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 16, 2021, at 4:45pm EST.

On Monday, health officials in Mexico logged 9,295 new infections pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 3.1 million. Of the cumulative total, 78.6% are considered recovered. As of 4:45pm today, Covid-related deaths increased by 213, bringing the total number of fatalities to 248,380.


Globally, over 207 million cases have confirmed positive for Covid-19 according to Johns Hopkins University data. Since the start of the pandemic, over 186 million people have recovered. Fatalities attributable to Covid-19 now surpass 4.3 million worldwide.

Canada values do not reflect complete data for August 16, 2021.