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Coronavirus Country Statistic

Region	Confirmed	Confirmed (24h)	Deaths	Deaths (24h)	Deaths (%)	Recovered	Recovered (24h)	Recovered (%)	Active	Active (%)
United States	29,744,652	0	538,628	0	1.8%	20,449,634	0	68.8%	8,756,390	29.4%
India	11,244,624	0	157,966	0	1.4%	10,897,486	0	96.9%	189,172	1.7%
Brazil	11,055,480	0	266,614	0	2.4%	9,782,320	0	88.5%	1,006,546	9.1%
Russia	4,333,029	0	89,473	0	2.1%	3,922,246	0	90.5%	321,310	7.4%
United Kingdom	4,223,232	0	124,566	0	3.0%	3,278,629	0	77.6%	820,037	19.4%
France	3,909,560	0	88,933	0	2.3%	266,096	0	6.8%	3,554,531	90.9%
Spain	3,160,970	0	71,436	0	2.3%	2,810,929	0	88.9%	278,605	8.8%
Italy	3,081,368	0	100,103	0	3.3%	2,508,732	0	81.4%	472,533	15.3%
Turkey	2,793,632	0	29,094	0	1.0%	2,632,030	0	94.2%	132,508	4.7%
Germany	2,513,768	0	72,698	0	2.9%	2,310,900	0	91.9%	130,170	5.2%
Colombia	2,278,861	0	60,598	0	2.7%	2,180,777	0	95.7%	37,486	1.6%
Argentina	2,154,694	0	53,121	0	2.5%	1,951,540	0	90.6%	150,033	7.0%
Mexico	2,130,477	1,877	190,923	319	9.0%	1,675,996	5,565	78.7%	263,558	12.4%
Poland	1,801,083	0	45,317	0	2.5%	1,494,083	0	83.0%	261,683	14.5%
Iran	1,698,005	0	60,786	0	3.6%	1,449,350	0	85.4%	187,869	11.1%
South Africa	1,521,706	0	50,803	0	3.3%	1,442,045	0	94.8%	28,858	1.9%
Ukraine	1,406,800	0	27,128	0	1.9%	1,198,254	0	85.2%	181,418	12.9%
Indonesia	1,386,556	0	37,547	0	2.7%	1,203,381	0	86.8%	145,628	10.5%
Peru	1,374,467	0	47,973	0	3.5%	1,282,228	0	93.3%	44,266	3.2%
Czech Republic	1,325,291	0	21,882	0	1.7%	1,135,251	0	85.7%	168,158	12.7%
Netherlands	1,123,909	0	15,861	0	1.4%	0	0	0.0%	1,108,048	98.6%
Canada	890,698	0	22,276	0	2.5%	838,090	0	94.1%	30,332	3.4%
Chile	860,533	0	21,163	0	2.5%	809,941	0	94.1%	29,429	3.4%
Romania	830,563	0	20,963	0	2.5%	761,631	0	91.7%	47,969	5.8%
Portugal	810,459	0	16,565	0	2.0%	732,346	0	90.4%	61,548	7.6%
Israel	804,591	0	5,915	0	0.7%	761,358	0	94.6%	37,318	4.6%
Belgium	787,891	0	22,261	0	2.8%	53,517	0	6.8%	712,113	90.4%
Iraq	731,016	0	13,596	0	1.9%	664,461	0	90.9%	52,959	7.2%
Sweden	684,961	0	13,003	0	1.9%	0	0	0.0%	671,958	98.1%
Philippines	597,763	0	12,521	0	2.1%	545,912	0	91.3%	39,330	6.6%
Pakistan	592,100	0	13,227	0	2.2%	560,458	0	94.7%	18,415	3.1%
Switzerland	565,034	0	10,056	0	1.8%	521,912	0	92.4%	33,066	5.9%
Bangladesh	551,175	0	8,476	0	1.5%	504,120	0	91.5%	38,579	7.0%
Serbia	489,530	0	4,579	0	0.9%	400,347	0	81.8%	84,604	17.3%
Morocco	486,325	0	8,683	0	1.8%	472,544	0	97.2%	5,098	1.1%
Austria	476,980	0	8,732	0	1.8%	445,032	0	93.3%	23,216	4.9%
Hungary	468,713	0	15,988	0	3.4%	336,744	0	71.8%	115,981	24.7%
Japan	439,992	0	8,253	0	1.9%	419,229	0	95.3%	12,510	2.8%
Jordan	435,130	0	4,987	0	1.2%	371,454	0	85.4%	58,689	13.5%
United Arab Emirates	413,332	0	1,335	0	0.3%	394,649	0	95.5%	17,348	4.2%
Lebanon	397,887	0	5,089	0	1.3%	312,747	0	78.6%	80,051	20.1%
Saudi Arabia	380,182	0	6,534	0	1.7%	371,032	0	97.6%	2,616	0.7%
Panama	345,236	0	5,934	0	1.7%	332,219	0	96.2%	7,083	2.1%
Slovakia	323,786	0	7,921	0	2.5%	255,300	0	78.9%	60,565	18.7%
Malaysia	314,989	0	1,177	0	0.4%	294,034	0	93.4%	19,778	6.3%
Belarus	296,441	0	2,047	0	0.7%	287,197	0	96.9%	7,197	2.4%
Ecuador	294,618	0	16,043	0	5.5%	256,009	0	86.9%	22,566	7.7%
Nepal	274,810	0	3,011	0	1.1%	270,927	0	98.6%	872	0.3%
Georgia	272,998	0	3,591	0	1.3%	266,886	0	97.8%	2,521	0.9%
Bulgaria	263,303	0	10,764	0	4.1%	214,115	0	81.3%	38,424	14.6%
Bolivia	254,736	463	11,845	22	4.7%	199,000	764	78.1%	43,891	17.2%
Croatia	246,608	0	5,609	0	2.3%	237,645	0	96.4%	3,354	1.4%
Dominican Republic	243,526	0	3,179	0	1.3%	198,386	0	81.5%	41,961	17.2%
Tunisia	238,017	0	8,225	0	3.5%	202,994	0	85.3%	26,798	11.3%
Azerbaijan	236,963	0	3,247	0	1.4%	229,789	0	97.0%	3,927	1.7%
Ireland	223,651	0	4,422	0	2.0%	23,364	0	10.5%	195,865	87.6%
Kazakhstan	219,325	571	2,819	0	1.3%	202,694	464	92.4%	13,812	6.3%
Denmark	215,264	0	2,381	0	1.1%	205,832	0	95.6%	7,051	3.3%
Costa Rica	206,640	0	2,833	0	1.4%	187,484	0	90.7%	16,323	7.9%
Greece	206,281	0	6,797	0	3.3%	176,078	0	85.4%	23,406	11.4%
Lithuania	202,430	0	3,336	0	1.7%	188,245	0	93.0%	10,849	5.4%
Kuwait	201,898	0	1,133	0	0.6%	187,122	0	92.7%	13,643	6.8%
Palestine	198,554	0	2,157	0	1.1%	176,507	0	88.9%	19,890	10.0%
Slovenia	195,678	0	3,897	0	2.0%	181,023	0	92.5%	10,758	5.5%
Moldova	195,602	0	4,129	0	2.1%	172,242	0	88.1%	19,231	9.8%
Egypt	187,094	0	11,038	0	5.9%	144,485	0	77.2%	31,571	16.9%
Guatemala	178,770	0	6,479	0	3.6%	165,315	0	92.5%	6,976	3.9%
Armenia	175,016	0	3,225	0	1.8%	164,954	0	94.3%	6,837	3.9%
Honduras	174,243	514	4,283	23	2.5%	68,085	96	39.1%	101,875	58.5%
Paraguay	169,860	0	3,343	0	2.0%	141,682	0	83.4%	24,835	14.6%
Qatar	167,417	0	263	0	0.2%	156,299	0	93.4%	10,855	6.5%
Ethiopia	167,133	0	2,442	0	1.5%	138,639	0	83.0%	26,052	15.6%
Nigeria	158,906	0	1,982	0	1.3%	138,502	0	87.2%	18,422	11.6%
Oman	144,404	0	1,594	0	1.1%	134,684	0	93.3%	8,126	5.6%
Venezuela	142,774	0	1,391	0	1.0%	134,839	0	94.4%	6,544	4.6%
Myanmar	142,045	0	3,200	0	2.3%	131,679	0	92.7%	7,166	5.0%
Libya	139,658	0	2,288	0	1.6%	126,878	0	90.9%	10,492	7.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	137,291	0	5,297	0	3.9%	118,720	0	86.5%	13,274	9.7%
Bahrain	127,255	0	473	0	0.4%	120,489	0	94.7%	6,293	5.0%
Algeria	114,382	0	3,018	0	2.6%	79,187	0	69.2%	32,177	28.1%
Albania	113,580	0	1,956	0	1.7%	75,887	0	66.8%	35,737	31.5%
Kenya	109,164	0	1,879	0	1.7%	87,623	0	80.3%	19,662	18.0%
Macedonia	107,479	0	3,206	0	3.0%	95,410	0	88.8%	8,863	8.3%
South Korea	93,263	446	1,645	3	1.8%	83,900	426	90.0%	7,718	8.3%
Latvia	90,525	0	1,699	0	1.9%	80,247	0	88.7%	8,579	9.5%
China	90,002	8	4,636	0	5.2%	85,186	11	94.7%	180	0.2%
Kyrgyzstan	86,583	0	1,473	0	1.7%	83,575	0	96.5%	1,535	1.8%
Ghana	86,465	0	647	0	0.8%	80,952	0	93.6%	4,866	5.6%
Sri Lanka	86,039	0	502	0	0.6%	82,513	0	95.9%	3,024	3.5%
Zambia	82,655	0	1,132	0	1.4%	78,721	0	95.2%	2,802	3.4%
Uzbekistan	80,219	0	622	0	0.8%	78,915	0	98.4%	682	0.9%
Montenegro	80,191	0	1,085	0	1.4%	70,137	0	87.5%	8,969	11.2%
Estonia	76,183	0	667	0	0.9%	55,641	0	73.0%	19,875	26.1%
Norway	75,770	0	632	0	0.8%	66,014	0	87.1%	9,124	12.0%
Uruguay	64,700	0	658	0	1.0%	55,638	0	86.0%	8,404	13.0%
Mozambique	62,703	0	698	0	1.1%	46,594	0	74.3%	15,411	24.6%
Finland	62,522	0	774	0	1.2%	46,000	0	73.6%	15,748	25.2%
El Salvador	60,800	0	1,915	0	3.2%	56,807	0	93.4%	2,078	3.4%
Singapore	60,046	0	29	0	0.1%	59,900	0	99.8%	117	0.2%
Luxembourg	56,677	0	663	0	1.2%	53,240	0	93.9%	2,774	4.9%
Cuba	56,566	0	350	0	0.6%	51,709	0	91.4%	4,507	8.0%
Afghanistan	55,868	0	2,451	0	4.4%	49,402	0	88.4%	4,015	7.2%
Uganda	40,479	0	334	0	0.8%	15,065	0	37.2%	25,080	62.0%
Namibia	40,187	0	439	0	1.1%	37,578	0	93.5%	2,170	5.4%
Cyprus	37,230	0	233	0	0.6%	2,057	0	5.5%	34,940	93.9%
Cameroon	36,794	0	566	0	1.5%	32,936	0	89.5%	3,292	9.0%
Zimbabwe	36,289	0	1,487	0	4.1%	33,872	0	93.3%	930	2.6%
Senegal	35,959	0	925	0	2.6%	30,915	0	86.0%	4,119	11.5%
Ivory Coast	35,331	0	204	0	0.6%	32,800	0	92.8%	2,327	6.6%
Botswana	32,912	0	413	0	1.3%	27,765	0	84.4%	4,734	14.4%
Malawi	32,469	0	1,070	0	3.3%	23,105	0	71.2%	8,294	25.5%
Australia	29,058	12	909	0	3.1%	26,204	9	90.2%	1,945	6.7%
Sudan	28,766	0	1,915	0	6.7%	23,268	0	80.9%	3,583	12.5%
Jamaica	26,904	0	454	0	1.7%	14,447	0	53.7%	12,003	44.6%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	26,627	0	712	0	2.7%	22,432	0	84.3%	3,483	13.1%
Thailand	26,441	0	85	0	0.3%	25,777	0	97.5%	579	2.2%
Malta	24,599	0	334	0	1.4%	21,087	0	85.7%	3,178	12.9%
Angola	21,108	0	515	0	2.4%	19,657	0	93.1%	936	4.4%
Maldives	20,919	0	64	0	0.3%	18,253	0	87.3%	2,602	12.4%
Madagascar	20,155	0	300	0	1.5%	19,543	0	97.0%	312	1.6%
Rwanda	19,659	0	268	0	1.4%	17,911	0	91.1%	1,480	7.5%
French Polynesia	18,482	0	141	0	0.8%	4,842	0	26.2%	13,499	73.0%
Mayotte	18,315	0	128	0	0.7%	2,964	0	16.2%	15,223	83.1%
Mauritania	17,340	0	442	0	2.6%	16,688	0	96.2%	210	1.2%
Swaziland	17,188	0	658	0	3.8%	15,343	0	89.3%	1,187	6.9%
Guinea	16,912	0	97	0	0.6%	15,236	0	90.1%	1,579	9.3%
French Guiana	16,693	0	87	0	0.5%	9,995	0	59.9%	6,611	39.6%
Syria	16,042	0	1,068	0	6.7%	10,454	0	65.2%	4,520	28.2%
Gabon	16,015	0	91	0	0.6%	14,047	0	87.7%	1,877	11.7%
Cape Verde	15,806	0	154	0	1.0%	15,133	0	95.7%	519	3.3%
Tajikistan	13,308	0	90	0	0.7%	13,218	0	99.3%	0	0.0%
Réunion	13,125	0	59	0	0.5%	11,956	0	91.1%	1,110	8.5%
Haiti	12,536	0	250	0	2.0%	9,828	0	78.4%	2,458	19.6%
Belize	12,335	0	315	0	2.6%	11,926	0	96.7%	94	0.8%
Burkina Faso	12,181	0	143	0	1.2%	11,816	0	97.0%	222	1.8%
Hong Kong	11,100	0	202	0	1.8%	10,636	0	95.8%	262	2.4%
Andorra	11,069	0	112	0	1.0%	10,661	0	96.3%	296	2.7%
Lesotho	10,523	0	308	0	2.9%	3,922	0	37.3%	6,293	59.8%
Guadeloupe	10,149	0	162	0	1.6%	2,242	0	22.1%	7,745	76.3%
Republic of the Congo	9,179	0	131	0	1.4%	7,514	0	81.9%	1,534	16.7%
Suriname	8,980	0	175	0	2.0%	8,473	0	94.4%	332	3.7%
South Sudan	8,870	0	102	0	1.2%	4,914	0	55.4%	3,854	43.5%
Guyana	8,814	0	203	0	2.3%	8,171	0	92.7%	440	5.0%
Mali	8,613	0	358	0	4.2%	6,450	0	74.9%	1,805	21.0%
Bahamas	8,600	0	181	0	2.1%	7,415	0	86.2%	1,004	11.7%
Somalia	8,438	0	307	0	3.6%	3,932	0	46.6%	4,199	49.8%
Aruba	8,110	0	77	0	1.0%	7,828	0	96.5%	205	2.5%
Trinidad and Tobago	7,736	0	140	0	1.8%	7,503	0	97.0%	93	1.2%
Togo	7,598	0	92	0	1.2%	6,340	0	83.4%	1,166	15.4%
Martinique	6,818	0	46	0	0.7%	98	0	1.4%	6,674	97.9%
Nicaragua	6,489	0	174	0	2.7%	4,225	0	65.1%	2,090	32.2%
Equatorial Guinea	6,371	0	96	0	1.5%	5,739	0	90.1%	536	8.4%
Benin	6,338	0	81	0	1.3%	5,383	0	84.9%	874	13.8%
Djibouti	6,157	0	63	0	1.0%	5,935	0	96.4%	159	2.6%
Iceland	6,064	0	29	0	0.5%	6,020	0	99.3%	15	0.3%
Central African Republic	5,021	0	63	0	1.3%	4,920	0	98.0%	38	0.8%
Niger	4,828	0	177	0	3.7%	4,407	0	91.3%	244	5.1%
Curaçao	4,813	0	22	0	0.5%	4,677	0	97.2%	114	2.4%
Gambia	4,792	0	153	0	3.2%	4,203	0	87.7%	436	9.1%
Gibraltar	4,249	0	93	0	2.2%	4,134	0	97.3%	22	0.5%
Chad	4,193	0	146	0	3.5%	3,690	0	88.0%	357	8.5%
Jersey	4,042	0	86	0	2.1%	3,948	0	97.7%	8	0.2%
San Marino	3,935	0	76	0	1.9%	3,434	0	87.3%	425	10.8%
Sierra Leone	3,921	0	79	0	2.0%	2,721	0	69.4%	1,121	28.6%
Saint Lucia	3,871	0	46	0	1.2%	3,566	0	92.1%	259	6.7%
Comoros	3,606	0	146	0	4.1%	3,427	0	95.0%	33	0.9%
Mongolia	3,372	36	3	0	0.1%	2,765	177	82.0%	604	17.9%
Guinea-Bissau	3,312	0	49	0	1.5%	2,671	0	80.7%	592	17.9%
Barbados	3,303	0	37	0	1.1%	2,847	0	86.2%	419	12.7%
Seychelles	3,000	0	15	0	0.5%	2,743	0	91.4%	242	8.1%
Eritrea	2,944	0	7	0	0.2%	2,436	0	82.7%	501	17.0%
Liechtenstein	2,592	0	54	0	2.1%	2,519	0	97.2%	19	0.7%
Yemen	2,545	0	653	0	25.7%	1,447	0	56.9%	445	17.5%
Vietnam	2,524	0	35	0	1.4%	1,920	0	76.1%	569	22.5%
New Zealand	2,409	4	26	0	1.1%	2,304	3	95.6%	79	3.3%
Burundi	2,334	0	3	0	0.1%	773	0	33.1%	1,558	66.8%
Turks and Caicos Islands	2,177	0	15	0	0.7%	2,020	0	92.8%	142	6.5%
Sint Maarten	2,074	0	27	0	1.3%	2,028	0	97.8%	19	0.9%
Monaco	2,028	0	26	0	1.3%	1,850	0	91.2%	152	7.5%
Liberia	2,024	0	85	0	4.2%	1,892	0	93.5%	47	2.3%
São Tomé and Príncipe	1,961	0	32	0	1.6%	1,584	0	80.8%	345	17.6%
Papua New Guinea	1,670	0	16	0	1.0%	846	0	50.7%	808	48.4%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,663	0	8	0	0.5%	1,027	0	61.8%	628	37.8%
Saint Martin	1,571	0	12	0	0.8%	1,399	0	89.1%	160	10.2%
Cambodia	1,011	0	0	0	0.0%	517	0	51.1%	494	48.9%
Taiwan	976	0	10	0	1.0%	932	0	95.5%	34	3.5%
Bhutan	868	0	1	0	0.1%	866	0	99.8%	1	0.1%
Isle of Man	865	0	25	0	2.9%	417	0	48.2%	423	48.9%
Antigua and Barbuda	848	0	21	0	2.5%	410	0	48.4%	417	49.2%
Bermuda	724	0	12	0	1.7%	690	0	95.3%	22	3.0%
MS Zaandam	9	0	2	0	22.2%	7	0	77.8%	0	0.0%
Faroe Islands	660	0	1	0	0.2%	657	0	99.6%	2	0.3%
Mauritius	641	0	10	0	1.6%	588	0	91.7%	43	6.7%
Saint Barthélemy	638	0	1	0	0.2%	462	0	72.4%	175	27.4%
Caribbean Netherlands	540	0	5	0	0.9%	443	0	82.0%	92	17.0%
Tanzania	509	0	21	0	4.1%	183	0	36.0%	305	59.9%
Cayman Islands	451	0	2	0	0.4%	426	0	94.5%	23	5.1%
Brunei	190	0	3	0	1.6%	182	0	95.8%	5	2.6%
British Virgin Islands	153	0	1	0	0.7%	131	0	85.6%	21	13.7%
Grenada	148	0	1	0	0.7%	147	0	99.3%	0	0.0%
Dominica	144	0	0	0	0.0%	130	0	90.3%	14	9.7%
East Timor	122	0	0	0	0.0%	94	0	77.1%	28	23.0%
New Caledonia	67	0	0	0	0.0%	58	0	86.6%	9	13.4%
Fiji	66	0	2	0	3.0%	57	0	86.4%	7	10.6%
Falkland Islands	54	0	0	0	0.0%	51	0	94.4%	3	5.6%
Macau	48	0	0	0	0.0%	47	0	97.9%	1	2.1%
Laos	47	0	0	0	0.0%	42	0	89.4%	5	10.6%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	41	0	0	0	0.0%	41	0	100.0%	0	0.0%
Greenland	31	0	0	0	0.0%	30	0	96.8%	1	3.2%
Vatican City	27	0	0	0	0.0%	15	0	55.6%	12	44.4%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	24	0	0	0	0.0%	23	0	95.8%	1	4.2%
Montserrat	20	0	1	0	5.0%	14	0	70.0%	5	25.0%
Wallis and Futuna	19	3	0	0	0.0%	7	0	36.8%	12	63.2%
Anguilla	18	0	0	0	0.0%	18	0	100.0%	0	0.0%
Solomon Islands	18	0	0	0	0.0%	14	0	77.8%	4	22.2%
Western Sahara	10	0	1	0	10.0%	8	0	80.0%	1	10.0%
Marshall Islands	4	0	0	0	0.0%	4	0	100.0%	0	0.0%
Samoa	3	0	0	0	0.0%	2	0	66.7%	1	33.3%
Vanuatu	3	0	0	0	0.0%	1	0	33.3%	2	66.7%
Micronesia	1	0	0	0	0.0%	1	0	100.0%	0	0.0%