These charts and this article are updated every Friday between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. UTC. Last updated: January 29, 2021.
What's the current global trend?
The goal for all countries is to make it to the blue part of the chart and stay there. Countries and territories in this section have reported no new cases for four weeks in a row.
Currently, that is the case for five out of 188 countries and territories.
Please note: The number of newly reported cases highly depends on a country's ability to conduct tests and its strategy for administering tests. Additionally, some countries have been criticized for not accurately reporting case numbers.
How has the COVID-19 trend evolved over the past weeks?
The situation has improved further: 79 countries have reported more cases in the past two weeks, compared to the previous 14 days.
What is the current COVID-19 trend in my country?
Based on the newly reported case numbers — which can reflect local outbreaks as well as countrywide spread — in the past 28 days, countries and territories classify as follows:
More than twice as many new cases:
- Asia: Maldives, Timor Leste
- Africa: Benin, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Sudan
- Americas: Grenada, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
More new cases:
- Asia: Bahrain, China, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Laos, Malaysia, Oman, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
- Africa: Botswana, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cote dIvoire, Gambia, Guinea, Libya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Togo, Tunisia, Zambia
- Americas: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela
- Europe: Albania, Andorra, Belgium, Finland, France, Kosovo, Monaco, Portugal, Spain
About the same number of new cases (no change or plus/minus two percent):
- Asia: Iran, Iraq, Lebanon
- Africa: Algeria, Angola, Eswatini, Ethiopia
- Europe: Malta, Montenegro
Fewer new cases:
- Asia: Armenia, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Cambodia, Georgia, India, Israel, Japan, Jordan, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Palestinian territories, Yemen
- Africa: Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe
- Americas: Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, United States of America, Uruguay
- Europe: Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom
- Oceania: Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Less than half as many new cases:
- Asia: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cyprus Africa: Djibouti, Mali, Mauritania, Uganda
- Americas: Dominica
- Europe: Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein
- Oceania: Papua New Guinea
Zero new cases:
- Europe: Vatican
- Oceania: Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu,
If you have questions regarding the analysis, please refer to the project's Github repository for code and methodology. For feedback regarding the charts, please contact: data-team@dw.com
The charts in this article were inspired by the work of Lisa Charlotte Rost.