Status update of Covid-19 cases worldwide
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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of August 19, 2021, at 5:00pm EST.
On Thursday, health officials in Mexico logged 28,953 new infections, the highest single-day increase than at any other point in the pandemic. Of the cumulative 3.1 million confirmed positive cases, 78.9% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, Covid-related deaths increased by 940, numbers not seen since February.
Globally, over 209 million cases have confirmed positive for Covid-19 according to Johns Hopkins University data. Since the start of the pandemic, over 188 million people have recovered. Fatalities attributable to Covid-19 now surpass 4.3 million worldwide