COVID-19 developments in Asia, Oceania and Eastern Mediterranean during September

This news item shows an analysis of the evolution of COVID-19 in Asia, Oceania and Eastern Mediterranean with data provided by Johns Hopkins University during the months of August and September.

The month of September closed with an increase of 6.44% in diagnosed cases of COVID-19 (15,009,585) in the eastern Mediterranean part of Asia, 3.77% (43,031,735) in Southeast Asia and 25.52% (8,406,867) in the western Pacific. In terms of deaths from the disease, there was an increase of 7.40% (280,709) in East Mediterranean Asia, 4.37% (676,684) in Southeast Asia, and 26.05% (114,822) in the Western Pacific. In August these figures were 13,939,825, 41,231,270 and 6,478,700 respectively of diagnosed cases and 258,417, 643,868 and 88,522 deaths respectively from the aforementioned disease. The following graph shows the evolution of confirmed cases and deaths due to COVD-19 for the above mentioned areas during the months of August and September:

 

 

 

The Asian countries with the most diagnosed cases and deaths are shown in the table below (data as of October 15, 2021):

Country	Confirmed	Country	Deaths
India	33,766,707	India	448,339
Iran	5,587,040	Indonesia	141,939
Indonesia	4,215,104	Iran	120,428
Iraq	2,003,303	Philippines	38,294
Thailand	1,603,475	Pakistan	27,785

As the table shows, India leads by a wide margin for both diagnosed cases and deaths from COVID-19. On the other hand, Iran and Indonesia are also among the countries with the most confirmed cases and deaths from this disease. Below is an evolution of the data for the countries indicated in the table with the most confirmed cases of coronavirus:

Below is a graph showing the evolution of the countries that have had the most deaths from the aforementioned disease:

Regarding the largest percentage increases in COVID-19 diagnosed cases, the following tables show a comparison between which countries have the largest increase in August and September for the Eastern Mediterranean areas of Asia, Southeast Asia and the Eastern Pacific:

Eastern Mediterranean

August		September
Country	Increase	Country	Increase
Morocco	35.04%	Syria	21.40%
Iran	25.88%	Yemen	14.03%
Iraq	14.10%	Somalia	13.32%
Somalia	12.27%	Iran	10.51%
Pakistan	11.20%	Djibouti	8.9%

Southeast Asia

August		September
Country	Increase	Country	Increase
Brunei	681.36%	Brunei	140.40%
Thailand	87.92%	Thailand	29.89%
Timor Leste	50.38%	Sri Lanka	15.55%
Sri Lanka	38.98%	Burma	14.27%
Burma	29.22%	Timor Leste	13.47%

West Pacific

Agosto		Septiembre
Country	Increase	Country	Increase
Vietnam	185.37%	Australia	84.13%
Japan	55.84%	Vietnam	62.46%
Australia	54.63%	Singapore	41.96%
Malasia	50.53%	Mongolia	37.37%
Fiji	46.64%	Filipinas	26.20%

In addition, the following table shows the countries with the highest percentage increase in COVID-19 deaths in August and September:

Eastern Mediterranean 

August		September
Country	Increase	Country	Increase
Morocco	26.85%	Yemen	15.81%
Somalia	18.31%	Somalia	12%
Iran	17.22%	Morocco	11.3%
Tunisia	15.84%	Syria	11.07%
Iraq	10.43%	Iran	10.5%

Southeast Asia

August		September
Países	Increase	Países	Increase
Brunei	166.7%	Brunei	250%
Timor Leste	146.15%	Timor Leste	58.10%
Thailand	120.57%	Thailand	38.20%
Sri Lanka	96.7%	Sri Lanka	34.38%
Burma	51.94%	Burma	13.68%

West Pacific

August		September
Country	Increase	Country	Increase
Vietnam	185.37%	Australia	84.13%
Japan	55.84%	Vietnam	62.46%
Australia	54.63%	Singapore	41.96%
Malasia	50,.53%	Mongolia	37.37%
Fiji	46.64%	Philippines	26.20%

Next table shows countries and regions with reported laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths. Data as of 15th October 2021 – 07:22 AM CET

Western Pacific Region

Source: Johns Hopkins University