Epidemiological Update: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (9 November 2020)

ABSTRACT

All 54 countries and territories in the Region of the Americas have reported COVID-19 cases and deaths. Since the 15 October 2020 PAHO/WHO Epidemiological Update on COVID-19 and as of 5 November 2020, 592,561 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 54,832 deaths, have been reported in the Region of the Americas, representing a 14.3% increase in cases and a 8.5% increase in deaths. In the last 7 weeks (between 16 September and 4 November), a relative increase was observed, both in the number of cases and number of deaths across all subregions. The highest increase was observed in Central America subregion, with a 30.7% increase in cases and a 24.9% increase in deaths, followed by the North America subregion, with a 29.8% increase in cases and a 17.6% increase in deaths, the Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean Islands subregion, with a 29.7% increase in cases and an 24.4% increase in deaths, and the South America subregion, with a 26.1% increase in cases and a 22.3% increase in deaths. In the last 7 weeks, a relative increase in confirmed cases greater than 50% (range 52.0% to 80.8%) is observed in the Bahamas, Belize, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curacao, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Jamaica, Martinique, Paraguay, Saint Barthelemy, and Saint Lucia. With respect to deaths, a relative increase of ≥ 50% (range 50.0% to 80.5%) is observed in Argentina, the Bahamas, Belize, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba, Costa Rica, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Jamaica, Paraguay, and Saint Martin. [...]