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Cumulative confirmed COVID-19 cases by world region

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Cumulative confirmed COVID-19 cases by world region
Total confirmed cases of COVID-19. Counts can include probable cases, where reported.
Source
World Health Organization (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Last updated
December 21, 2024
Next expected update
January 2025
Unit
cases

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This data is based on the following sources

Daily COVID-19 cases and deaths by date reported to WHO

Retrieved on
December 21, 2024
Retrieved from
https://covid19.who.int/
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WHO COVID-19 Dashboard. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2020. Available online: https://covid19.who.int/

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“Data Page: Cumulative confirmed COVID-19 cases by world region”, part of the following publication: Edouard Mathieu, Hannah Ritchie, Lucas Rodés-Guirao, Cameron Appel, Daniel Gavrilov, Charlie Giattino, Joe Hasell, Bobbie Macdonald, Saloni Dattani, Diana Beltekian, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina and Max Roser (2020) - “COVID-19 Pandemic”. Data adapted from World Health Organization. Retrieved from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cumulative-covid-cases-region [online resource]
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World Health Organization (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. “Cumulative confirmed COVID-19 cases by world region” [dataset]. World Health Organization, “COVID-19 Dashboard WHO COVID-19 Dashboard - Daily cases and deaths” [original data]. Retrieved December 22, 2024 from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cumulative-covid-cases-region