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| Country | Confirmed | Recovered | Recovered (%) | Death | Death (%) | Active | Active (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | 35,287,269 | 29,548,468 | 83.7% | 627,039 | 1.8% | 5,111,762 | 14.5% |
| India | 31,439,764 | 30,613,047 | 97.4% | 421,411 | 1.3% | 405,306 | 1.3% |
| Brazil | 19,707,662 | 18,398,567 | 93.4% | 550,586 | 2.8% | 758,509 | 3.8% |
| Russia | 6,149,780 | 5,506,834 | 89.5% | 154,601 | 2.5% | 488,345 | 7.9% |
| France | 5,999,244 | 5,678,962 | 94.7% | 111,667 | 1.9% | 208,615 | 3.5% |
| UK | 5,722,298 | 4,459,231 | 77.9% | 129,172 | 2.3% | 1,133,895 | 19.8% |
| Turkey | 5,618,417 | 5,426,733 | 96.6% | 50,997 | 0.9% | 140,687 | 2.5% |
| Argentina | 4,859,170 | 4,508,137 | 92.8% | 104,105 | 2.1% | 246,928 | 5.1% |
| Colombia | 4,736,349 | 4,505,112 | 95.1% | 119,182 | 2.5% | 112,055 | 2.4% |
| Spain | 4,342,054 | 3,696,271 | 85.1% | 81,268 | 1.9% | 564,515 | 13.0% |
| Italy | 4,320,530 | 4,124,323 | 95.5% | 127,971 | 3.0% | 68,236 | 1.6% |
| Germany | 3,764,419 | 3,646,100 | 96.9% | 92,050 | 2.4% | 26,269 | 0.7% |
| Iran | 3,723,246 | 3,274,346 | 87.9% | 89,122 | 2.4% | 359,778 | 9.7% |
| Indonesia | 3,194,733 | 2,549,692 | 79.8% | 84,766 | 2.7% | 560,275 | 17.5% |
| Poland | 2,882,220 | 2,653,359 | 92.1% | 75,242 | 2.6% | 153,619 | 5.3% |
| Mexico | 2,748,518 | 2,148,642 | 78.2% | 238,424 | 8.7% | 361,452 | 13.2% |
| South Africa | 2,383,490 | 2,169,452 | 91.0% | 70,018 | 2.9% | 144,020 | 6.0% |
| Ukraine | 2,248,663 | 2,184,365 | 97.1% | 52,849 | 2.4% | 11,449 | 0.5% |
| Peru | 2,105,005 | N/A | N/A% | 195,973 | 9.3% | 1,909,032 | 90.7% |
| Netherlands | 1,847,372 | 1,664,973 | 90.1% | 17,801 | 1.0% | 164,598 | 8.9% |
| Czechia | 1,672,547 | 1,639,161 | 98.0% | 30,357 | 1.8% | 3,029 | 0.2% |
| Chile | 1,610,345 | 1,564,777 | 97.2% | 35,119 | 2.2% | 10,449 | 0.6% |
| Iraq | 1,564,828 | 1,420,995 | 90.8% | 18,347 | 1.2% | 125,486 | 8.0% |
| Philippines | 1,555,396 | 1,473,009 | 94.7% | 27,247 | 1.8% | 55,140 | 3.5% |
| Canada | 1,427,370 | 1,395,756 | 97.8% | 26,553 | 1.9% | 5,061 | 0.4% |
| Bangladesh | 1,179,827 | 1,009,975 | 85.6% | 19,521 | 1.7% | 150,331 | 12.7% |
| Belgium | 1,113,465 | 1,055,844 | 94.8% | 25,220 | 2.3% | 32,401 | 2.9% |
| Sweden | 1,096,799 | 1,074,766 | 98.0% | 14,615 | 1.3% | 7,418 | 0.7% |
| Romania | 1,082,376 | 1,047,291 | 96.8% | 34,270 | 3.2% | 815 | 0.1% |
| Malaysia | 1,027,954 | 853,913 | 83.1% | 8,201 | 0.8% | 165,840 | 16.1% |
| Pakistan | 1,008,446 | 927,599 | 92.0% | 23,048 | 2.3% | 57,799 | 5.7% |
| Portugal | 954,669 | 883,372 | 92.5% | 17,301 | 1.8% | 53,996 | 5.7% |
| Japan | 870,445 | 816,875 | 93.8% | 15,129 | 1.7% | 38,441 | 4.4% |
| Israel | 862,717 | 843,855 | 97.8% | 6,461 | 0.7% | 12,401 | 1.4% |
| Hungary | 809,262 | 745,848 | 92.2% | 30,020 | 3.7% | 33,394 | 4.1% |
| Jordan | 766,114 | 747,719 | 97.6% | 9,971 | 1.3% | 8,424 | 1.1% |
| Serbia | 720,353 | 710,092 | 98.6% | 7,105 | 1.0% | 3,156 | 0.4% |
| Switzerland | 714,414 | 691,605 | 96.8% | 10,903 | 1.5% | 11,906 | 1.7% |
| Nepal | 682,947 | 645,301 | 94.5% | 9,738 | 1.4% | 27,908 | 4.1% |
| UAE | 673,185 | 650,683 | 96.7% | 1,927 | 0.3% | 20,575 | 3.1% |
| Austria | 656,582 | 641,222 | 97.7% | 10,732 | 1.6% | 4,628 | 0.7% |
| Morocco | 581,477 | 546,426 | 94.0% | 9,611 | 1.7% | 25,440 | 4.4% |
| Tunisia | 573,394 | 471,196 | 82.2% | 18,804 | 3.3% | 83,394 | 14.5% |
| Lebanon | 555,643 | 536,397 | 96.5% | 7,894 | 1.4% | 11,352 | 2.0% |
| Kazakhstan | 535,906 | 449,377 | 83.9% | 5,452 | 1.0% | 81,077 | 15.1% |
| Saudi Arabia | 519,395 | 500,428 | 96.3% | 8,179 | 1.6% | 10,788 | 2.1% |
| Thailand | 512,678 | 341,475 | 66.6% | 4,146 | 0.8% | 167,057 | 32.6% |
| Ecuador | 480,720 | 443,880 | 92.3% | 30,797 | 6.4% | 6,043 | 1.3% |
| Greece | 477,975 | 434,844 | 91.0% | 12,879 | 2.7% | 30,252 | 6.3% |
| Bolivia | 468,423 | 400,682 | 85.5% | 17,651 | 3.8% | 50,090 | 10.7% |
| Paraguay | 449,902 | 414,125 | 92.0% | 14,701 | 3.3% | 21,076 | 4.7% |
| Belarus | 441,356 | 435,374 | 98.6% | 3,403 | 0.8% | 2,579 | 0.6% |
| Panama | 429,949 | 409,995 | 95.4% | 6,759 | 1.6% | 13,195 | 3.1% |
| Bulgaria | 423,879 | 398,224 | 93.9% | 18,199 | 4.3% | 7,456 | 1.8% |
| Georgia | 404,023 | 374,753 | 92.8% | 5,714 | 1.4% | 23,556 | 5.8% |
| Costa Rica | 398,608 | 322,423 | 80.9% | 4,941 | 1.2% | 71,244 | 17.9% |
| Kuwait | 393,605 | 377,434 | 95.9% | 2,293 | 0.6% | 13,878 | 3.5% |
| Slovakia | 392,355 | 379,391 | 96.7% | 12,534 | 3.2% | 430 | 0.1% |
| Uruguay | 380,584 | 372,181 | 97.8% | 5,936 | 1.6% | 2,467 | 0.6% |
| Croatia | 362,648 | 353,477 | 97.5% | 8,247 | 2.3% | 924 | 0.3% |
| Guatemala | 352,584 | 308,908 | 87.6% | 10,112 | 2.9% | 33,564 | 9.5% |
| Cuba | 341,152 | 296,341 | 86.9% | 2,417 | 0.7% | 42,394 | 12.4% |
| Azerbaijan | 340,715 | 332,136 | 97.5% | 5,009 | 1.5% | 3,570 | 1.0% |
| Dominican Republic | 340,230 | 305,025 | 89.7% | 3,937 | 1.2% | 31,268 | 9.2% |
| Palestine | 316,088 | 311,526 | 98.6% | 3,599 | 1.1% | 963 | 0.3% |
| Denmark | 312,292 | 297,851 | 95.4% | 2,543 | 0.8% | 11,898 | 3.8% |
| Venezuela | 300,919 | 284,435 | 94.5% | 3,509 | 1.2% | 12,975 | 4.3% |
| Sri Lanka | 298,181 | 269,007 | 90.2% | 4,147 | 1.4% | 25,027 | 8.4% |
| Oman | 294,526 | 276,483 | 93.9% | 3,771 | 1.3% | 14,272 | 4.8% |
| Ireland | 294,272 | 265,894 | 90.4% | 5,026 | 1.7% | 23,352 | 7.9% |
| Honduras | 286,635 | 97,430 | 34.0% | 7,594 | 2.6% | 181,611 | 63.4% |
| Egypt | 284,059 | 227,970 | 80.3% | 16,494 | 5.8% | 39,595 | 13.9% |
| Lithuania | 281,063 | 268,645 | 95.6% | 4,410 | 1.6% | 8,008 | 2.8% |
| Ethiopia | 278,717 | 262,925 | 94.3% | 4,371 | 1.6% | 11,421 | 4.1% |
| Myanmar | 274,155 | 189,729 | 69.2% | 7,507 | 2.7% | 76,919 | 28.1% |
| Bahrain | 268,626 | 266,417 | 99.2% | 1,383 | 0.5% | 826 | 0.3% |
| Moldova | 258,713 | 251,553 | 97.2% | 6,245 | 2.4% | 915 | 0.4% |
| Slovenia | 258,674 | 253,396 | 98.0% | 4,428 | 1.7% | 850 | 0.3% |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 236,961 | 187,221 | 79.0% | 3,398 | 1.4% | 46,342 | 19.6% |
| Armenia | 228,910 | 219,168 | 95.7% | 4,590 | 2.0% | 5,152 | 2.3% |
| Qatar | 225,376 | 223,114 | 99.0% | 600 | 0.3% | 1,662 | 0.7% |
| Bosnia | 205,495 | 188,835 | 91.9% | 9,677 | 4.7% | 6,983 | 3.4% |
| Kenya | 197,959 | 186,594 | 94.3% | 3,872 | 2.0% | 7,493 | 3.8% |
| Zambia | 192,316 | 182,665 | 95.0% | 3,295 | 1.7% | 6,356 | 3.3% |
| S. Korea | 190,166 | 167,365 | 88.0% | 2,077 | 1.1% | 20,724 | 10.9% |
| Nigeria | 171,324 | 164,798 | 96.2% | 2,134 | 1.2% | 4,392 | 2.6% |
| Algeria | 163,660 | 111,322 | 68.0% | 4,087 | 2.5% | 48,251 | 29.5% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 158,120 | 136,700 | 86.5% | 2,261 | 1.4% | 19,159 | 12.1% |
| Mongolia | 157,974 | 154,172 | 97.6% | 782 | 0.5% | 3,020 | 1.9% |
| Macedonia | 156,086 | 150,295 | 96.3% | 5,491 | 3.5% | 300 | 0.2% |
| Afghanistan | 145,008 | 93,641 | 64.6% | 6,515 | 4.5% | 44,852 | 30.9% |
| Latvia | 138,504 | 135,380 | 97.7% | 2,550 | 1.8% | 574 | 0.4% |
| Norway | 136,097 | 88,952 | 65.4% | 799 | 0.6% | 46,346 | 34.1% |
| Albania | 132,891 | 130,152 | 97.9% | 2,456 | 1.8% | 283 | 0.2% |
| Estonia | 132,524 | 128,414 | 96.9% | 1,271 | 1.0% | 2,839 | 2.1% |
| Uzbekistan | 124,995 | 119,449 | 95.6% | 839 | 0.7% | 4,707 | 3.8% |
| Namibia | 116,964 | 93,136 | 79.6% | 2,834 | 2.4% | 20,994 | 17.9% |
| Mozambique | 111,723 | 84,993 | 76.1% | 1,307 | 1.2% | 25,423 | 22.8% |
| Vietnam | 106,347 | 21,344 | 20.1% | 524 | 0.5% | 84,479 | 79.4% |
| Finland | 103,239 | 46,000 | 44.6% | 978 | 0.9% | 56,261 | 54.5% |
| Botswana | 102,124 | 87,517 | 85.7% | 1,485 | 1.5% | 13,122 | 12.8% |
| Ghana | 102,103 | 96,759 | 94.8% | 823 | 0.8% | 4,521 | 4.4% |
| Montenegro | 101,207 | 98,838 | 97.7% | 1,627 | 1.6% | 742 | 0.7% |
| Zimbabwe | 99,944 | 67,827 | 67.9% | 3,173 | 3.2% | 28,944 | 29.0% |
| Cyprus | 98,569 | 78,408 | 79.5% | 404 | 0.4% | 19,757 | 20.0% |
| Uganda | 92,724 | 77,171 | 83.2% | 2,579 | 2.8% | 12,974 | 14.0% |
| China | 92,605 | 87,228 | 94.2% | 4,636 | 5.0% | 741 | 0.8% |
| El Salvador | 84,691 | 75,724 | 89.4% | 2,567 | 3.0% | 6,400 | 7.6% |
| Cameroon | 82,064 | 80,433 | 98.0% | 1,334 | 1.6% | 297 | 0.4% |
| Maldives | 76,848 | 74,020 | 96.3% | 219 | 0.3% | 2,609 | 3.4% |
| Cambodia | 73,701 | 65,950 | 89.5% | 1,305 | 1.8% | 6,446 | 8.7% |
| Luxembourg | 73,551 | 71,490 | 97.2% | 822 | 1.1% | 1,239 | 1.7% |
| Rwanda | 66,018 | 44,754 | 67.8% | 757 | 1.1% | 20,507 | 31.1% |
| Singapore | 64,314 | 62,617 | 97.4% | 37 | 0.1% | 1,660 | 2.6% |
| Senegal | 57,881 | 45,479 | 78.6% | 1,286 | 2.2% | 11,116 | 19.2% |
| Jamaica | 52,089 | 46,868 | 90.0% | 1,178 | 2.3% | 4,043 | 7.8% |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 49,647 | 48,901 | 98.5% | 324 | 0.7% | 422 | 0.9% |
| Malawi | 49,009 | 36,672 | 74.8% | 1,513 | 3.1% | 10,824 | 22.1% |
| DRC | 48,503 | 29,497 | 60.8% | 1,023 | 2.1% | 17,983 | 37.1% |
| Madagascar | 42,599 | 41,039 | 96.3% | 940 | 2.2% | 620 | 1.5% |
| Angola | 41,879 | 35,686 | 85.2% | 991 | 2.4% | 5,202 | 12.4% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 37,663 | 30,726 | 81.6% | 1,043 | 2.8% | 5,894 | 15.6% |
| Sudan | 37,138 | 30,867 | 83.1% | 2,776 | 7.5% | 3,495 | 9.4% |
| Réunion | 34,615 | 32,036 | 92.5% | 266 | 0.8% | 2,313 | 6.7% |
| Malta | 33,762 | 30,683 | 90.9% | 421 | 1.2% | 2,658 | 7.9% |
| Cabo Verde | 33,592 | 32,808 | 97.7% | 298 | 0.9% | 486 | 1.4% |
| Australia | 33,082 | 29,856 | 90.2% | 918 | 2.8% | 2,308 | 7.0% |
| French Guiana | 29,686 | 9,995 | 33.7% | 177 | 0.6% | 19,514 | 65.7% |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 25,892 | 21,955 | 84.8% | 1,908 | 7.4% | 2,029 | 7.8% |
| Gabon | 25,344 | 25,113 | 99.1% | 163 | 0.6% | 68 | 0.3% |
| Guinea | 25,126 | 23,946 | 95.3% | 205 | 0.8% | 975 | 3.9% |
| Suriname | 24,903 | 21,191 | 85.1% | 634 | 2.5% | 3,078 | 12.4% |
| Fiji | 24,424 | 6,191 | 25.3% | 195 | 0.8% | 18,038 | 73.9% |
| Mauritania | 24,008 | 21,536 | 89.7% | 538 | 2.2% | 1,934 | 8.1% |
| Swaziland | 23,347 | 20,157 | 86.3% | 759 | 3.3% | 2,431 | 10.4% |
| Guyana | 22,181 | 20,665 | 93.2% | 530 | 2.4% | 986 | 4.4% |
| Haiti | 19,876 | 13,745 | 69.2% | 528 | 2.7% | 5,603 | 28.2% |
| Mayotte | 19,474 | 2,964 | 15.2% | 174 | 0.9% | 16,336 | 83.9% |
| French Polynesia | 19,285 | 18,945 | 98.2% | 145 | 0.8% | 195 | 1.0% |
| Seychelles | 18,062 | 17,324 | 95.9% | 90 | 0.5% | 648 | 3.6% |
| Guadeloupe | 17,779 | 2,250 | 12.7% | 238 | 1.3% | 15,291 | 86.0% |
| Papua New Guinea | 17,637 | 17,222 | 97.6% | 192 | 1.1% | 223 | 1.3% |
| Martinique | 15,612 | 104 | 0.7% | 99 | 0.6% | 15,409 | 98.7% |
| Taiwan | 15,582 | 13,855 | 88.9% | 786 | 5.0% | 941 | 6.0% |
| Somalia | 15,251 | 7,290 | 47.8% | 797 | 5.2% | 7,164 | 47.0% |
| Togo | 15,176 | 14,102 | 92.9% | 148 | 1.0% | 926 | 6.1% |
| Tajikistan | 14,592 | 14,096 | 96.6% | 117 | 0.8% | 379 | 2.6% |
| Andorra | 14,577 | 14,077 | 96.6% | 127 | 0.9% | 373 | 2.6% |
| Mali | 14,546 | 13,928 | 95.8% | 531 | 3.7% | 87 | 0.6% |
| Bahamas | 14,252 | 12,298 | 86.3% | 284 | 2.0% | 1,670 | 11.7% |
| Belize | 13,917 | 13,219 | 95.0% | 332 | 2.4% | 366 | 2.6% |
| Burkina Faso | 13,538 | 13,355 | 98.6% | 169 | 1.2% | 14 | 0.1% |
| Curaçao | 13,252 | 12,466 | 94.1% | 126 | 1.0% | 660 | 5.0% |
| Congo | 13,117 | 11,759 | 89.6% | 176 | 1.3% | 1,182 | 9.0% |
| Lesotho | 12,880 | 6,621 | 51.4% | 363 | 2.8% | 5,896 | 45.8% |
| Hong Kong | 11,979 | 11,701 | 97.7% | 212 | 1.8% | 66 | 0.6% |
| Djibouti | 11,637 | 11,475 | 98.6% | 155 | 1.3% | 7 | 0.1% |
| Aruba | 11,382 | 11,065 | 97.2% | 109 | 1.0% | 208 | 1.8% |
| South Sudan | 11,014 | 10,514 | 95.5% | 118 | 1.1% | 382 | 3.5% |
| Timor-Leste | 10,348 | 9,627 | 93.0% | 26 | 0.3% | 695 | 6.7% |
| Nicaragua | 9,108 | 4,225 | 46.4% | 194 | 2.1% | 4,689 | 51.5% |
| Equatorial Guinea | 8,863 | 8,637 | 97.5% | 123 | 1.4% | 103 | 1.2% |
| Channel Islands | 8,437 | 5,188 | 61.5% | 86 | 1.0% | 3,163 | 37.5% |
| Benin | 8,324 | 8,125 | 97.6% | 107 | 1.3% | 92 | 1.1% |
| Gambia | 7,333 | 6,205 | 84.6% | 208 | 2.8% | 920 | 12.5% |
| Iceland | 7,304 | 6,665 | 91.3% | 30 | 0.4% | 609 | 8.3% |
| Central African Republic | 7,148 | 6,859 | 96.0% | 98 | 1.4% | 191 | 2.7% |
| Yemen | 7,012 | 4,166 | 59.4% | 1,373 | 19.6% | 1,473 | 21.0% |
| Burundi | 6,573 | 773 | 11.8% | 8 | 0.1% | 5,792 | 88.1% |
| Eritrea | 6,495 | 6,282 | 96.7% | 33 | 0.5% | 180 | 2.8% |
| Sierra Leone | 6,228 | 4,229 | 67.9% | 118 | 1.9% | 1,881 | 30.2% |
| Niger | 5,599 | 5,300 | 94.7% | 195 | 3.5% | 104 | 1.9% |
| Saint Lucia | 5,520 | 5,322 | 96.4% | 88 | 1.6% | 110 | 2.0% |
| Liberia | 5,396 | 2,715 | 50.3% | 148 | 2.7% | 2,533 | 46.9% |
| San Marino | 5,099 | 5,002 | 98.1% | 90 | 1.8% | 7 | 0.1% |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4,985 | 2,174 | 43.6% | 5 | 0.1% | 2,806 | 56.3% |
| Chad | 4,969 | 4,782 | 96.2% | 174 | 3.5% | 13 | 0.3% |
| Gibraltar | 4,822 | 4,393 | 91.1% | 94 | 1.9% | 335 | 6.9% |
| Barbados | 4,345 | 4,136 | 95.2% | 48 | 1.1% | 161 | 3.7% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 4,212 | 3,811 | 90.5% | 74 | 1.8% | 327 | 7.8% |
| Isle of Man | 4,023 | 1,686 | 41.9% | 29 | 0.7% | 2,308 | 57.4% |
| Comoros | 4,021 | 3,862 | 96.0% | 147 | 3.7% | 12 | 0.3% |
| Mauritius | 3,388 | 1,854 | 54.7% | 19 | 0.6% | 1,515 | 44.7% |
| Liechtenstein | 3,076 | 3,000 | 97.5% | 59 | 1.9% | 17 | 0.6% |
| New Zealand | 2,863 | 2,783 | 97.2% | 26 | 0.9% | 54 | 1.9% |
| Monaco | 2,796 | 2,646 | 94.6% | 33 | 1.2% | 117 | 4.2% |
| Sint Maarten | 2,707 | 2,624 | 96.9% | 34 | 1.3% | 49 | 1.8% |
| Bermuda | 2,538 | 2,488 | 98.0% | 33 | 1.3% | 17 | 0.7% |
| Bhutan | 2,486 | 2,239 | 90.1% | 2 | 0.1% | 245 | 9.9% |
| Saint Martin | 2,481 | 1,399 | 56.4% | 38 | 1.5% | 1,044 | 42.1% |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2,464 | 2,418 | 98.1% | 18 | 0.7% | 28 | 1.1% |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 2,424 | 2,348 | 96.9% | 37 | 1.5% | 39 | 1.6% |
| British Virgin Islands | 2,389 | 1,255 | 52.5% | 25 | 1.0% | 1,109 | 46.4% |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,271 | 2,199 | 96.8% | 12 | 0.5% | 60 | 2.6% |
| Caribbean Netherlands | 1,693 | 1,647 | 97.3% | 17 | 1.0% | 29 | 1.7% |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1,280 | 1,229 | 96.0% | 43 | 3.4% | 8 | 0.6% |
| St. Barth | 1,005 | 462 | 46.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 542 | 53.9% |
| Faroe Islands | 970 | 888 | 91.5% | 1 | 0.1% | 81 | 8.4% |
| Diamond Princess | 712 | 699 | 98.2% | 13 | 1.8% | N/A | N/A% |
| Cayman Islands | 636 | 620 | 97.5% | 2 | 0.3% | 14 | 2.2% |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 565 | 527 | 93.3% | 3 | 0.5% | 35 | 6.2% |
| Tanzania | 509 | 183 | 36.0% | 21 | 4.1% | 305 | 59.9% |
| Wallis and Futuna | 445 | 438 | 98.4% | 7 | 1.6% | N/A | N/A% |
| Brunei | 333 | 270 | 81.1% | 3 | 0.9% | 60 | 18.0% |
| Dominica | 209 | 196 | 93.8% | N/A | N/A% | 13 | 6.2% |
| Grenada | 164 | 161 | 98.2% | 1 | 0.6% | 2 | 1.2% |
| New Caledonia | 131 | 58 | 44.3% | N/A | N/A% | 73 | 55.7% |
| Anguilla | 113 | 111 | 98.2% | N/A | N/A% | 2 | 1.8% |
| Greenland | 92 | 61 | 66.3% | N/A | N/A% | 31 | 33.7% |
| Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 63 | 63 | 100.0% | N/A | N/A% | N/A | N/A% |
| Macao | 59 | 53 | 89.8% | N/A | N/A% | 6 | 10.2% |
| Saint Pierre Miquelon | 28 | 26 | 92.9% | N/A | N/A% | 2 | 7.1% |
| Holy See (Vatican City State) | 27 | 27 | 100.0% | N/A | N/A% | N/A | N/A% |
| Montserrat | 21 | 19 | 90.5% | 1 | 4.8% | 1 | 4.8% |
| Solomon Islands | 20 | 20 | 100.0% | N/A | N/A% | N/A | N/A% |
| Western Sahara | 10 | 8 | 80.0% | 1 | 10.0% | 1 | 10.0% |
| MS Zaandam | 9 | 7 | 77.8% | 2 | 22.2% | N/A | N/A% |
| Marshall Islands | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | N/A | N/A% | N/A | N/A% |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | 1 | 25.0% | N/A | N/A% |
| Samoa | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | N/A | N/A% | N/A | N/A% |
| Saint Helena | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | N/A | N/A% | N/A | N/A% |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | N/A | N/A% | N/A | N/A% |
| Total | 195,344,772 | 177,181,871 | 90.7% | 4,182,814 | 2.1% | 13,980,087 | 7.2% |
Algeria to produce Chinese Sinovac vaccines
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Algeria will manufacture the Chinese coronavirus vaccine Sinovac locally, the government announced Saturday, in a country hit by rising cases and constrained by a patchy inoculation rollout. Chinese experts arrived Friday to inspect equipment destined for a factory in Constantine, in eastern Algeria, a statement from the pharmaceutical industry ministry said.…
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