
4,258,243 1. USA
630,483 2. Brazil
558,597 3. India
425,789 4.
Mexico 241,279 5. Peru
196,518 6. Russia
160,925 7. U. K.
129,881 8. Italy
128,115 9. Columbia
121,484 10. France
111,993 11. Argentina
106,447 12. Indonesia
98,889 13. Germany
92,208 14. Iran
91,786 15. Spain
81,773
Latin America  
Latin America (geographical Central and South America and the Caribbean) reported some 70,000 deaths by
9 June and almost twice as many, 130,000, less than a month later, by 5 July. Deaths as of 16
Dec. '20; 7 Jan, '21; 10 Apr.'21 25 Jun. '21
1. Brazil 183,053
199,043 348,934 509,282 2. Mexico 115,099 128,822
207,020 232,058 3. Argentina 41,204 43,976
57,350 (4th) 91,438 (5) 4. Columbia 39,356 65,283
(3rd) 102,636 (4) 5. Peru 36,817 54,285
191,286 (3) 6. Chile 15,959
24,108 31,797
7. Ecuador 13,915 17,158
21,377 8. Bolivia 9,026
12,428 16,414 9. Guatemala 4,510 6,977
8,894 (10) 10. Panama 3,411
6,156 6,500
(12) 11. Honduras 3,001
4,766 6,879
12. Dom. Rep. 2,372
3,382 (13th) 3,781 (15) 13. Paraguay 1,991
4,698 (12) 12,086 (9) 14. Costa Rica 1,956
3,018
4,581 El Salvador 2,048
(15th) 2,356 15. Venezuela 965
1,739 (16th) 3,023 (16) Uruguay
1,363 (17th) 5,413 (13) Cuba
448 1,209 16. Guyana 156
252 (21st) 458
As
of 7 August 1. Brazil
561,807 2. Mexico 242,733
3. Peru
196,818 4. Columbia 122,987 5.
Argentina 107,213 6. Chile
35,880 7. Ecuador 31,774 8. Bolivia 17,935 9. Paraguay 15,238 10.
Guatemala 10,644 11. Honduras
8,120
Europe
Europe 483,043
as of 18 Dec. 2020
570,000 as of 7 Jan. 2021 623,738
as of 17 Jan. 2021 936,709
as of 8 April 2021 947,923
as of 10 April 2021 1,053,060 as of 19 May 2021
1,083,717 as of 11 June 2021
1,098,613 as of 26 June 2021
1,140,184 as of 7 August 2021
Reported deaths
by country as of
17 Dec. '20; 10 April 2021 1. Italy
66,537 113,579 (2nd) 2. UK
65,520 127,040 (1st) 3. France 59,361
98,395 (4th) 4. Russia
49,151 102,649 (3rd) 5. Spain 48,596
76,328 (6th) 6. Germany 24,592
78,689 (5th) 7. Poland
24,345 58,176 8. Belgium 18,278 23,390
(11th) 9. Ukraine
15,996 36,779 (8th) Czechia
27,734 (9th) 10.
Romania 13,969 25,006 Hungary
23,211 (12th) Portugal
16,904 (13th) 11.
Netherlands 10,246 16,754 (14th)
26 June '21 8 Aug. '21
1. Russia 132,683
164,094 2. UK 128,089
130,281 3. Italy 127,458
128,209 4. France 110,951
112,190 5. Germany 91,286
92,227 6. Spain 80,779
82,006 7. Poland 74,974
75,285 8. Ukraine 52,959
53,085 9. Romania 33,177
34,313 10. Czechia 30,296 30,363 11. Hungary 29,980
30,033 12. Belgium 25,160
25,258 13. Bulgaria 18,027
18,252 14. Netherlands 17,740
17,867 15. Portugal 17,083 17,457 15. Sweden 14,584
14,620
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To get a better understanding
of the figures, one has to examine the reports closely. Where are most of the deaths occurring? In which
cities? What part of the cities? Are they all elderly people in hospitals and nursing homes? That was the
case in Canada in early 2021. Almost all the deaths were occurring in hospitals about Toronto. In the U.
S., the New York City area reported more than 20 per cent of the country's total deaths. • Western Europe
accounts for about 45% of the total number of deaths by Covid-19 worldwide.
In terms of deaths per population to
date . . .
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U. S. A.
USA Cases: 
1st wave Peak 1 2nd wave Peak 2 3rd wave Peak
3 4th wave Peak 4
Graph of daily
new cases of Covid-19 in the United States
20 January 2020 to 25 June 2021
By 24 September 2020, the U. S. had the highest number of confirmed cases of infection
- 7,140,137 - far ahead of India (# 2), almost twice as many as
Brazil (# 3) and six to seven times as many as Russia (# 4). As
of 13 November 2020, the U. S. still had the highest number of confirmed cases -
10,873,936. India (# 2) had reported 8,728,795 cases. Brazil (# 3) had reported 5,783,547
cases. France (# 4) had reported 1,898,710 cases. Russia (# 5) had reported 1,858,568 cases.
By 18 February
2021, the U. S. (# 1) had reported 28.5 million cases; India (# 2) 11 million; Brazil (# 3), 10 million;
and Russia (# 4) 4.12 million. By 25 April 2021, the U. S. (# 1) had reported 32,789,653
cases; India (# 2) 16,960,162; Brazil (# 3) 14,308,215; and France (# 4) 5,473,579.
USA Deaths:
Reported daily new deaths by Covid-19 in the U. S. A. January 2020 to 7 May 2021 Worldometer - John Hopkins U.
By 24 September 2020, the
U. S. (# 1) also has the highest number of deaths in the world - 206,598
- far ahead of Brazil (# 2), more than twice as many as India (# 3) and almost three times as many as Mexico
(# 4). As of
13 Nov. 2020, the US (# 1) had reported nearly a quarter of a million deaths. Brazil (# 2) had reported 164,332
deaths. India (# 3) had reported about half as many deaths as the U. S. Mexico (# 4) had reported almost
100,000. By 18 February 2021.
the U. S. (# 1) had reported 502,544 deaths; Brazil (#2) 242,178; Mexico (# 3) 177,06, and India (# 4) 156,038.
France had dropped to # 7 and Russia to # 8. By 25 April 2021, the U. S. (# 1) had reported 585,880 deaths; Brazil (# 2) 389,609; Mexico (# 3) 214,863;
and India (# 4) 192,311. France had dropped to # 8 and Russia had moved up to # 7. By 16 May 2021, the U. S. (# 1) had reported 600,000 deaths; Brazil (#
2) 434,852; India (# 3) 270,319, and Mexico (# 4) 220,159. The U. K., Italy, Russia and France followed in that order. By 11 June 2021, the U. S. (1) 614,007, Brazil (2) 482,135,
India (3) 363,097 and Mexico (4) 229,578. Peru, the U. K., Italy, Russia and France followed in that order,
Deaths
• U. S. A.: slightly less than 20 % of the worldwide total of deaths
100,579 cumulative deaths in U. S. as of 27 May (1:01 GMT);
101,392
(18:04 GMT);
102,107 as of 28 May (02:56 GMT);
102,815 as of 28 May (13:08 GMT);
113,106 as of 9 June
115,010 as of 10 June
118,950 as of 16 June (20:44 GMT)
120,240 as of 18 June (17:55 GMT)
122,431 as of 22 June(19:31 GMT)
124,533 as of 25 June (20:13 GMT)
126,798 as of 26 June (12:52 GMT)
127,843 as of 27 June (16:35 GMT)
128,243 as of 28 June (16:37 GMT)
128,567 as of 29 June (18:32 GMT)
128,819 as of 30 June (12:42
GMT)
131,317 as of 2 July (20:21GMT)
132,401 as of 5 July (16:56 GMT)
132,828 as of 6 July (22:28 GMT)
133,061 as of 7 July (14:19 GMT)
134,213 as of 9 July (16:41 GMT)
136,237 as of 10 July (18:34 GMT)
139,587 as of 15 July (18:40 GMT)
140,140 as of 16 July (01:40 GMT)
142,106 as of 18 July (14:46 GMT)
142,786 as of 18 July (22:42 GMT)
143,834 as of 21 July (01:23 GMT)
145,898 as of 22 July (21:59 GMT)
147,157 as of 23 July (21:37 GMT)
148,541 as of 25 July (14:21 GMT)
150,053 as of 27 July (18:20 GMT)
152,103 as of 28 July (22:41 GMT)
155,000 as of 30 July
156,267 as of 31 July
158,307 as of 2 August (21:45 GMT)
159,410 as of 4 August (17:00 GMT)
161,358 as of 5 August (21:04 GMT)
162,540 as of 6 August (21:09 GMT)
163,000 as of 7 August
165,000 as of 8 August
170,156 as of 13 August (22:20 GMT)
174,141 as of 19 August (16:49 GMT)
176,342 as of 20 August (11:00 GMT)
180,786 as of 24 August (18:43 GMT)
186,000 as of 29 August
190,000 as of 3 September
192,425 as of 5 September (18:46 GMT)
192,886 as of 6 September
196,040 as of 10 Sept. (21:18 GMT)
198,414 as of 13 September (20:46 GMT)
199,992 as of 15 Sept. (22:35 GMT)
200,097 as of 15 Sept. (20:37 GMT)
202,213 as of 18 September (04:55 GMT)
203,171 as of 19 September (06:20 GMT)
205,447 as of 23 September (00:13 GMT)
207,000 as of 24 Sept.
209,097 as of 26 Sept. (21:37 GMT)
210,797 as of 30 Sept. (07:39 GMT)
212,173 as of 1 October (17:59 GMT)
215,032 as of 6 Oct. (05:10 GMT/UTC)
219,304 as of 11 October
222,000 as of 15 Oct.
223,732 as of 17 Oct.
225,325 as of 20 Oct. (14:44 GMT/UTC)
230,000 (rounded figure) as of 24 Oct.
233,000 as 29 Oct.
236,879 as of 2 Nov.
242,529 as of 7 Nov.
245,000 as of 11 Nov.
247,460 as of 12 Nov.
251,268 as of 15/11
257,000 - 19/11
260,312 - 21/11
266,000 - 25/11
271,000 - 28/11
274,332 as of 1 Dec.
282,829 as of 4 December
287,800 as of 5 Dec.
301,000 as of 11 Dec.
306,587 as 14 Dec. (17:12 GMT)
308,091 as of 15 Dec. (08:23 GMT)
311,068 as of 16 Dec. (05:39 GMT)
312,678 as of 16 Dec. (19:35 GMT)
314,629 as of 17 Dec. (08:29 GMT)
317,928 as of 18 Dec. (04:04 GMT)
319,218
as of 18 Dec. (19:23 GMT)
323,404 as of 20 Dec. (13:08 GMT)
330,824 as of 23 Dec. (05:15 GMT)
337,644 as of 25 Dec. (19:32 GMT)
340,017 as of 27 Dec. (15:56 GMT)
346,442 as of 30 Dec. (00:46 GMT)
353,000 as of 31/12 (23:39 GMT)
356,344 as of 1 Jan. 2021 (23:39 GMT)
360,000 as of 3 Jan. 2021
362,123 as of 5 Jan. 2021
370,000 as of 7 Jan. 2021
375,758 as of 8 Jan. 2021 (19:38 GMT)
380,554 as of 9 Jan. 2021 (20:55 GMT)
390,513 as of 13 Jan. 2021 (17:39 GMT)
397,846 deaths as of 15 January 2021 (01:20 GMT)
398,155 as of 15 Jan. 2021 (13:34 GMT)
399,893 as of 15 Jan. 2021 (20:05 GMT)
400,267 as of 15 January 2021 (20:27 GMT)
405,000 as of 16 January 2021
405,245 as of 17 Jan. 2021 (00:21 GMT)
407,151 as of 18 Jan. 2021 (00:02
GMT)
408,237 as of 18 Jan. (21:42 GMT)
411,434 as of 20 Jan. 2021 (01:00 GMT)
417,266 as of 21 Jan. (19:07 GMT)
420,285 as of 21 January 2021
424,177 as of 23 Jan. 2021 (06:34 GMT)
425,894 as of 23 Jan. 2021 (19:46 GMT)
429,490 as of 25 Jan. (04:43 GMT)
431,183 as of 25 January (23:45 GMT)
434,986 as of 26 Jan. 2021 (23:54 GMT)
447,459 as of 30 Jan. 2021 (07:12 GMT)
450,000 as of 30 Jan. 2021 (23:58 GMT)
466,535 as of 4 February 2021 (23:53 GMT)
473,528 as of 7 Feb. (09:15 GMT)
474,865 as of 7 February 2021 (23:16 GMT)
476,405 as of 9 Feb. 2021 (11:09 GMT)
483,200 as of 11 Feb. 2021 (03:37 GMT)
486,922 as of 12 Feb. (03:25 GMT)
492,231 as of 13 Feb. 2021 (00:15 GMT)
495,725 as of 13 Feb. 2021 (23:01 GMT)
500,000 deaths as of 17 Feb.
518,363 as of 24 February 2021 (05:43 GMT)
526,226
as of 1 March 2021 (19:48 GMT)
533,636 deaths as of 5 March (02:01 GMT).
537,100 deaths as of 7 March (00:08 GMT);
542,024 deaths as of 11 March 2021 (00:36 GMT);
546,268 deaths as of 13 March (21:00 GMT);
547,446 as 15 March 2021 (19:02 GMT);
550,649 as of 18 March 2021 (09:53 GMT);
555,314 deaths as of 22 March 2021 (07:43 GMT);
558,422 deaths as of 25 March 2021 (05:33 GMT);
560,815 deaths as of 26 March 2021 (21:31 GMT);
567,610 deaths as of 3 April 2021 (07:07 GMT);
575,612 deaths as of 11 April 2021 (16:30 GMT);
579,000 deaths as of 16 April 2021 (05:25 GMT)
584,169 deaths as of 22 April 2021 (22:47 GMT)
588,009 deaths as of 28 April 2021 (20:04 GMT)
591,062 as of 3 May 2021 (00:39
GMT)
592,413 deaths as of 5 May 2021 (14:02 GMT)
595,812 deaths as of 10 May 2021 (11:44 GMT)
598,540
as of 14 May 2021 (09:08 GMT)
600,007 deaths as of 16 May 2021 (19:16 GMT)
602,796 deaths as of 21 May 2021 (18:37 GMT)
605,208 as of 26 May 2021 (04:09 GMT)
611,611 deaths as of 4 June 2021 (06:50 GMT)
614,007 deaths as of 11 June 2021 (04:25 GMT)
616,920 deaths as of 19 June 2021
624,854 as of 19 July 2021
633,116
deaths as of 9 August 2021.
Graph displays daily new deaths in the U. S. over thirteen months, from March 2020 to April 2021.
The US accounts
for about one-fifth or 20% of the world's deaths by Coronavirus.
   
Mardi Gras, New Orleans
U. S. A.
Deaths
HIV / AIDS
700,000 + 40,000 (1980 - 2021) Spanish
Flu 675,000 (1918 - 1920) Coronavirus 633,116
(Jan. 2020 - 9 Aug. 2021) 4 Wars 20th C. 614,000 WWI (1914-18), WWII (1939-45), Korea (1959-53),
Indo-China (1945-75)
HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS existed in the 1920s. Since first identified in 1976, HIV/AIDS has killed some
25 million people, mostly in Africa.
HIV/AIDS
has killed about 700,000 - 740,000 people in America since the HIV/AIDS pandemic broke out in
the U. S. in 1981.
The first known date
of the appearance of HIV/AIDS in the U. S. is 1960.
Coronavirus The
first case of Coronavirus in the U. S. was detected in the state of Washington (Pacific Northwest) in late January
2020. The first death by Coronavirus
in the U. S. is believed to have occurred on 28 or 29 February 2020, in the city of Kirkland, a suburb of
Seattle, Washington. In March, autopsies
revealed two earlier deaths in Kirkland, on 26 February, caused by Covid-19. Two months later, however, medical professionals
in Santa Clara County, which begins at the south end of San Francisco Bay, claimed autopsies revealed two
earlier deaths by Covid-19, on 6 and 17 February 2020.
The
U. S. has reported the most deaths by Covid-19 - far more than any other country - followed by Brazil, India and Mexico,
in that order. By early September 2020, India reported more deaths than Mexico and surpassed it as third in deaths
world-wide.
By 19 November, the U. S. reported the most deaths, followed by Brazil (# 2), with almost
two-thirds as many, India (# 3), Mexico (# 4), U. K. (# 5), Italy (# 6), France (# 7), Iran (# 8), Spain
(# 9) and Argentina (# 10) in that order. Mexico
returned to the # 3 ranking, ahead of India, in late January 2021. By 28 April 2021 (20:04 GMT) the U. S. reported 588,009 deaths. Brazil had
about two-thirds as many, 395,324. Mexico, with 215,547 deaths, and India, with 204,812, had about half as many as Brazil.
By 29 May 2021, the U. S. reported 609,000 deaths,
ranked first worldwide. Brazil had slightly more than two-thirds as many, with 459,171, ranked second worldwide. India, with
322,384, ranked third. Mexico, with 222,657 deaths. ranked fourth. By 11 June 2021, the U. S. (1)
614,007, Brazil (2) 482,135, India (3) 363,097 and Mexico (4) 229,578. Peru, the U. K., Italy, Russia and France followed in that order. By 20 July 2021, the U. S. (1) 624,983, Brazil (2) 542,887, India (3) 414,513,
Mexico (4) 236,269. Peru, Russia, the U. K., Italy,
Columbia and France followed in that order.
Peru
revised its cumulative deaths, more than doubling the figure, from 67,807 to 180,764 after
a review of 'excess deaths' over the period 1 March 2020 to 22 May 2021. Previously, Peru ranked 13th in deaths worldwide. Peru now ranks fifth
world-wide. By 9 August 2021, the
U. S. (1) had reported 633,116 deaths, Brazil (2) 563,470 deaths, India (3) 428,339 deaths, Mexico (4) 244,420 deaths, Peru
(5) 196,950 deaths.
War and Disease
The two world wars (1914 - 1918 and 1939 - 1945), Korean War (1950 - 1953) and Indo-China War (1945 - 1975)
combined killed 614,000 Americans. WW1 (1914-1918)
117,465
WW2 (1939-1945) 405,000
Korea (1950-1953) 34,000
Indo-China
(1945-1975) 58,000
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614,465
By 11 June 2021, the U. S. reported 614,007 deaths.
Coronavirus killed 633,116 people in the United States in 19 months,
as of 9 August 2021.
First World War
 
 
- The Great War -
also called the First World War (1914 - 1918) or World War One (WWI) (1917 - 1918) -
killed 117,465 Americans.
America officially entered the war in April 1917
although Americans, on their own, fought for the British and French as early as 1914. The US Congress
did not declare war on Germany until December 1917. The arrival of American troops in 1917 turned the
tide of war against the Germans. The war ended on 11 Nov. 1918 with an
armistice.
Second World War
     
Gen.
Eisenhower in Algiers, Gen. Patton in Sicily, Gen. Mark Clark takes Rome, American GIs landing in Normandy
on D-Day; American soldiers marching through Paris; American soldiers meet Soviets at the Elbe.
- The Second World War (September 1939 - September 1945), also called
World War Two (WWII) (WW2) (December 1941 - September 1945), killed 405,000 Americans.
In just under seven months (28 February
to 18 September), Coronavirus killed half as many Americans (people in the United States) as WW2. By
the end of 2020, Coronavirus claimed almost 90% as many Americans (people in the United States) as WW2. In just 10 1/2 months - from February 2020 to 16 January 2021 -
Coronavirus killed 405,000 Americans
(people in the United States), as many Americans killed in
WW2. By 3
June 2021, the U. S. reported 611,020 deaths by Covid-19 - 50% more than the total number of Americans
killed in WW2. For Europeans, the Second World War
began with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. Germany refused to withdraw from Poland and
the British and French declared war on Germany. Americans considered the war in Europe an European affair
and remained neutral. However, many Americans joined and fought with British and Canadian forces and joined
international volunteer medical services. The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and declaration
of war on the U. S. on 7 December 1941 forced the US to declare war on Japan. Thus, the start of the Pacific
War. The declaration of war by Japan's Axis partner Germany on the U. S. on 11 December 1941,
four days after Pearl Harbor, drew the U. S. into the European war. Thus, the Second World War. The
war in Europe officially ended with German surrenders to the British, Americans and Soviets in May 1945. The war officially
ended in the Pacific with Japan's surrender to the Allies in Tokyo Bay in September 1945. Pacific War
- The
Pacific War (December 1941 - September 1945), which was part of the Second World War, killed about 161,000
Americans. In
just over five months (from 28 February to early August 2020), Coronavirus killed more Americans (people
in the United States) than the Pacific War. By the end of 2020, Coronavirus killed more than twice as many Americans as the Pacific War.
In just one
year, or by early February 2021, Covid-19 killed more than three times as many Americans as the Pacific
War.
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Mount Surabachi, Iwo Jima; Paul Tibbets
in the Enola Gay; Soviet soldiers greet American soldiers in Korea. Most Americans consider the Japanese
bombing of Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, which was followed by a Japanese declaration of war, the start
of the Pacific War. The
war in Europe began on 1 September 1939 and the first hostilities in the Pacific were conducted by the
German auxiliary cruiser Orion: the ship mined the waters off Auckland,
New Zealand on 13/14 June 1940, resulting in the sinking of the passenger liner RMS Niagara and other
ships several days later. The
Germans defeated France in June 1940 and the Japanese launched an invasion of French Indo-China on 22 September
1940. The
German auxiliary cruiser Komet joined the Orion and the ships shelled the island of Nauru
- mandated by the League of Nations to Britain, Australia and New Zealand -
and sank ships off the island, including the passenger
liner RMS Rangitane, in October 1940. The
Japanese broadcast their intent to surrender on 14 August 1945 and fighting in the Pacific ended in the following weeks. Korean War
- The Korean War (1950 - 1953) killed 34,000 Americans.
 
 
Gen. Mark Clark signs armistice.
The
Korean War began in 1950 with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea. The North Koreans pushed US and South Korean forces almost off the
peninsula. The Korean War
was actually an undeclared war. The U. S. Congress did not declare war. American soldiers were sent
to Korea as part of the United Nations force in a martial action to push the North Koreans out of South Korea. UN forces, under command of General Douglas MacArthur,
pushed the North Koreans out of South Korea and back into North Korea and pursued them all the way north
to the Chinese border. Chinese
forces invaded Korea and, with North Korean troops, pushed UN forces out of North Korea and into South
Korea, and occupied the northern half of South Korea. UN forces pushed the Chinese and North Koreans out of South Korea. One year into the war, the front
lines settled more or less along the original border dividing the two countries. Fighting continued for two years until an armistice
was reached in 1953.
Indo-China War
- The Indo-China War (Laos, Viet Nam, Cambodia) (1945 - 1975) killed 58,000
Americans.
Vang
Pao, Memorial, Washington, D. C.
         
Map of Indo-China, Albert Peter Dewey (1945), Earthquake
McGoon (1954), John-Paul Van (1961), montagnards, montagnards, helicopters (1965),
Hue (1968), Laos, evacuation of Vietnamese (1975).
The Indo-China War began
with the Allied victory over Japanese forces in Asia and the Pacific, ending the Second World War, in 1945
- and the return of French forces, with the assistance of British and Chinese forces, to
re-establish French colonial rule in 1945 and 1946. French
and Vietnamese forces fought against pro-independence nationalists and communists. Americans with the Office of Strategic
Services (OSS) were in Vietnam in 1945. Some
Americans volunteered to fight for the French during the period. The
war ended in 1954 with the communist defeat of French and Vietnamese forces in the Battle of
Dien Bien Phu, the abandonment of Tonkin (northern Vietnam) by the French, the division of Vietnam into two
states - North Vietnam (with Hanoi as the capital) and South Vietnam (with Saigon
as the capital) - and the establishment of a communist regime in North Vietnam.
A civil war continued throughout
Indo-China between Vietnamese, Laotian and Cambodian communists
and anti-communists. Fighting
between North and South Vietnam began in the following year, 1955. Many Americans volunteered. American
soldiers were sent as advisors to defend local regimes against communists throughout the period,
1955 - 1975. The Indo-China War was an undeclared
war. The US Congress did not vote for war. From 1964 to 1973, American
soldiers were sent to Indo-China in a martial action
- without the backing of the United Nations - to 'contain' communism in North
Vietnam and limit its spread or influence in Southeast Asia. Australia,
New Zealand, South Korea, Thailand and the Philippines also sent troops. US Army
draftees were sent to Indo-China from 1965 to 1973. The war ended with the abandonment of Indo-China by the Americans
in 1973 and the complete take-over of Indo-China by the communists in 1975. The last American soldiers left in 1975.
South
Vietnam was merged with North Vietnam. Communist
regimes were established beforehand in Cambodia, in April 1975, and later in Laos, in December 1975.
The two world wars (1914 - 1918 and 1939
- 1945), Korean War (1950 - 1953) and Indo-China War (1945 - 1975) combined killed 614,000
Americans. As of 11 June 2021, Covid-10 killed 614,007 Americans (or people in the U. S.). As
of 9 August 2021, Covid-10 killed 633,116 Americans (or people in the U. S.).
Spanish Flu
- The Spanish Flu (1918 - 1920) killed an estimated 675,000 Americans. It infected one-third of the world's population. In the United States, the Spanish Flu appeared in Kansas
in March 1918 and faded 25 months later, after April 1920.
In just nine months, from March to December
2020, Coronavirus killed half as many Americans (people in the United States) as the Spanish flu. In less than one year, Coronavirus killed 500,000
Americans. By 3
June 2021, Coronavirus killed 611,020 Americans
(or people in the United States). By
9 August 2021, Covid-10 killed 633,116 Americans (or people in the U. S.).
World-wide,
most of the victims of the Spanish Flu were under the age of forty. By contrast, most of the victims of Coronavirus have been elderly
people.
Coronavirus USA
In the U. S., low-income elderly Blacks (also called 'Coloreds',
'Negroes', 'Afro-Americans') and Latin Americans (also called 'Latinos' and 'Hispanics') account for
most of the deaths by Coronavirus.
USA
Most deaths reported in the U. S. by states as of
15 Dec. '20 11 Feb. '21 1 Mar. '21 14 Apr. '21 1. New York
35,707 45,466 (2) 47,924 (2)
51,519 (2) 2. Texas
24,570 40,391 (3) 44,072 (3) 49,513
(3) 3. California
21,187 45,475 (1) 52,213 (1) 60,543 (1) 4. Florida
20,002 28,208 (4) 31,003 (4) 34,135
(4) 5. New Jersey
17,919 22,250 (6) 23,272 (6)
24,945 (6) 6. Illinois
15,455 21,869 (7) 22,759 (7) 23,826
(7) 7. Pennsylvania 12,707
22,848 (5) 24,121 (5) 25,583 (5) 8. Massachusetts 11,388 16,207
(10) 16,118i (11) 17,413 (11)
USA: 637,161 deaths as of 14 Aug. '21 Most deaths reported in the U. S. by states as of 14
August 2021 1. California
64,605 2. New York
54,416 3. Texas
54,396 4. Florida
40,557 5. Pennsylvania 28,051 6. New Jersey 26,681 7. Illinois
26,092 8. Georgia
21.978
New York
In the U. S., New York state reported by far the most deaths - 32,343
as of 10 July and 32,485 as of 15 July 2020. As
of 19 September 2020, New York reported 33,172 deaths - about 16 to 17% of the country's
total. As of
15 December 2020, 35,707 deaths. As of 26 Jan. 2021, 42,812 (ranked # 1 ahead of California and Texas). By 14 Aug. 2021, New York ranked second, behind California
and slightly ahead of Texas.
California By early February 2021, California ranked # 1 in deaths, slightly ahead of New York. By 1 March 2021, California was well ahead of New York (# 2) and Texas (# 3). By
14 Aug.'21, California still ranked first, well ahead of New York and Texas.
 
Map showing all counties
in New York state, left; map of the New York City area, right. The state of New York reported 54,416 cumulative deaths
as of 14 August 2021.
The most deaths in New York state reported by counties as
of
New
York counties
15
Dec. '20 14 Apr. '21 14 Aug. '21 1. Kings
7,750 9,889
10,566 2.
Queens 7,412 9,511
10,039 3.
Bronx 5,058
6,359 6,612 4. Manhattan 3,247
4,297 4,560 5. Nassau
2,300 3,097 (6) 3,193 (6) 6. Suffolk
2,118 3,300 (5) 3,425 (5) 7. Westchester 1,568
2,235 2,300
Graph shows daily new cases in New York City
from 8 March 2020 to 6 May 2021.
The New York City area (the Five Boroughs - Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan,
the Bronx, and Staten Island - plus Westchester, KIngs, Rockland and Nassau
counties) reported the most deaths in the U. S. - about 27,000 deaths out of a total nation-wide 136,000
deaths as of 10 July 2020 - or about 20% of the nation-wide total. About 70% of the New York City-area deaths were
low-income elderly Blacks (also called 'Coloreds', 'Negroes' and 'Afro-Americans') and
Latin Americans (also called 'Latinos' and 'Hispanics'). Kings, Queens, Bronx, Manhattan and Nassau counties, in that order, reported the most
deaths in New York state as of 15 July 2020. As of 19/9/20, Kings County had reported the most deaths - 7,314,
followed by Queens County with 7,239, Bronx with 4,940, Manhattan with 3,178, Nassau with 2,201, Suffolk
2,011, and Westchester with 1,454.
The state of New Jersey reported the second
highest number of deaths in the U. S. - less than half the New York state tally
- 15,522 as of 10 July 2020 and 15,704 by 15 July and 16,184 as of 19 September 2020.
New
Jersey reported 26,681 deaths as of 14 August 2021, ranked 6th in the U. S. As of 19 September 2020, Texas, California and Florida
- in that order - had each reported almost as many deaths as New Jersey. Massachusetts, Illinois and Pennsylvania were next,
each with about half the number of deaths reported by New Jersey.
By 10 February 2021, California reported 45,475
deaths - more deaths than New York. By far, most of the deaths in California, were in Los Angeles, 18,500. Los Angeles reported 22,404 deaths as of 13 March 2021. As of 14 August 2021, California reported 64.605 deaths. Most deaths were
in Los Angeles, with 24,874.
- The Caribbean island of Puerto Rico, a US Territory, reported 599 deaths
as of 19 September - as many as Kansas. As of 22 December, Puerto Rico reported 1,382 deaths, as many as South Dakota,
which ranked 37th among the 50 US states. Puerto Rico
had reported 1,783 deaths by Covid-19 as of 26 Jan. 2021, fewer than Nebraska (ranked 38th in the U. S.)
and more than South Dakota (ranked 39th in the U. S.). Puerto Rico reported 1,897 deaths by 11 February 2021. Puerto Rico reported a total of 2,077 deaths as of 13 March 2021 - more
than Utah (ranked 39th in the U. S.) and less than Nebraska (ranked 38th).
Puerto Rico reported
a total of 2,174 deaths as of 14 April 2021 - more than Utah (39th)
and less than Nebraska (38th). As
of 14 August 2021, Puerto Rico had reported 2,651 deaths - more than Utah (38th) and less than Rhode
Island (37th)
- The District of Columbia
(Washington, D. C.) reported 744 deaths as of 23 Dec. 2020; 888 as of 26 Jan. 2021; 1,040
as of 13 March 2021; 1,085 as of 14 April 2021, ranked 46, behind New Hampshire and ahead of Maine. As of 14 August 2021, the District
of Columbia (Washington, D. C.) reported 1,150 deaths (ranked 46th).
The
states of Alaska and Hawaii and the US territories of the Virgin Islands, the Marianas and American Samoa reported
the fewest deaths. -
Hawaii reported 282 deaths as of 23 Dec. 2020; 401 by 26 Jan. 2021; 449 as of 13 March 2021; 471 as
of 14 April 2021; 547 as of 14 August 2021 (ranked 49th). - Alaska reported 193 deaths as of 23 Dec.; 258 as of 26 Jan. 2021; 302 as of 13 March 2021;
310 as of 14 April 2021; 395 as of 14 August 2021 (ranked 50th). - Vermont reported 233 deaths, the fewest deaths of any state, by 14 April 2021. Vermont
had the fewest deaths - 254 - as of 14 August 2021 (ranked last, 51st). - Guam, a US Territory, reported 120 deaths by
22 December 2020; 129 by 26 Jan. 2021; 133 by 13 March 2021; 136 by 14 April; 143 deaths as of 14 August
2021. - The Northern Marianas
reported 2 deaths by 22 Dec 2020, unchanged as of 14 August 2001. - The US Virgin Islands reported 23 deaths by 22 December
2020 and 24 deaths by 26 Jan. 2021, unchanged by 14 April 2021; 41 deaths as of 14 August 2021. - American
Samoa reported no deaths as of 14 August 2021.
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Totals, rates  
In
September the American president pointed out that there are different ways to tally deaths and different
ways to consider their significance:
Excess deaths - deaths in excess of the usual amount Unexpected increase in deaths; a large percentage caused by Coronavirus Compare the reported number of deaths in one country during a certain period
of time (for example, a four-month flu season, from November to February) with the number of deaths
reported during the same period in previous years. If in recent years, 800 to 1,000 people have died during those four months of the flu season
in that country but 10,000 died during the same period this past year something unusual has caused 9,000
to 9,200 deaths. The U. K. has one of
the highest numbers of 'unexpected deaths' - that is, deaths above past averages
- more than Italy and much more than the U. S. A.
- Percentage of the population killed by Coronavirus Compare deaths by the disease per capita - the
number of deaths per population. As
of 1 September, Peru had 876 deaths by Coronavirus per
one million people and Belgium 853. Peru and Belgium had the highest rates of deaths by Coronavirus per population
in the world. Spain (622), the U. K., Chile, Italy, Sweden, Brazil, the U. S. A. (567) and Mexico (499) were
far behind. This method
offers another picture of conditions. But this method is best applied over an entire larger region rather
than to small individual countries. Europe
- from the Atlantic to the Urals and from the Artic to the northern Mediterranean
- has the highest per capita death rate. But this is probably due to better detection and reporting
systems.
- Confirmed cases of Coronavirus resulting in death Compare the number of deaths in confirmed cases of COVID-19; that
is, the percentage of people with confirmed cases of Coronavirus who have died. Italy, the U. K. and France have the highest rates.
The U. S. has a lower rate than the U. K., France, Italy, Spain, Canada, Germany and Brazil. The U. S. has a
slightly higher rate than Norway and Japan.
The
figures might offer some idea of the quality of medical care in a country.
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2. Brazil
Brazil on world map
 
  
The U. S., Brazil, India and Mexico account for
almost half the world's deaths by Covid-19.
 Foz
On 26 February 2020, Brazil reported its first death by Covid-19. By 21 May, the USA and Britain had reported
the most deaths. But on 11 June, Brazil reported as many deaths in total as Britain. Brazil has reported the second highest number of deaths world-wide since 11 June. By 14 June, Brazil had 1,200 more deaths than Britain. By 18 June, Brazil reported some 4,500 more deaths than
Britain. By 27 June, Brazil reported about 13,000 more deaths than Britain. By 9 July,
Brazil had reported slightly more than half as many deaths as the U. S. By 10 July, Brazil had more than half as many deaths as
the U. S. and by 15 July considerably more than half as many. By 1 August 2020 almost two-thirds of the total reported in
the U. S.
   
Brazil
has reported the most deaths in Latin America and second highest number of deaths in the world: Brazil reported 6,761 deaths as of 3 May 2020; 12,461
(13/5), 17,983 (20/5); 23,522 (26/5); 37,312 (8/6); 41,058 as of
11 June 2020,
40,276 (11 June), 43,389 as of 15 June, 44,
657 (16/6), 46,842 (18/6), 50,659 (22/6), 54,434 (25 June), 56,121 (27 June), 57,103
(28 June), 58,385 as of 30 June (12:42 GMT); 61,314 (2 July), 65,487 as of 6 July (22:20 GMT), 68,089 as of 9 July (16:41 GMT),
69,406 as of 10 July (18:41 GMT), 72,234 (13 July), 74,445 as of 15 July (18:40 GMT), 75,523 as of 16 July
(01:48 GMT), 77,954 deaths by 18 July (14:46 GMT). 80,251 as of 21 July (01:23 GMT), 84,082 as of 23 July
(21:37 GMT), 87,052 as of 27 July (11:50 GMT), 88,539 as of 28 July (22:41 GMT), 72,234
as of 13 July (19:36 GMT), 74,445 as of 15 July (18:40), 77,954 deaths by 18 July (14:46 GMT). Brazil reported
78,735 as of 18 July (22:41 GMT) and 82,771 as of 22 July (21:49 GMT), 88,539 as of 28 July (22:41 GMT).
91,263 as of 30 July (21:40 GMT), 94,104 by 2 August (21:45 GMT), 98,493 as of 6 August (21:09 GMT), 100,500 by 8
August, 105,463 as of 13 August (22:20 GMT), 111,189 as of 20 August, 115,000 as of 25 August, 94,104
as of 2 August (21:45 GMT), 98,493 as of 6 August (21:09 GMT), 100,500 as of 8 August, 105,463 as of 13 August
(22:20 GMT); 108,654 as of 18 August (17:05 GMT), 115,000 as of 25 August, and 120,000 deaths as of 29 August,
125,659 as of 5 September; 131,625 as of 13 September,
138,159 as of 23 September (00:13 GMT); 141.496 as of 26 Sept. (21:37 GMT); 126,230
as of 6 September; 131,408 as of 13 September (20:46 GMT), 139,065 as of 24 September. 141,503
deaths in total reported as of 27 Sept.; 144,103
as of 1 October (17:59 GMT); 150,236 as of 11 October; 153,229 as of 17 Oct.; 154,226 as of 20 Oct. (15:02
GMT); 156,565 as of 24 Oct.; 158,456 as of 28 October; 144,103 as of 1 October (17:57 GMT); and 149,034 as of 9 October; 153,229 as of
17 Oct.; 154,226 as of 20 Oct. (14:44 GMT); 158,456 as of 28 Oct.; 160,243
as of 2 Nov.; 162,053 as of 7 Nov.; 167,500 as of 19 Nov.; 172,000 - 28/11; 180,000
as of 11/12 Dec. 2020; 184,992 as of 18 Dec.; 190,815 as of 27 Dec. 2020; 199,043 as of 7 Jan. 2021; 207,183 as of 15 January
2021 (20:27 GMT); 209,350 as of 17 Jan. 2021 (00:21 GMT). As of 17 January 2021, Brazil has slightly more
than half as many deaths as the U. S. by Covid-19. 211,511 as of 20 Jan. 2021 (01:00 GMT). 217,712 as of 25 January (23:45 GMT); 218,878
as of 26 Jan. 2021; 226,676 as of 30 Jan. (07:12 GMT). 228,883 as of 4 Feb. 2021 (23:51 GMT); 231,089
as of 7 Feb. (09:15 GMT); 250,079 as of 25 February 2021 (05:43 GMT)
 
  
The Amazon and Amazon Indians
Graph by John Hopkins of daily
mew deaths in Brazil from February 2020 to 30 March 2021.
As of 3 March 2021, Brazil has reported a total of 259,402 deaths by Covid-19 (23:21 GMT), the second highest
total world-wide.
Daily
new deaths On 2 and 3 March 2021, Brazil recorded the highest daily new deaths since the virus clamed its first victim
in February 2020. 1,725 on 2 March 2021. 1,910 daily new deaths on 3 March. 2,286 daily new deaths reported on 10 March. 2,233 new deaths on 11 March. 2,349 new deaths on 12 March. 2,841 deaths on 16 March. 3,251 deaths on 22 or 23 March. 3,650 deaths on 26 March. 3,780 daily new deaths on 31 March 2021 -
or more than 3,800. In March 2021, 66,570 people died of Covid-19 in Brazil,
a monthly record - more than double the previous monthly record. The deaths in March
2021 account for about 20% of the cumulative total since the first death in 2020. 4,211 on 6 April 2021 -
the record for daily new deaths. 4,195 deaths on 7 April 2021; 2,616 deaths on 11 April 2021;
The increase in daily new deaths and cumulative deaths
is attributed to one or more variants of the virus. The variant is more contagious. Cumulative total of deaths in Brazil: 254,446 deaths as of 7 March 2021 (00:08 GMT); 270,917 deaths as of 11 March 2021 (00:36 GMT); 275,275 deaths as of 13 March (22:00 GMT); 278,327 as 15 March 2021 (19:02 GMT); 285,136 as of 18 March 2021 (09:53 GMT); 294,115 deaths as of 22 March 2021 (07:43 GMT); 301,087 deaths as of 25 March 2021 (05:33 GMT); 307,112 deaths as of 26 March 2021 (21:31 GMT); 317,936 deaths as of 31 March 2021 (07:00 GMT); 328,366 deaths as of 3 April 2021 (07:07 GMT); 337,364 deaths as of 7 April (01:36 GMT); 351,469 deaths as of 11 April 2021
(16:30 GMT); 369,024 deaths as of 17 April
2021 (20:12 GMT); 401,417 deaths as of
30 April 2021 (06:55 GMT 407,775 deaths as of 3 May (00:39 GMT)
408,829 deaths as of 4 May 2021 (18:08 GMT)
411,854 deaths as of 5 May 2021 (14:02 GMT)
430,417 deaths as of 13 May 2021 (22:22 GMT)
465,312 deaths as of 2 June 2021 (09:31 GMT)
482,135 as 11 June 2021 (04:25 GMT)
500,000 deaths as of 20 June 2021 516,119
deaths as of 30 June 2021
542,877 as of 20 July 2021 563,470
deaths as of 9 August 2021
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3. India
  
The Taj Mahal, Varanasi (Benares)
and Kanchenjunga
India
reported a total of 12,538 deaths
by 18 June 2020; 16,096
(27/6),
18,225 (2 July), 24,928 (15 July), 28,099 as of 21 July (01:23 GMT), 32,866 as of 27 July (11:50 GMT),
38,161
as of 2 August (21:45 GMT), 53,005 as of 18 August (17:05 GMT) (# 4 world-wide). 58,546 as of 24 August,
62,713 as of 29 August (05:41 GMT). India has reported the most deaths of any
country in Asia. It displaced Mexico as # 3 in deaths world-wide in early September. As of 5 September India has reported
70,673 deaths; 79,754 as of 13 September; 90,021 as of 23 Sept (00:13 GMT); 92,882 as of 25 Sept (17:12 GMT),
94,533 as of 26 Sept. (21:37 GMT); 99,298 as of 1 October (17:257 GMT);
106,521 as of 9 October; 113,578 as of 17 Oct.; 115,305 as of 20 Oct. (14:44 GMT); 120,563 as of 28 Oct.;
123,139 as of 2 Nov.; 126,116 as of 7 Nov.; 135,752 as of 27 Nov.; 145.171 as of 18 Dec.; 147,907 as
of 27 Dec. 2020 (15:56 GMT); 150,372 as of 7 Jan. 2021; 152,311
as of 17 Jan. 2021 (00:21 GMT); 153,724 as of 26 Jan.
2021; 154,184 as of 30 Jan. 2021 (07:12 GMT). 154,862 as of 4 Feb. 2021 (23:51
GMT); 155,032 as of 7 Feb. (09:15 GMT); 156,742 as of 25 February 2021 (05:43 GMT)
158,213 deaths as of 11 March 2021 (00:36 GMT); 159,250 as of 18 March 2021 (09:53 GMT);
160,726 deaths as of 25 March 2021
(05:33 GMT); 170,059 as of 11 April 2021 (16:30
GMT); 177,168 as of 17 April
2021 (20:12 GMT); 208,330 as of
30 April 2021 (06:55 GMT). 218,945 as of
2 May 2021 (00:39 GMT) 225,489
deaths as of 4 May 2021 (18:08 GMT) 226,188 deaths as 5 May 2021 (14:02 GMT)
234,071 deaths as of 7 May 2021 (03:29 GMT)
262,239 deaths as of 13 May 2021 (22:22 GMT)
335,114 deaths as of 2 June 2021 (09:31 GMT) 396,761 deaths as of 28 June 2021
414,513 as of 20 July 2021 (ranked 3rd worldwide and 1st in Asia).
428,504 deaths as of 9 August 2021
 
Victoria Memorial Museum, Calcutta
India
reported 2,440 deaths as of 13 May 2020, 3,302 (20/5), 4,172 (26/5), 4,711 (28/5),
8,477(11/6),
12,539 (18/6), 9,732 (27/6) (ranked # 8 in the world). As
of 15 July, India still ranked eighth in total deaths with 24,928. In
5th place on 2 August with 38,161 deaths. In
4th place, world-wide, with 54,017 as of 20 August. Still
in 4th place, with 62,713 deaths as of 29 August (05:41 GMT), just behind Mexico by 500 deaths. India
passed Mexico in reported deaths world-wide in early September. India
reported 87,896 deaths as of 20 September. India
ranks third in deaths world-wide, behind the U. S. and Brazil and ahead of Mexico. India
has reported the most deaths in Asia with 94,533 as of 26 Sept. (21:37 GMT); 105,554
as of 8 October (3rd in world); 113,172 as of 17 Oct.; 120,563 as of 28 Oct. (3rd in world); 135,752
as of 27 Nov.; 147,379 as of 26 Dec. 2020
(06:12 GMT), 147,907 as of 27 Dec. 2020(15:56 GMT); 153,724
as of 26 Jan. 2021;
158,213 deaths as of 11 March 2021 (00:36 GMT) (4th worldwide); 170,209 deaths as of 12 April
2021; 270,319 as of 15 May 2021 (ranked 3rd worldwide); 338,013 as of 3 June 2021 (ranked 3rd worldwide and 1st in Asia).
396,761 deaths as of 28 June 2021 (ranked 3rd worldwide and 1st in Asia).
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4. Mexico
 
Pico de Orizaba and Iztaccihuatl; the Cortez Pass between  
In terms
of total deaths by Covid-19, Mexico moved from fourth in the world back to third on 29 Jan. 2021, behind
the USA and Brazil and ahead of India.
Mexico has reported the second most deaths in Latin America, not too far behind Brazil and
well ahead of Columbia.
Worldometer graph of daily new deaths reported
in Mexico from January 2020 to 26 February 2021
Mexico reported 7,633
deaths as of 26 May 2020, 8,597 (28/5), 17,141, as of 16 June (7th in the world);
15,357
(11/6), 19,080 (18/6), 25,779 (27/6), 28,510 on 2 July; 35,006 by 13 July
(fourth in the world); 36,327 (15 July);
39,485 as
of 21 July (01:23 GMT), 43,680 as of 27 July (11:50 GMT); 44,022 as of 28 July; 46,588 deaths on 2 August (2nd highest
in Latin America and 4th highest in the world); 47,472 as of 2 August (21:45); 51,311
deaths as of 8 August (3rd highest in the world),
54,666 as of 13 August (22:20 GMT) (3rd highest in world), 57,023 as of 18
August (# 2 in Latin America and # 3 world-wide), 58,481
as of 20 August, 60,480
as of 24 August (rankings same), 60,480 as of 25 August; 63,146
as of 29 August (05:41 GMT) - about half as many deaths as reported by Brazil and
slightly more than India. India surpassed Mexico in early August, to take third place, and Mexico ranked fourth world-wide with 66,851
deaths as of 5 September, after the USA, Brazil and India. Mexico reported a total of 66,852
deaths as of 5 September, ranking fourth world-wide; 70,604
deaths as of 13 September (20:46 GMT); 73,697 as of 23/9 (00:13 GMT); 74,949 as of 24 Sept (4th world-wide),
75,439 as of 25/9 (17:13 GMT); 76,243
as of 27/9; 77,646 deaths as of 1
October (17:59 GMT); 83,642 as of 11 October; 85,704 as of 17 Oct.; 86,338 as of 20 Oct. (14:44 GMT);
89,814 as of 28 Oct.; 91,895 as of 2 Nov.; 94,323 as of 7 Nov.; 99,528 as of 19 Nov.; 102,242 as of 27 Nov.; 105,000
- 28/11; 111,655 as of 11 Dec. 2020 (01:51 GMT); 116,487 as of 18 Dec.; 122,026
as of 27 Dec. (15:56 GMT); 128,822 as of 7 Jan. 2021; 139,022 as of 17 Jan. 2021 (00:21
GMT); 141,248 as of 20 Jan. 2021 (01:00 GMT); 150,273 as of 26 Jan. 2021. On 29 Jan., Mexico surpassed India in total deaths to return
to the # 3 worldwide ranking. As of 30 Jan. (07:12 GMT), Mexico has reported 156,579
deaths by Covid-19. 161,240 as of 4 Feb. 2021 (23:51 GMT); 165,786 as
of 7 Feb. (09:15 GMT) No. 3 worldwide and No. 2 in Latin America.182,815 as of
25 February 2021 (05:43 GMT); 185,257 as of 28 Feb. (14:19 GMT); 191,789 deaths as of 11 March 2021 (00:36 GMT); 193,851 as od 13 March (21:00 GMT); 195,908 as of 18 March 2021 (09:53 GMT); 198,036 deaths as of 22 March 2021 (07:43
GMT); 199,627 deaths as of 25 March 2021 (05:33
GMT); 200,211 deaths as of 26 March
2021 (21:31 GMT); 207,020 deaths as of 11
April 2021 (16:30 GMT); 216,447 as of 30 April
2021 (06:55 GMT); 217,168 as of
3 May 2021 (00:39 GMT) 218,173
as of 7 May 2021 (03:29 GMT)
219,590 deaths as of 13 May 2021 (22:22 GMT)
223,568 deaths as of 2 June 2021 (09:31 GMT) 232,564 deaths as of 28 June 2021 244,690 deaths as of 10 August 2021
5. Peru 
Inca Indians
with llama
  Macchu Picu
Peru:
9,867 (2 July 2020). On 13 July Peru ranked 10th in
the world with 11,870 deaths. 12,229 (15 July), 18,229 as of 27 July (11:50 GMT), On 28 July Peru ranked
9th in the world with 18,418 deaths; 20,649
on 8 August (9th in the world), 21,713 as of 13 August (22:20 GMT) (9th in world), 26,834 as of 20 August;
27,663 as of 24 August (same rankings), 28,471 as of 29 August (05:41 GMT) (9th in the world). As of 6 September, Peru ranked 8th
world-wide with 29,867 deaths, just behind France and ahead of Spain. As of 13 September (20:46 GMT) Peru
had reported 30,593 deaths, ranking 8th world-wide; 31,938 (?) as of 25/9 (17:13 GMT); 31,142
as of 27/9 (7th world-wide); 33,098 as of 9 October; 33,223
as of 11 October (7th world-wide); 33,648 as of 17 Oct.; 34,257 as of 28 Oct.; 34,783 as of 7 Nov.; 35,402 (11th world-wide) as of
19 Nov.; 35,839 as of 28 Nov.;
37,414 as of 27 Dec. 2020 (15:56 GMT). 39,044 as of 20 Jan. 2021 (01:00 GMT). As of 20 Jan., Peru ranks 5th in Latin America
and 14th in the world; 48,163 deaths as of 11 March 2021 (00:36 GMT) (15th world-wide); 54,669 as of 11 April (16:30 GMT).
69,342 deaths as of 2 June 2021
Peru revised cumulative death total from 67,807 to 180,764 after
review of excess deaths from 1 March 2020 to 22 May 2021. 185,813 deaths in total as
of 3 June 2021, ranked # 5 worldwide, behind Mexico and ahead of U. K.
191,584 deaths as of 28 June 2021 196,950 deaths as of 10 August 2021
6. Russia
Russia reported a high
increase in cases but not so many deaths - 2,009 deaths
as of 11 May; 2,212 as of 13 May, 2,837 as of 20 May, 3,533 (26/5), 4,142 (28/5), Russia
dropped from 11th place in late August to 12th place by late September; 22,597
as of 11 October (13th place world-wide); 24,002 as of 17 Oct.; 26,935 as of 28 Oct.; 28,473
as of 1/2 Nov.; 30,251 as of 7 Nov.; 38,558 as of 28 Nov.; 54,778
as of 27 Dec. (15:56 GMT). On
28 Dec., Russia announced that that it had recorded almost 230,000 'excess deaths' -
deaths above the expected toll - since the start of the pandemic. 66,623
deaths by Covid-19 as of 20 Jan. 2021 (01:00 GMT) (ranked 8th in deaths world-wide). 90,275 deaths as of 11 March 2021 (00:36 GMT) (ranked 7th worldwide); 93,824
deaths as of 19 March 2021 (03:15 GMT) (7th); 102,985 deaths as of 11 April (16:30 GMT); 105,593
as of 17 April 2021 (20:12 GMT).
133,282 deaths as of 28
June 2021 165,650 deaths as of 10 August 2021
7. U. K.
7,660 (18/6), 8,989 (27/6), 9,683 (2 July), 11,770 (15 July), 12,427 as of 21 July (01:23 GMT), 13,354 as of 27 July
(11:50 GMT), 15,989 as of 20 August;
20,225 as of 26 Sept. (21:37 GMT). The United Kingdom includes, England (Britain), Scotland,
Wales and North Ireland (Ulster). The U. K. does not include Eire (southern Ireland).
The U. K. reported a total of 20,319 deaths as
of 26 April 2020; 28,131 (3/5), 30,615 (8/5), 33,186 (13/5), 35.341 (20/5);
36,042 (21/5), 35,914 (26/5), 37,460 (27/5), 40,597 (8/6), 41,279 as of 11 June, 42,288
(18/6), 42,632 (22/6), 43,514 (28 June), 43,575 as 30 June 2020 (12:42 GMT), 43,906 (2 July), 44,830 (13 July), 45,053 (15 July), 45,752 as of 27 July (11:50 GMT), 46,201 as of 2 August 2020 (21:45 GMT) . . .
In August,
the U. K. revised its figures to represent fewer deaths and thus claimed only 41,397 deaths as of 20 August.
Until then Britain counted people who survived the infection but died a short time later. These deaths,
however, may have resulted from injuries caused by the infection. The British are no longer counting
them. 41,628 deaths
by the new counting method as of 13 September 2020; 41,902 ten days later, 24 September (22:32 GMT); 41,902
as of 25/9 (17:13 GMT); 42,592
as of 9 October 2020; 43,579 as of 17 Oct.; 43,726 as of 20 Oct. (14:44 GMT); 45,675 as of 28 Oct.; 48,888 as of 7 Nov.; 57,031 as of 27 Nov.; 63,082 as of 11 Dec.; 66,541 as of 18 Dec.; 70,405
as of 27 Dec. 2020 (15:56 GMT); 77,346 as of 7 Jan. 2021; 91,470
as of 20 Jan. 2021 (01:00 GMT); 100,162 as of 26 Jan.
2021; 105,571 as of 31 Jan. (12:44 GMT);
112,092 as
of 7 Feb. (09:15 GMT); 121,747 as of 25 February 2021 (05:43 GMT) 124,987 deaths as of 11 March 2021 (00:36 GMT);
125,464 as of
13 March (21:00 GMT);
125,926 deaths as of 19 March 2021 (03:15 GMT). 126,670 as of 31 March 2021; 127,502 as of 30 April 2021 (06:55 GMT); 127,794 deaths as of
3 June 2021 128,100
deaths as of 28 June 2021 130,357
deaths as of 10 August 2021
In England, the virus
climbed dramatically from mid-March to mid-June before levelling off. From mid-June there were few deaths.
By August the virus seemed to be under control. The number of daily new cases decreased from early-to-mid April to mid-July. The
rate was very low. But
the rate spiked in mid-July and climbed steadily to mid-August and then spiked dramatically to late September
to a level close to its peak in March. In terms of cases, England experienced a second wave of the virus, much higher than the first wave. It began
in late August and climbed to a high rate of 33,470 cases in one day on 12 November. It dropped by one-third
by early December. Daily
new deaths remained very low in July and August but started to climb in late September and early October
and reached 696 death in one day on 25 November before heading down. The peak of the second wave was only one-half
the peak of the first wave in April. In December 2020, the death rate soared and continued to climb. It peaked on 20 January
2021 and dropped back to mid-October 2020 levels by mid-March 2021.
8. Italy
 
The leaning tower of Pisa and the Roman Colosseum
Italy
reported 26,384 deaths in total as of 26 April 2020; 28,710
(3/5), 30,911 (13/5), 32,169 (20/5); 32,877 (26/5), 34,716
(26/6), 34,818
(2 July), 34,997 (15 July), 35,107 as of 27 July
(11:50 GMT), 35,154 as of 2 August (21:45 GMT), 35,412 as of 20 August;
35,801 as of 25/9 (17:13 GMT); 36,083 as of 9 October; 37,905 as of 28 Oct.; 41,063 as of 7 Nov.; 52,850 as of 27 Nov.; 67,220 as of 18 Dec.; 71,260 as of 27 Dec.
2020 (15:56 GMT). 83,157 as of 20 Jan. 2021 (01:00 GMT); 91,003 as of 7 Feb. (09:15 GMT); 96,666
as of 25 February 2021 (05:43 GMT); 100,811 deaths as of 11 March 2021 (00:36 GMT); 103,855 deaths as of 19 March 2021 (03:15 GMT); 108,879 as of 31 March 2021;
116,676 as of 17 April 2021 (20:12 GMT).
127,472 deaths as of 28 June 2021 128,242 deaths as of 10 August 2021
9. France
        
Charles De Gaulle as France, Eiffel Tower, Arch of Triumph, French chef, Nice, the Colosseum
in Arles, Maison Carre in Nimes, Pont du Gard, Napoleon Brandy
France reported a total of 22,614 deaths
by 26 April 2020;
24,760
(3/5), 25,911 (13/5), 28,022 (20/5); 28,432 (26/5), 29,575
(18/6), 29,778 (27 June), 29,875
(2 July), 30,029 (15 July), 30,192 as of 27 July (11:50 GMT), 30,468
as of 20 August. 31,511
as of 25/9 (17:13 GMT); 32,521
as of 9 October; 35,785 as of 28 Oct.; 37.435
as of 2 Nov.; 39,865 as of 7 Nov.; 51,000 as of 27 Nov.; 59,619
as of 18 Dec.; 62,573 as of 27 Dec. (15:56 GMT). 71,342
as of 20 Jan. 2021 (01:00 GMT). 85,321 as of 25 February 2021
(05:43 GMT); 89,555 deaths as of 11 March 2021 (00:36 GMT) (8th place world-wide); 91,679 deaths as of 19 March 2021 (03:15 GMT) (8th);
95,337 as of 31 March 2021; 99,135 as of 15 April 2021; 100,593 as of 17 April 2021 (20:12
GMT);
104,224 as of 30 April 2021 (06:55 GMT). 110,968 deaths as of 28 June 2021 112,288 deaths as of 10 August 2021 
10. Columbia
Columbia was sixth in Latin America and 25th in the world with 1,667 deaths on 16 June
and 5th in Latin America and 19th in the world with 5,307 deaths on 13 July. 10,330 as of 2 August (21:45 GMT). By 8 August Columbia had 12,540 deaths and ranked 12th in the world; 15,979 as of 20 August; 17,316 as
of 24 August (4th in Latin America and 11th world-wide), unchanged on 6 September. As
of 13 September (20:46 GMT) Columbia had reported 22,734 deaths (# 11 world-wide). 25,103
as of 26 Sept. (21:37 GMT); As of 27 Sept., 25,296 (11th world-wide). As of 9 October, 27,331 deaths (ranked 11th world-wide); 27,660 as of 11 October; 28,616
as of 17 Oct.; 30,565 as of 28 Oct.; 32,405 as of 7 Nov.; 32,495
as of 7 Nov.; 34,563 as of 19 Nov. (13th world-wide); 36,214 as of 28 Nov.; 41,943 as of 27 Dec. 2020
(15:56 GMT). 49,402 as of 20 Jan. 2021 (01:00 GMT). 60,773 deaths as of 11 March 2021 (00:36
GMT) (12th worldwide); 65,608 as of 11 April 2021 (16:30 GMT) (11th
worldwide) 104,678 deaths as of 28 June 2021 122,601 deaths as of 10 August 2021
  Toucan
11. Germany 
Traditional lederhosen
 Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
5,877
(26/4/2020), 6,812 (3/5), 7,780 (13/5), 8,193
(20/5); 8,428 (26/5), 8,598 (28/5), 8,933
(18/6), 9,026 (27/6), 9,063 (2 July), 9,146 (15 July),
9,203 as of 27 July (11:50 GMT), 9,314 as of 20
August; 9,532 as of 26 Sept. (21:37 GMT); 9,697
as of 11 Oct.; 9,842 as of 17 Oct.; 10,358 as of 28 Oct.; 10,734
as of 2 Nov.; 16,172 as of 28 Nov.; 30,301
as of 27 Dec. 2020 (15:56 GMT). 39,244
as of 20 Jan. 2021 (01:00 GMT). 73,276 deaths as of 11 March 2021 (00:36 GMT) (ranked 9th worldwide). 78,936 as of 11 April 2021 (16:30 GMT).
91,007 deaths as of 22 June 2021. 92,370 deaths as of 14
August 2021.
12. Argentina  
   
The Tango Argentina ranked seventh in Latin America and 36th
in the world with 833 deaths as of 15 June. One month later, on 13 July, Argentina still ranked seventh in Latin America but 31st world-wide
with 1,859 deaths. On 8 August, Argentina had 4,450
deaths, ranking 27th in the world. 7,079 as of 24 August (6th in Latin America and 18 in the world);
16th world-wide as of 6 September; 15,208 as of 26 Sept. (21:37
GMT); 13,376 as of 27/9 (14th); 16,937 as of 1 October (ranked 13th world-wide); 23,581
as of 11 Oct.; 25,723 as of 17 Oct.; 29.,730 as of 28 Oct.; 31,140 as of 2 Nov.; 33,136 as of 7 Nov.; 36,347 as of 19
Nov. (10th world-wide); 37,941 as of 27 Nov.; 38,216 as of 28 Nov.; 40,431 as of 11 Dec.; 42,501 as of 27 Dec. (15:56 GMT). 46,066 as of 20 Jan. 2021 (01:00 GMT) (ranked 13th
in world) (ranked 4th in Latin America, after Brazil, Mexico and Columbia). 53,359 deaths as of 11 March 2021 (00:36 GMT) (ranked 13th worldwide); 54,386 deaths as of 19 March 2021 (03:15 GMT) (13th); 57,647 deaths as of 11 April 2021 (16:30 GMT). 89,490 deaths as of 22 June 2021. 108,816 deaths as of 14 August 2021.
13. Iran
  Persopolis
6,203
(3/5), 6.683 (13/5). 7,119 (20/5), 7,527 (28/5), 8,584 (18/6), 9,272 (16/6), 10,364 (27/6), 11,106 (2 July), 13,410 (15
July), 15,912 as of 27 July (11:50 GMT), 20,125 as of 20 August; 25,222 as of 25/9 (17:13 GMT); 30,123 as of 17 Oct.; 33,714 as of 28 Oct.; 37,832 as of 7 Nov.; 47,100 as of
28 Nov.; 54,593 as of 27 Dec. 2020 (15:56 GMT); 56,973 as of 20 Jan. 2021 (01:54
GMT) (ranked 9th in world); 61,581 deaths as of 19 March 2021 (03:15 GMT) (ranked 12th); 62,569 deaths as of 31
March; 64,764 as of 15 April 2021.
83,217 deaths as of 22 June 2021.
Iran
ranks a distant second place with 24,301 deaths as of 20 September and 25,3394 as of 26 Sept. (21:37 GMT);
27,658 as of 8 October (ranked 10th in the world);
30,123 as of 17 Oct.; 47,095 as
of 27 Nov.; 54,440 as of 26 Dec. 2020 (06:12 GMT);
54,693 as of 27 Dec.
2020 (15:56 GMT); 57,560 as of 26 Jan. 2021;
64,490 as of 12 April 2021; 78,633 as 15 May 2021. 97,208
deaths as of 14 August 2021.
14. Spain
  
Bullfight in Madrid
22,902 (26/4), 25,264 (3/5), 27,104 (13/5), 27,778 (20/5); 26,837
(26/5), 27,136 (18/6), 28,338 (29/6), 28,413 (15 July), 28,797 as of 20 August; 31,118 as of 25/9 (17:13 GMT); 32,688 as of 9 October; 35,466 as of 28 Oct.; 38,833 as of 7 Nov.; 44,668 as of 28 Nov.; 49,824 as of 27 Dec. (15:56 GMT);
54,173 as of 20
Jan. 2021 (01:54 GMT) (ranked 10th in deaths worldwide) (5th in Europe); 71,961
deaths as of 11 March 2021 (00:36 GMT) (10th worldwide); 72,910 deaths as of 19 March 2021 (03:15 GMT) (10th); 75,305 as of
31 March 2021; 76,525 as of 15 April 2021.
80,689 deaths as of 22 June
2021.
82,470 deaths as of 14 August 2021.
15. Poland:
As of
28 Nov. 2020: 16,147 deaths; 27,118
as of 27 Dec. 2020 (15:56 GMT). 33,698 as of 20 Jan. 2021 (01:00 GMT). 44,997 deaths as of 11 March 2021 (00:36 GMT) (16th worldwide) 58,421 as of 11 April 2021 (16:30) (13th) 74,974 deaths as of 27 June 2021 (ranked 15th worldwide and 7th in Europe) 75,299 deaths as of 14 August 2021.
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16. South Africa 
  
The Zulu (Natal Province); Cape
Town
12,423 as of 20 August 2020, 16,312
as of 26 Sept. (21:37 GMT), 17,673
as of 11 October (14th world-wide); 18,370 as of
17 Oct.; 19,111 as of 28 Oct.; 21,378
as of 28 Nov.; 26,521 as
of 27 Dec. 2020 (15:56 GMT). 38,288 as of 20 Jan. 2021 (01:00 GMT), ranked 15th world-wide. 51,015 deaths as of 11 March 2021 (00:36 GMT) (14th world-wide).
53,256 as 11 April 2021 (16:30 GMT). 58,795 deaths as of 22 June 2021. 76,869 deaths as of 14 August 2021.
17.
Indonesia
 
Borobudur (Java)
10,308 deaths as of 26 Sept. 2020 (21:37 GMT); 11,844 as of 11 Oct.; 12,431 as of 17 Oct.; 13,612 as of 28 Oct.; 16,521 as of 28 Nov.; 21,237 as of 27 Dec. 2020 (15:56 GMT). 26,590 as of 20 Jan. 2021 (01:00 GMT). 37,932 deaths as of 11 March 2021 (00:36 GMT) (ranked 17th);
39,142 deaths as of 19 March
2021 (03:15 GMT) (17th);
42,656 as of 15 April 2021.
55,291 deaths as of 22 June 2021. 116,366 deaths as
of 14 August 2021.
 
Balinese dancers,
Bali
Indonesia reported 991
deaths by 11 May; 1.221 (20/5), 1,391 (26/5),
2,000 (11/6), 3,797
(15/7), 5,236 as of 2 August, 7,169 as of 29 August (05:41 GMT), 9,553
as of 20 September - Indonesia ranks 3rd in Asia and 18th world-wide; 11,472
deaths reported as of 8 October (ranks 17th in world); 12,431 as of 17 Oct. (ranked 15th); 16,521
as of 27 Nov.; 20,847 as of 26 Dec. 2020 (06:12 GMT); 28,468
as of 26 Jan. 2021; 42,530 as of 12 April 2021; 47,967 as of 15 May 2021.
116,366 deaths as of 14 August 2021.
21. Chile
Tierra del Fuego
Chile ranked 20th in the world and fifth in
Latin America on 16 June 2020 with 3,323 deaths. Chile ranked 15th in the world with 7,024 deaths
on 13 July. 9,112 reports of deaths as 27 July (11:50 GMT), By 8 August, 10,011 deaths and ranked 14th;
10,578 as of 20 August; 10,916 as of 24 August (5th in Lat Am and 14th world-wide),
unchanged on 6 September. Chile had reported 11,949 deaths as of 13 September (ranked 14th world-wide);
12,591 as
of 26 Sept. (21:37 GMT); as of 27/9, a total of 12,641 deaths (15th); 13,318 as of 11 October; 13,588 as of 17 Oct.;
14,032 as of 28 Oct.; 14,499 as of 7 Nov.; 14,955 as of 19 Nov. (17th
world-wide); 15,278 as of 28 Nov.; 16,443 as of 27 Dec. 2020 (15:56 GMT).
17,573 as of 20 Jan. 2021 (01:00 GMT). 21,206 deaths as of 11 March 2021 (00:36 GMT)
(ranked 23rd worldwide) 24,346 as 11 April 2021 (16:30 GMT) (22nd) 36,331 deaths as of 14 August 2021.
24. Canada
Polar bear
Pierre Trudeau in famous pose
As of 11 June 2020, Canada had the 17th most deaths in the world
- 7,996; Most deaths occurred in Quebec Province: 4,978 as of 7/6 with 3,067 in Montreal and 635 in Laval
as of 7/6. Ontario Province was second with half as many
- 2,485 deaths as of 7 June. Most of the deaths were in Toronto. Note, however, that most of the deaths
were elderly people in hospitals and nursing homes. As of 5 July, Canada had the 14th
most deaths in the world, with 8,674 deaths, ranking after Germany and before
Belgium. As of 13
July, Canada ranked 14th in total deaths, after Germany and before Chile, with 8,787 deaths. 8,810 deaths
by 15 July 2020; As of 21
July, Canada ranked 14th with 8,858; 8,890 as
of 27 July (11:50 GMT) for 15th place;
8,945 as of 2 August (21:45
GMT) (15th) and 9,039 as of 20 August (now in 17th place); 9,074 as of 24 August (same ranking);
9,108 as of 29 August (05:41 GMT) (same ranking); 9,234 as
of 23/9 (ranked 20th); 9,263 as of 26 Sept. (21:37 GMT); 9,508 as of 11 October
(21st world-wide); 9,722 as of 17 Oct.; 10,026 as of 28 Oct. (ranked 22nd world-wide); 10,197 as of 2 Nov.; 10,474
as of 7 Nov.; 11.894 as of 28 Nov.; 14,818 as of 27 Dec. 2020
(15:56 GMT); 19,376 deaths as of 26
Jan. 2021. 22,330 deaths as of 11
March 2021 (00:36 GMT) (21st. worldwide); 22,590 deaths as of 19
March 2021 (03:15 GMT) (22nd.) 23,308 as of 11 April
2021 (16:30 GMT) (ranked 25th worldwide). 25,692 deaths as of 13
August 2021.
Until the 1960s 'American' meant Canadian
as well. Many people did not distinguish between the two. Many Canadians identified as 'American'.
Why so many deaths in the USA (17,000
deaths per 1 million population)? And not so deaths many in its neighbour Canada (4,000 per 1 million population)? First, the US has ten times the population. Second, outside the cities,
Canadians have far more living space than Americans.
The Niagara Falls. The state of New York in the USA is on the left (south) and the province of Ontario in Canada
is on the right (north).
Both
countries operate boat tours to the Falls for a close look.
'Social distancing'
at the Niagara Falls 
The USA tour boat is packed.
By contrast, the Canadian tour boat, in the foreground,
allows only six passengers per tour.
The USA may be modern but its people are very much like
the people of Ireland and Mexico and even more like the people of Brazil. Canada is more like Scotland, Brittany and Normandy.
25.
Belgium 
  Tintin
Belgium
reported a total of 6,917 deaths by 26 April 2020; 7,844 (3/5), 8,707 (11/5), 8,843 (13/5), 9,108 (20/5); 9,186 (21/5); 9,312 (26/5), 9,388 (28/5), 9,663 (16/6), 9,732 (27/6), 9,761 (2 July), 9,788 as 15 July (18:40
GMT), 9,821 as of 27 July (11:50 GMT),
9,845
as of 2 August 2020 (21:45 GMT);
Moules et frites
Belgian beers
Belgian chocolates
Belgium reported
9,969 deaths as of 26 Sept. (21:37 GMT); 10,078 as of 10 Oct. (05:34 GMT/UTC); 10,359 as of 17 Oct.; 11,038 as of 28 Oct.; 11,737 as of 2 Nov.; 16,339 as of 28 Nov.; 19,158 as of 27 Dec. 2020 (15:56 GMT). 20,472 as of 20 Jan. 2021 (01:00 GMT). 22,327 deaths as of 11 March 2021 (00:36 GMT) (22nd world-wide). 23,428 deaths as of 11 April 2021 (16:30 GMT) (23rd). 25,160 deaths as of 27 June 2021 25,285 deaths as of 13 August 2021.
Flemish master Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568 - 1625); self-portrait with family
Perhaps
the story is not so much in the total number of deaths each country has reported. The number of deaths per
population may give a better indication of a situation. In terms of deaths per 1 million people, Belgium, with a population of 11.5 million, rates the highest. As of 30 June, Belgium had 841 deaths per 1 million people. 
Wooden shoes Britain,
Spain, Italy, Sweden, France, USA, Netherlands, Ireland, Chile and Peru (288) rated the highest, in that
order, after Belgium, as of 30 June 2020. On 15 and 27 July, Belgium still held first place (847 deaths per 1 million population) with Britain
a distant second. With 9,861 deaths (almost 10,000) by Coronavirus as of 7 August, Belgium still had the highest rate
of deaths with 850 deaths per 1 million people. The U. K. is second with 683 deaths per million population. Next, as of 7 August, in the following order: Peru, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Chile, USA, Brazil, France, Mexico, Panama and the Netherlands. Belgium's neighbour to the south, France, has reported 464 deaths per million population -
about half as many as Belgium (7 August). Belgium's neighbour to the
north, the Netherlands, has reported 359 deaths per million - less than half of Belgium's
figure (7 August). Luxembourg, which has a population of 670,000 people, has reported 190 deaths per 1 million population
(7 August). Belgium's neighbour to the east, Germany, has reported 110 deaths per 1 m. population (7 August 2020).
28. Ecuador
 
Iguana and giant tortoise in the Galapagos
Islands
Ecuador ranked
fourth in Latin America with 3,895 and 19th world-wide on 16 June 2020;
fifth in Latin America and 21st in the world on 13 July with 5,047
deaths. By 8 August,
Ecuador had reported a total of 5,916 deaths and ranked 20th in the world, 6,010 as of 13 August (22:20 GMT) (20th
in world), 6,322 as of 24 August (7th in Latin America and 21st world-wide, unchanged on 6 September); 11,273 as of 26 Sept. (21:37 GMT) (16th); 12,188 as of 11 Oct.; 12,357 as of 17 Oct.; 12,608 as of 28 Oct.;
12,815 as of 7 Nov.;
13,052 as of 19 Nov. (19th world-wide); 13,358 as of 28 Nov.; 13,990
as of 27 Dec. 2020 (15:56 GMT). 14,382
as of 20 Jan. 2021 (01:00 GMT) (25th in the world). 16,105 deaths as of 11 March 2021 (00:36 GMT) (27th worldwide) 17,275 as of 11 April 2021 (16:30 GMT) 31,870 deaths as of 13 August 2021.
. . . . . . .
101. Cuba Cuba
reported 130 deaths (as of 7 Nov. 2020); 131 by 19 Nov.; 133 as of 28 Nov.; 141 as of 27 Dec. 2020 (15:56 GMT); 200 deaths by 26 Jan. 2021; 384
deaths as of 19 March 2021 (03:15 GMT) (ranked 116th. worldwide). 453 as of 11 April 2021 (116th). 1,241
deaths as of 28 June 2021. 3,757 deaths as of 13 August
2021.
 
The Conga dance
Some do not accept the figures from the
Third World. They suspect many deaths have not been reported.
Asia 
Asia
reported: 319,479 deaths as of 18 Dec. 2020 451,596
deaths as of 13 April 2021 785,034 deaths as of 28 June 2021
Deaths
reported as of
15 Dec. '20; 13 April '21 1. India
143,746 171,205
2. Iran 53,447 65,055
3.
Indonesia 19,111 42,782
4.
Turkey 16,646 34,182
5.
Iraq 12,603 14,796
(7th)
6. Pakistan
8,905 15,619 (5th)
7.
Philippines 8,812 15,286
(6th)
8. Bangladesh 7,129
9,891
9. Saudi Arabia 6,059
6,773 (11th)
10. China
4,534 4,636 (14th)
11.
Jordan 3,407
7,856 (10th)
12. Israel
3,004 6,304 (13th)
13.
Japan 2,585
9,400 (9th)
Lebanon 6,703
(12th)
West Asia
Deaths
reported as of
15 Dec. '20 13 Apr. '21 1. Iran
52,447 66,055 2. Turkey
16,646 34,182 3. Iraq
12,603 14,796 4. Saudi Arabia
6,059 6,773 5. Jordan
3,407 3,407 (7th) 6. Israel
3,004 6,304 (5th) 7. Armenia 2,529
3,775 (6th)
East Asia 
Reported deaths by Covid-19 as of
15
Dec. '20 13 Apr. '21 1. China
4,534 4,636 (2nd) 2. Japan
2,585 9,400 (1st) 3. South Korea
600 1,775 4. Hong Kong
122 207 5. Taiwan
7 11 6. Macao
0
0 7.
Mongolia
0 27 8. North Korea -
-
South Asia 
Deaths
as of
15 Dec. '20 13 Apr. '21 1. India
143,746 171,205 2. Pakistan
8,905 15,619 3. Bangladesh
7,129 9,891 4. Burma
2,292 3,206 5. Nepal
1,716 3,058 6. Sri Lanka
154 602 7. Maldives
48
67
8. Bhutan
0 1 Southeast Asia 
Deaths by Covid-19 as of
15 Dec. '20 13 Apr. '21 1.
Indonesia
19,111 42,782 2. Philippines
8,812 15,286 3. Burma 2,292
3,206 4. Malaysia
(incl. Insular)
422 1,345 5. Thailand
60 97
6. Vietnam 35
35 7. Singapore
29 30 8. Brunei
3 3 9. East Timor
1 10. Laos
0 0 11. Cambodia
0 33
Mainland Southeast Asia 
Omits Indonesia, the Philippines and Brunei
Deaths by Covid-19 as of
15 Dec. '20 13 Apr. '21
1. Burma
2,292 3,206
2.
Malaysia
(incl. Insular) 422
1,345 3. Thailand
60 97 4. Vietnam
35 35 5. Singapore
29 30 6. Laos
0 0 7. Cambodia
0 33
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• China 
 
The Great Wall of China and the Forbidden City in Peking
China reported 4,633 deaths by 13 May 2020;
China
reported a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in Peking on 14 and 15 June 2020. 4,634 deaths as of 20/5/2020; unchanged 26 December 2020.
China reported no new cases on 22 May
- the first time since the disease began in Wuhan in December 2019. The Chinese were concerned about the growing spread
of the disease in Russia and the possibility of it spreading to China. China
reported a total of 4,636 deaths by Covid-19 as of 26 Jan. 2021.
 
China has reported 4,636 deaths as of 15 April 2021 -
the same as Jan. 2021. Unchanged
by 13 August 2021. Needless to say, nobody believes
these figures.
•
The Philippines
 
Rice terraces of Banaue and celebrations in Baguio
The Philippines reported a
total of 726 deaths as of (11/5), 837 (20/5), 873 (26/5), 1,036 (11/6), 1,614 (15/7), 2,059 as of 2 August, 3,325 as of 29 August (05:41 GMT),
4,984
as of 20 September; 5,925
as of 8 Oct.; 6,603 as of 17 Oct.; 8,255 as of 27 Nov.; 9,062 as of 26 Dec. 2020 (06:12 GMT); 10,386 as of 26 Jan. 2021.
12,546 deaths as of 11 March 2021 (00:36 GMT); 12,887deaths as of 19 March 2021 (03:15 GMT); 14,945 as 12 April 2020; 19,051 as of 15 May 2021. 29,539
deaths as of 13 August 2021.
• Japan
 
Mount Fuji; Himeji
624 (11/5), 768 (20/5), 839 (26/5), 874 (30/5), 900 (4/6), 982 (15/7), 1,011 as of 2 August, 1,238 as of 29 August, 1,495 as of 20 September; 1,605 as of 8 Oct.; 1,661 as of 17 Oct.; 2,022 as of 27 Nov.; 3,105 as of 26 Dec. 2020 (06:12 GMT); 5,158 as of 26 Jan. 2021; 8,353 deaths as of 11 March 2021 (00:36 GMT); 8,717
deaths as of 19 March 2021 (03:15 GMT);
9,3i82 as of 12 April 2021;
11,365 as of 15 May 2021. 1 5,330 deaths
as of 13 August 2021.
• South Korea
The DMZ
 
South Korea reported a total of 256 deaths
as of 11 May; 263 (20/5), 269 (26/5), unchanged 30/5, 273 (3/6), 289 (15/7), 301 as of 2 August, 321 as of 29 August, 383 as of 20 September; 427 as of 8 October; 443 as of
17 Oct.;
516 as of 27 Nov.;
793 as of 26 Dec. 2020 (06:12 GMT); 1,371 as of 26 Jan. 2021;
1,690 deaths as of 19 March 2021 (03:15 GMT); 1,770 as of 12 April 2021 (04:12 GMT);
1,896 as of 15 May 2021. 2,144
deaths as of 13 August 2021.
• Burma (Myanmar) 
  
Burma was once a province of
British colonial India. Burma
is considered part of South Asia. Burma
is also a part of Southeast Asia.
Burma (Myanmar) reported six deaths as of 20 May, unchanged 29
August. 20 deaths
by 13 September, 92 as of 20 September; 226 as of 27 Sept. 510 deaths as of 8 October; 838 as of 17 October; 1,846 as of 27 Nov.; 1,865 as of 28 Nov. 2020
Rangoon
Note that the number of deaths in Burma jumped by about
1,000 from 17 Oct. to 27 Nov. Almost half of Burma's deaths by Covid-19 occurred in those 40 days.
By
11 December, Burma reported 2,220 deaths - the most on Mainland Southeast Asia but
about 5,000 deaths less than Bangladesh (East Pakistan). By 18 Dec., Burma had reported 2,398 deaths
- fewer than Japan and more than Ireland. Burma reported 2,562 deaths as of 26 Dec. 2020 (06:12 GMT); 3,082 reported deaths as of 26 Jan.
2021.
Burma reported 3,177 deaths as
of 9 February 2021 (11:16 GMT), ranking 59th in world, after Georgia and before Azerbaijan, and 16th in Asia, after Georgia
and before Azerbaijan. 3,200 deaths as of 11 March
2021 (00:36 GMT); 3,204 deaths in total
as reported on 19 March 2021 (03:15 GMT);
3,206 as of 12 April 2021; 3,212 deaths by Covid-19
as of 15 May 2021. 12,452 deaths as of 12 August 2021.
• Malaysia
 
Cameron HIghlands
Malaysia reported 108 deaths by 11 May 2020, 114 (20/5),
115 (26/5), unchanged
3/6, 122 (15/7),
125 as of 2 August (unchanged 29 August),
130 as of 20 September;
141 as of 8 October; 180 as of 17 Oct.;
350 as of 27 Nov.;
449 as of 26 Dec. 2020 (06:12 GMT);
700 by 26 Jan. 2021;
1,329 as of 12 April 2021;
1,866 as of 15 May 2021 5,170 deaths
as of 1 July 2021 11,691
deaths as of 12 August 2021.
There have been political
protests but no rioting on the mainland of Southeast Asia during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Jakarta, Singapore, Bangkok and Kuala Lampur
- in that order - are the major hubs of air travel in Southeast
Asia. More people travel through those cities than other cities in the region.
•
Thailand
       
Thailand is the favourite tourist destination of
the region. Many Europeans retire to Thailand. There are many expatriates.
          
Year-round in Bangkok.
Coronavirus appeared outside
China for the first time when Thailand, one of the world's most favourite tourist destinations, reported
its first case on 13 January 2020. By late January 2020, everyone was aware of the virus. Just another bird flu? There were warnings that this virus was more serious than previous
viruses and could last longer. 
Thailand remained among the top ten countries in the world with the most cases of Coronavirus till late February. The first death by the virus in Thailand was reported on 1 March 2020. By
17 April 2020, Thailand had reported 47 deaths.
Fourteen
months later, on 21 June 2021, Thailand had reported 1,658 deaths.
2,023 deaths
as of 30 June 2023, ranked 88th worldwide, after Nigeria and before South Korea, and 28th in Asia, after Sri Lanka
and before South Korea. 3,502 deaths as of 20 July 2021, ranked 77th worldwide, after Palestine and before Oman, and 25th in Asia,
after Palestine and before Oman. 5,854 deaths as of 6 August 2021, 16:53 GMT, ranked 63rd worldwide, ahead of North
Macedonia and behind Uruguay; ranked 20th in Asia, behind Georgia and ahead of Azerbaijan. .
Reported daily new deaths by Covid-19 in Thailand February
2020 - 25 April 2021 -------
Cumulative total of deaths by Covid-19 in Thailand as
of 23 May 2921: 1 death
as of 1 March 2020 47
deaths as 17 April 2020 56 deaths by 20 May 2020 58 deaths by 3 June 2020 59 as of 18 September 2020 60 as of 5 November 2020
61 deaths as of 28 December 2020 63 deaths as of 31 December 2020 64 deaths as of 2 January 2021 70
deaths by mid-January 2021
83 deaths by 26 February 2021
98 deaths as 16 April 2021
140 deaths as of 25 April 2021 188 deaths as of 29 April 2021
203 deaths as of 30 April 2021 (19:06 GMT) 224 deaths as of 2
May 2021 (01:40 GMT)
245 deaths as of 3 May 2021 (00:39 GMT) 303 deaths
as of 4 May 2021 (18:08 GMT)
336 deaths as of 7 May 2021 (03:29 GMT)
363 deaths as of 7 May 2021 (19:56 GMT)
382 deaths as of 9 May 2021 (02:12 GMT)
421 deaths as of 10 May 2021 (11:44 GMT)
486 deaths as of 12 May 2021 (11:15 GMT) 518
deaths as of 13 May 2021 (23:02 GMT) 548
deaths as of 14 May 2021 (GMT); 565
deaths as of 15 May 2021 (23:19 GMT);
589 deaths as of 16 May '21 (19:16 GMT);
618 deaths as of 17 May 2021;
649 deaths as of 18 May 2021;
703 deaths as of 20 May 2021; 735
deaths as of 21 May 2021 (18:37 GMT); 759
deaths as of 22 May 2021 (03:53 GMT); 776 deaths as of 23 May 2021; 806 deaths as of 24 May 2021; 873 deaths as of 26 May 2021 (04:09 GMT); 920 deaths as of 27 May 2021 (03:56 GMT); 954 deaths as of 28 May 2021 (05:20 GMT); 1,012 deaths as of 30 May 2021 (04:33 GMT), 1,449 deaths as of 13 June 2021, ranked 94th worldwide,
1,658 deaths as of 21 June 2021, 2,023 deaths as
of 30 June 2023, ranked 88th worldwide, after Nigeria and before South Korea, and 28th in Asia, after Sri Lanka and before
South Korea. 3,502
deaths as of 20 July 2021, ranked 77th worldwide, after Palestine and before Oman, and 25th in Asia, after Palestine and before
Oman. 5,854 deaths as of 6 August 2021, 16:53 GMT, ranked 63rd worldwide, ahead
of North Macedonia and behind Uruguay; ranked 20th in Asia, behind Georgia and ahead of Azerbaijan. 6,588
deaths as of 10 August 2021, ranked 59th worldwide.
The first nation-wide restrictions were imposed
on 17 March 2020. Thailand followed other countries in imposing restrictions. Many hotels in Bangkok were closed from April to October 2020. Some remained
closed into the new year, 2021. Some did not reopen.
Since April 2020,
all Thais and foreigners arriving in Thailand must submit to a fortnight of quarantine in a specified hotel.
Officially, once out, they are restricted to certain destinations and must be escorted by a government official.
 
Mass protests and demonstrations
in Bangkok from July 2020 to January 2021. The biggest in six years, since 2014. The above photos were taken in Bangkok on
16, 17 and 18 October: L - R: Victory Monument, Democracy Square. The demonstrators demanded the resignation of
the prime minister, a new constitution, elections, and curbing royal prerogative. Demonstrators
wore facemasks but, of course, there was no social distancing.
There
were no reports of Coronavirus infections.
'Social distancing' became a haphazard thing in Bangkok by August 2020. The big surprise was the complete abandonment of 'social distancing' by
Bangkok's subway and Sky train in August. Coaches were packed again with people standing elbow to elbow.
Yet, everywhere, 'social distancing' was being promoted - on TV, in posters and in
public videos. City buses do not follow social distancing. Top government officials were not talking about
'social distancing' anymore. Except for the face masks, temperature checks and fading notices there was little
evidence of an epidemic.
China pressed the Thais to allow large groups of Chinese tourists (in the
hundreds and thousands) to enter Thailand for long visits without quarantine, travel restrictions and
government escorts. Desperate
for the tourist 'dollar', especially from China, on 10 December the Thai government decided to allow everyone
into Thailand, whatever the situation in the country of departure.
They still had to quarantine a fortnight in a specified hotel upon arrival. Shortly after that, the number of daily reported
cases of Covid-19 skyrocketed, far above the highest levels recorded since the outbreak of the pandemic.
Blaming Burma The
sudden flare-up was 'traced' to a fish market in the seaport of Samut Sakhon near Bangkok. The
infections spread to other provinces. Thai government
officials blamed migrant workers from Burma. Many
work in the coastal port of Samut Sakhon, to the west of Bangkok, on the Gulf Siam. Many were found to be
infected. Burma
has the most cases of the virus on Mainland Southeast Asia. But all
the Burmese workers in the port who were tested had worked in the port for a long time. Thai government officials blamed smugglers of illegal migrants from
Burma. But none of the Burmese workers in the port who tested positive
were illegal migrants.
Blaming
gamblers On 28 December 2020, the country reported its 61st death by
Covid-19 - a 45-year-old parking lot attendant at a gambling casino in Rayong. The blame was shifted to gambling casinos in Rayong. By
mid-January 2021, 70 deaths. By 26 February 2021, 83 deaths.
Many businesses were forced to close by Covid-19: guest houses, massage parlours, convenience
stores, tailors, restaurants, print shops, dentists . . . Some proprietors closed up and moved away.
Big spike in cases in Thailand
Graph, from January 2020 to January 2021, shows the sudden steep
rise in daily reports of new Covid-19 cases in Thailand on 3 January 2021.
As of 28 January 2021, no Coronavirus
vaccinations had been administered in Thailand. It was reported earlier that the Thais were 'working' with Oxford University and the Anglo-Swedish
multinational pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, headquartered in Cambridge, England, to develop a vaccine
by mid-2021. In response to the
spike, the Thais announced that they had ordered a Chinese vaccine, Sinovac, which is only 50% effective,
and planned to vaccinate a limited number of people in February.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, at
left, and Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan - o - cha, right. The two leaders pointed out that the various vaccines are still in the trial stages
and their efficacy uncertain. They maintained that their countrymen are not guinea pigs. Cambodia began inoculations on 10 February 2021
with Sinopharm vaccine donated by China. The first to go were Hun Sen's sons.
On
20 January 2021, the Thai government confirmed that it had ordered 200,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The first 50,000 doses were
due in February 2021. About two million doses from AstraZeneca were
to be delivered between February and April 2021. The first vaccinations
were to be administered on 14 February to those most at risk and in areas most at risk. Medical professionals on the 'front-lines'
- medics and other health care workers - were to be vaccinated first. The vaccinations
are not compulsory. The first
vaccinations would be administered in Samut Sakhon Province. That would mean thousands of Burmese
workers in the port and many Thais in the market. Other people most at risk - people over age 60 and people with heart
disease - would be vaccinated. The government would
request 26 million more doses from AstraZeneca. The government has an agreement to produce the AstraZeneca vaccine in Thailand. 'Supplies' would
arrive in May at the earliest. From
May to December 2021, the vaccine would be administered
in other provinces. The
PM promised free vaccinations for half the population by the end of 2021. The rest would be vaccinated in 2022.
 
The Thai PM Prayut received the primary shot on 16 March and the booster
on 24 May. The booster was delayed due to the shortage of AstraZenaca doses.
On 22 April, the press announced that Russia would supply
Thailand with its Sputnik vaccine - and Pfizer would provide 10 million doses. There are drawbacks and problems with all vaccines but,
all things considered, Pfizer seems to be the best thus far. Vaccination (the prime and the booster) offers less than full protection for one year or less.
There are unconfirmed
incidents of re-infection after full vaccination with the Chinese vaccines, which offer very limited protection, most
recently, in the Seychelles. Professionals on the 'frontline' in Thailand - medics, caretakers et al
- are to be fully vaccinated by June. Inoculation of the greater public, including all foreigners, was to begin
in many hospitals in Bangkok on 7 June and in the provinces on 14 June. Those
who received the primary in June could get the booster in October. Delays are possible and even likely.
In the last week of April 2021, with Covid-19 raging more than ever before, Bangkok locked down
for a fortnight, to 9 May. Public parks closed. Restaurants could offer take-outs only. Curfew. The lockdown was
extended an additional week to 17 May. Restaurants reopened on 17 May. But parks remained closed till mid-June.
Otherwise,
life went on as before. Joggers ran in the streets and around the park outside it instead of inside it. In the U. S., the pandemic seems to be over. In Europe,
it's on its way out. Many Thais are more in tune with events in Europe and the U. S. than events in Thailand. Thus, in May,
with the virus raging, many restaurants reopened, some massage parlours reopened. Towards the end of May, as daily new deaths in Thailand
reached record numbers, with most deaths in Bangkok, food courts reopened. Someone somewhere somehow realised the mistake
and they were closed in a fortnight. In the U. S., the face masks are coming off. In Thailand, anyone caught without a face mask in public is to be fined Baht 20,000 (US$650.) The three big annual celebrations in May were
cancelled - Coronation Day, the Royal Ploughing Ceremony and Visaka Puja (Buddhist).
Social distancing was
restored on the Sky train and subway (metro/tube). By far, most of the reported cases of Covid-19 are in Bangkok. Labour contractors treat workers like slum dwellers. Dozens of construction workers are cramped
together in small 'camps' (buildings). Thus, many construction workers have been infected. Many are from Burma. Bangkok was a very quite city in early July 2021. All construction work had
halted. Some sixty camps with workers were locked down. Police guarded the camps. No one could get in or out. The government
guaranteed the workers 50% of their pay. The fast-spreading
Delta variant of the virus accounted for 26% of new cases in Bangkok in late June and early July. Record numbers of cases and deaths were reported on three successive days in late June and early
July: 57 deaths on 30 June and 61 on 1 July. 91
daily new deaths, a record, on 10 July 2021.
98 daily new deaths, a new record, on 19 July 2021. A new record of 235 deaths in one day on 9
- 10 August 2021.
2,023
deaths as of 30 June 2023, ranked 88th worldwide, after Nigeria and before South Korea, and 28th in Asia, after Sri Lanka
and before South Korea. 3,502
deaths as of 20 July 2021, ranked 77th worldwide, after Palestine and before Oman, and 25th in Asia, after Palestine and before
Oman. 5,854 deaths as of 6 August 2021, 16:53 GMT, ranked 63rd worldwide, ahead
of North Macedonia and behind Uruguay; ranked 20th in Asia, behind Georgia and ahead of Azerbaijan.
6,353 deaths as of 9 August (60th worldwide).
The
Thai government declared a state of emergency in Bangkok and surrounding provinces in July to 30 September 2021. Pubic parks
closed 23 July to 30 September. Curfew from 8 pm to 4 am. Public city transport stops. Restaurants closed day and night (or
take-outs or deliveries only). Private hospitals will receive
five million doses of the Moderna vaccine between in 2021 and 2022.
20 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be delivered after October 2021.
ICU, King Chulalongkorn Memorial
Hospital, 11 May 2021. Chulalongkorn
is a big public general hospital beside Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok.
Officially, the population of Thailand is 65.18 million.
From 28 February to 13 June 2021,
1.52 million (2.33 %) received both the primary and the booster vaccinations and 4.14 (6.35 %) million received the primary
shot.
As of 9 August 2021, about 4.5 million people in Thailand have received the primary and booster.
Thus far, Thailand has relied
almost entirely on the AstraZeneca vaccine, most of which is locally produced.
The vaccine is effective for
eight months and perhaps one year or more.
Everyone
must be vaccinated all over again later this year or next, depending on the date of the booster.
At this rate, life will not be back to normal before 2023 or 2024.
The mainstays of life in Bangkok
for the duration        
According to an article on Bloomberg News (Online)
on 25 January 2021, citing figures provided by the Thai Ministry of Tourism and Sports, 6.7 million tourists
arrived in Thailand in 2020 compared with 30.9 million in 2019. The
figures for the year 2020 were the lowest since 2008, when political turmoil made it inadvisable to visit the country.
In December
2020, only 6,556 tourists arrived; one year earlier, in December 2019, 3.9 million tourists arrived. Bloomberg cited a source that
claimed the figures would not return to pre-pandemic levels before 2024. According to Bloomberg, the Bank of Thailand expects lower figures in 2021 but a 'rebound' to 23
million tourists in 2022, about half as many as in 2019. 
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• Singapore 
 
Singapore reported 20 deaths as of
11 May 2020; 21 as of 13 May, 22 as of 20 May, 24 as of 3 June, 27
deaths as of 2 August (unchanged 8 October); 28 deaths as of 17 October; unchanged 27 Nov.; 29 deaths as of 26 Dec. 2020 (06:12 GMT), unchanged on 26 Jan. 2021. 29 deaths as of 11 March 2021 (00:36 GMT); 30 as of 12 April 2021. 31 as of 15 May 2021. 36 deaths as of 1 July 2021 43 deaths as of 12 August 2021.
• Nepal
 
Nepal reported two deaths as of 20 May
2020; 4 deaths by 26 May; 10 deaths by 4/6; 57 as of 2 August, almost doubled, to 120, by 20 August; 195 by 29 August; 345 by 13 September; 411 as of 20 September; 477 as of 27/9; 578 deaths reported as of 8 October; 727 as of 17 Oct.;
1,435 as of
27 Nov.; 1,816 26 Dec. 2020 (06:12
GMT); 2.017 by 26 Jan.
2021; 3,040 as of 12 April
2021; 4,856 as of
15 May 2021.
7,799
deaths as of 6 June 2021. 9,112 deaths as of
1 July 2021 10,212 deaths as of 12 August 2021.
•
Hong Kong 
 
Hong Kong (11/5/2020) 1 death, (13/5) 4 deaths, unchanged
(4/6), 34 deaths as of 2
August, 72 by 20 August, 84 by 29 August, 100 deaths as of 13 September, 103 deaths as of 20 September; 105 as of 27/9, unchanged as of 17
October; 108 as of 27 Nov.; 136 as of 26 Dec. 2020 (06:12 GMT); 172 by 26 January 2021; 207 as of 12 April 2021;
210 as of 15 May 2021. 211 deaths as
of 1 July 2021 212 deaths as of 12 August 2021.
• Brunei
Brunei has reported one death as
of 26/5/2020, two
by 2 June; 3 deaths as of 2 August
2020 3 deaths
as of 1 July 2021 Unchanged as
of 12 August 2021.
• Vietnam
 
Vietnam reported its first death
in late July or early August 2020. By 9 August, Vietnam had reported ten deaths, and 25 deaths by 20 August, and 30 deaths by 29 August
- behind Lesotho and ahead of the Maldives. As of 13 September 2020, Vietnam has reported 35 deaths, unchanged as of 12 April 2021.
36 deaths as of 15 May
2021; 53 deaths as of 6 June 2021. 81 deaths as of 1 July 2021 4,487 deaths as of 12 August 2021.
• Cambodia has reported 30 deaths as of 12 April 2021; 147 deaths as of 15 May 2021; 263 deaths as of 6 June 2021
603
deaths as of 1 July 2021 1,634 deaths as of 12 August 2021.
• Laos
has reported 1,300 cases of Covid-19, about 80% of them in April 2021. Laos reported no deaths until 12 May 2021 when it reported its first death, a woman of middle-age in Vientiane.
2 deaths as of 15 may
2021; 3 deaths as
of 6 June 2021. Nine (9) deaths
as of 12 August 2021.
• Macao has reported no deaths.
• Bhutan first detected Covid-19 in March 2020
and closed its borders. The country
reported 868 cases as of 11 March 2021 and its first death by the virus in January 2021. No new deaths as of 1 July 2021. Two deaths as
of 12 August 2021.
For updates, see:
Remember! The figures reported may
indicate nothing more than who is reporting figures - and who is counting cases and
deaths. Many countries have different counting systems.
Third Wave ended
in January 2021 Fourth Wave of
cases and deaths peaked on 29 April 2021
CASES Reports of daily new cases of Covid-19 infections worldwide
peaked on 7 January 2021. By
5 February 2021, the level of daily new cases had dropped to the same level as 25/26/27
October 2020 - slightly more than three months earlier. The decline in daily new cases levelled off on 17 February 2021. For the next month, to mid-March 2021, the number of daily new cases formed a fourth wave and climbed
steadily through April and reached its peak on 29 April.
DEATHS Daily new deaths peaked on 27 January 2021 and by 4 February 2021
had dropped to the same level as the end of December 2020. In mid-February 2021, the number of daily new deaths worldwide rose again. By 10 March 2021, daily new deaths had dropped to the same level
as the first week of November 2020. By
the third week of March 2021, daily new deaths appeared to be climbing, indicating a fourth wave. By 12 April 2021, daily new deaths had climbed back
up in a fourth wave to the previous levels of December 2020. Deaths peaked at the end of the month on 29 April 2021. The fourth wave of deaths dropped steadily since 29 April.
Medical professionals did not attribute the sudden
and steady decline of cases and deaths to vaccinations. Vaccinations did not prevent the
sharp and steady increase in cases and deaths in 2021. Only 2.1% of the world had been
fully vaccinated by April 2021.
A fifth wave of daily new cases
began in mid-June 2021. The
fifth wave of daily new deaths began in mid-July 2021.
See WHO: https://covid19.who.int/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI282tmInY7gIVDlVgCh3wlAIQEAAYASAAEgJHC_D_BwE
Throwing money at it
 
U. S. President Donald
Trump signs $2.2 trillion Coronavirus relief bill on 23 March and $1.8 trillion on 7/8 October 2020.
Russian President Vladimir Putin orders state and federal
governments to find additional ways to protect Russians on 8 April 2020.
French President Macron and German Chancellor
Merkel propose Euro 545 billion recovery fund in mid-May 2020.
Japan's two houses of parliament passed a $300 billion emergency
(extra) budget on 10 and 12 June 2020 to help the economy recover from the effects of coronavirus.
Where is
the money going? 
US$20
to 60 billion in fraud expected in the U. S.
Congress discusses the $3-trillion
Covid relief bill. Too little
to help. Too much to waste. March 2021
 
'It's only paper.' If
it's over, why spend more on it?
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Spanish Flu Pandemic January 1918 -
December 1920 Round the World .
Estimated number
of deaths: 17 - 50 million
Most victims were young people
The Great War (1914 - 1918) Est. 15 - 19 million killed worldwide
- -
- -
New
York City 1918
.
Oakland, California in 1918
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Alberta Province, Canada
Toronto, Ontario
  Amelia Earhart of Kansas visited her sister, who lived in Toronto,
in December 1917.
Much of the world was in the midst of the Great War (1914 - 1918).
Earhart decided to be a nurse and joined the Canadian Voluntary
Aid Detachment (VAD). Earhart worked in Spadina Military Hospital in Toronto through 1918.
She prepared food and handed out medication.
The Spanish flu reached
Toronto in October 1918. Earhart contracted the flu in December and spent a month in
hospital. She suffered permanent injuries.
Earhart later was a
famous aviatrix.
Spadina Military Hospital, Toronto
The
Genesis of the 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic Lecture by Michael Worobey at the University of Arizona
.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Klc3DPdtk Kiss of the Spanish Lady Episode from the documentary series Turning Points
of History (46:39) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsMHPYow7mY Influenza 1918 Documentary
on American Experience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS19aapVdeg or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bzuQygEoAw or 1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCFJPDqKPgc Pandemic Influenza Frank
Snowden Lecture
# 20. of the course Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600 (HIST 234)
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut,
Spring 2010 Chapter 1.
Influenza
Chapter 2. Transmission
Chapter 3. 1889-90 Pandemic
Chapter
4. Spanish Influenza
Chapter 5. Epidemiology and Responses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7xL3LuQkVo
Between Two Wars 1918 Part 2. Disease,
War and the Lost Generation Indy Neidell (2018) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE0-WWqhFls We Heard
the Bells The
Influenza of 1918 Documentary (56:49) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkGi9FKZzDI
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The biggest, worst and most infamous plagues in history
The Plague of Athens 430 - 426 B. C. Claimed
the life of Pericles
Recounted
in History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
The Plague of Justinian A. D. 541- 549
Recounted by Procopius.
The Plague of Justinian
Discussion on the weekly Thursday BBC radio programme In Our Time wth Melvyn Bragg and his guests
21 January 2021
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000rc43
The Black Death 1346 - 1353
The Spanish Flu 1918
- 1920 17 -
50 million dead
Flu 1957 - 1958 2 million dead (including 70,000 in US)
Flu 1968
- 1969 1 million dead
(incl. 34,000 in US)
HIV/AIDS 1970s
- 32 million
dead?
Swine
flu 2009 - 2010 est. 294,000 dead (incl. 12,000 in US)
Seasonal Influenza
U. S. A. 2017 - 2018 61,000
dead (?)
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Thomas
Malthus (1766 - 1834), British scholar (economist)
An Essay on the Principle of Population
1798
War, famine and disease
check population growth.
Malthusianism
In Our Time
BBC Radio,
23 June 2011
With
Melvyn Bragg, Karen O'Brien, Mark Philp and Emma Griffin
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011zzh6
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The
Plague
1947
Albert Camus
1913 - 1960
Camus
In Our
Time
BBC Radio,
3 January 2008
With Melvyn Bragg, Peter Dunwoodie, David Walker
and Christina Howells
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008kmqp
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