Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the name given to the new coronavirus of 2019. COVID-19 is the name given to the disease associated with the virus. SARS-CoV-2 is a new strain of coronavirus that has not previously been identified in humans.
Next table shows american countries with reported laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths. Data as of 18 September 2020 – 18:30 pm CET
| Region of the Americas | Total confirmed cases | Total deaths | Total Recovered |
| United States of America | 6.678.382 | 197.696 | 2.540.334 |
| Brazil | 4.455.386 | 134.935 | 3.873.934 |
| Peru | 744.400 | 31.051 | 594.513 |
| Colombia | 743.945 | 23.665 | 615.457 |
| Mexico | 684.113 | 72.179 | 579.145 |
| Argentina | 601.713 | 12.491 | 467.286 |
| Chile | 442.827 | 12.199 | 415.981 |
| Canada | 142.879 | 9.249 | 124.984 |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 129.419 | 7.511 | 87.031 |
| Ecuador | 122.257 | 11.029 | 97.063 |
| Dominican Republic | 106.136 | 2.022 | 79.363 |
| Panama | 104.138 | 2.213 | 77.881 |
| Guatemala | 83.664 | 3.036 | 73.260 |
| Honduras | 70.120 | 2.122 | 20.677 |
| Venezuela | 64.284 | 520 | 52.564 |
| Costa Rica | 60.818 | 666 | 22.662 |
| Paraguay | 31.113 | 584 | 16.313 |
| El Salvador | 27.346 | 804 | 20.825 |
| Cuba | 4.933 | 109 | 4.230 |
| Suriname | 4.671 | 95 | 4.160 |
| Jamaica | 4.374 | 51 | 1.225 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3.434 | 60 | 1.469 |
| Bahamas | 3.177 | 69 | 1.626 |
| Guyana | 2.027 | 60 | 1.302 |
| Uruguay | 1.876 | 46 | 1.582 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 95 | 3 | 92 |
| Saint Lucia | 27 | 0 | 26 |
| Total | 15.317.554 | 524.465 | 9.774.985 |
Source: Johns Hopkins University
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