COVID-19 evolution in America during September

This news shows an analysis of the evolution of COVID-19 in America with the data provided by the Johns Hopkins University.

September has ended with an increase of 6.38% of COVID-19 diagnosed cases (89,964,588), and a growth of 4.62% (2,214,867) in deaths by the aforementioned disease. In August these numbers were 83,799,880 diagnosed cases and 2,103,067 deaths by the disease aforementioned.. The following graph shows the evolution of confirmed cases and deaths from COVD-19 during the months of August and September:

The American countries with the most diagnosed cases and deaths are shown in the table below (data as of October 14, 2021):

Country	Total confirmed cases	Total deaths
United States of America	44,683,014	719,525
Brazil	21,597,949	601,574
Argentina	5,268,653	115,582
Colombia	4,975,656	126,726
Mexico	3,732,429	282,773

U.S.A. has been the country with the most COVID-19 diagnosed cases to date, with a total of 44,683,014 (an increase of 9.47% durign the month of September). This same country was also the one with the highest number of diagnosed cases of Coronavirus during August (39,151,147). Data for U.S.A., Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Mexico, the countries with the most significant numbers of confirmed cases, are presented below:

Likewise, this country has remain the one with the highest number of deaths due to COVID-19, with a total of 719,525 (an increase of 8.11% during the month of September). In August, its number of deaths was of 639,856. The evolution of countries that have ended September with the highest number of deaths are shown below:

With regard to larger percentage increases in cases diagnosed by COVID-19, the following table shows a comparison between which countries are the ones with a larger increment in August and September:

August		September
Country	Increase	Country	Increase
Cuba	60.18%	Chile	85.47%
Saint Lucia	44.80%	Peru	39.14%
Antigua and Barbuda	31.46%	Colombia	34.15%
Jamaica	26.60%	Dominican Republic	31.81%
Guatemala	25.80%	Ecuador	22.64%

 

As it is seen, Cuba was the country with the highest rate of diagnosed cases of COVID-19 during August, with an increase of 60.18%. On the other hand, this spot was taken by Chile in September, with an increase of 85.47%.

Likewise, the table below shows the countries with the greatest percentage increase in COVID-19 deaths in August and September:

August		September
Country	Increase	Country	Increase
Cuba	79.16%	Saint Lucia	86.11%
Jamaica	26.25%	Antigua and Barbuda	79.55%
Bahamas	23.34%	Cuba	36.09%
Trinidad and Tobago	17.67%	Bahamas	28.88%
Saint Lucia	15.73%	Guyana	24.37%

The table shows that in August the country with the highest increase was Cuba (79.16%), meanwhile in September Saint Lucia was the one with the highest increase (86.11%).

Next table shows american countries with reported laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths. Data as of 14th October 2021 – 09:25 am CET

Region of the Americas	Total confirmed cases	Total deaths
United States of America	44683014	719525
Brazil	21597949	601574
Argentina	5268653	115582
Colombia	4975656	126726
Mexico	3732429	282773
Peru	2186246	199746
Canada	1678511	28422
Chile	1664725	37578
Cuba	926320	7956
Guatemala	583201	14177
Costa Rica	549084	6744
Ecuador	512071	32848
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	505157	18811
Panama	469569	7275
Paraguay	460277	16207
Uruguay	390394	6065
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	385952	4652
Honduras	371431	10064
Dominican Republic	367379	4077
El Salvador	107664	3420
Jamaica	86507	2053
Trinidad and Tobago	53216	1572
Suriname	45592	994
Guyana	33973	851
Bahamas	21580	590
Saint Lucia	12095	232
Antigua and Barbuda	3817	93
Total	91672462	2250607

Source

Johns Hopkins University

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