Epidemiological Updates
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Epidemiological Update: Variants of SARS-CoV-2 in the Americas (24 March 2021)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2021-03-24)At the global level, a constant change is observed in the proportion of predominant clades since the start of the pandemic to date. As of 5 July 2020, 49% of the samples available through GISAID were associated with the ... -
Epidemiological Update: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (11 March 2021)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2021-03-11)Since the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 until 9 March 2021, a cumulative total of 116,736,437 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported globally, including 2,593,285 deaths, representing a total of 11,077,961 ... -
Epidemiological Update: Diphtheria in Hispaniola (2 March 2021)
(Washigton, D.C., PAHO, 2021-03-02)In 2021, between epidemiological week (EW) 1 and EW 7, two countries have reported confirmed cases of diphtheria: the Dominican Republic with 5 fatal cases and Haiti with 6 cases, including 1 death. In 2020, a total of 5 ... -
Epidemiological Update: Measles (1 March 2021)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2021-03-01)In 2021, between epidemiological week (EW)1 and EW 6, one country and one territory in the Region of the Americas have reported confirmed cases of measles: Brazil with 54 confirmed cases and French Guiana with 2 confirmed ... -
Epidemiological Update: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (9 February 2021)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2021-02-09)Since the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 until 8 February 2021, a cumulative total of 105,658,476 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported globally, including 2,309,370 deaths, representing a total of 14,166,078 ... -
Epidemiological Alert: Candida auris outbreaks in health care services in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic (6 February 2021)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2021-02-06)Since it was first isolated in 2009, in the external ear canal of a Japanese patient, the yeast Candida auris (C. auris) has been identified as a colonizing organism and cause of infection in humans in healthcare services ... -
Epidemiological Update: Measles and Diphtheria (1 February 2021)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2021-02-01)Several factors have contributed to the outbreaks of measles and diphtheria in the Region of the Americas, including lack of compliance of vaccination coverage. Moreover, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has decrease in ... -
Epidemiological Update: Occurrence of variants of SARS-CoV-2 in the Americas (26 January 2021)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2021-01-26)The appearance of mutations is a natural and expected event within the evolution of the virus. Since the initial genomic characterization of SARS-CoV-2, the virus has been divided into different genetic groups or clades. ... -
Epidemiological Update: Occurrence of variants of SARS-CoV-2 in the Americas (20 January 2021)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2021-01-20)The appearance of mutations is a natural and expected event within the evolution of the virus. Since the initial genomic characterization of SARS-CoV-2, the virus has been divided into different genetic groups or clades. ... -
Epidemiological Update: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (15 January 2021)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2021-01-15)All 56 countries and territories in the Region of the Americas have reported COVID-19 cases and deaths. Since the 11 December 2020 PAHO/WHO Epidemiological Update on COVID-19 and as of 14 January 2021, 11,409,052 additional ... -
Occurrence of variants of SARS-CoV-2 in the Americas (11 January 2021)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2021-01-11)Through this document, the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) communicates to the Member States preliminary information on the detection in the Americas of two variants of interest of ... -
Epidemiological Update: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (11 December 2020)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2020-12-11)All 56 countries and territories in the Region of the Americas have reported COVID-19 cases and deaths. Since the 9 November 2020 PAHO/WHO Epidemiological Update on COVID-19 and as of 9 December 2020, 592,561 additional ... -
Epidemiological Update: Dengue in the context of COVID-19 (3 December 2020)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2020-12-03)Between epidemiological week (EW) 1 and EW 47 of 2020, 2,163,354 dengue cases were reported in the Region of the Americas (incidence rate of 221.6 cases per 100,000 population), including 872 deaths. Of these cases, 963,787 ... -
Epidemiological Update: Diphtheria (17 November 2020)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2020-11-17)In 2020, as of 11 November, 5 countries reported a total of 56 confirmed cases of diphtheria, including 16 deaths in the Region of the Americas: Brazil (2 confirmed cases), the Dominican Republic (3 confirmed cases, including ... -
Epidemiological Update: Measles (16 November 2020)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2020-11-16)In 2020, between epidemiological week (EW)1 and EW 41, 9 countries in the Region of the Americas have reported a total of 8,479 confirmed cases of measles, including 8 deaths: Argentina (61 cases including 1 death), Bolivia ... -
Epidemiological Update: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (9 November 2020)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2020-11-09)All 54 countries and territories in the Region of the Americas have reported COVID-19 cases and deaths. Since the 15 October 2020 PAHO/WHO Epidemiological Update on COVID-19 and as of 5 November 2020, 592,561 additional ... -
Enfermedades prevenibles por vacunación (difteria, sarampión, polio) en el contexto de la pandemia por la COVID-19: implicaciones para la Región de las Américas (29 de octubre del 2020)
(Washington; D.C., OPS, 2020-10-29)Después de más de ocho meses de la pandemia de COVID-19 en la Región de las Américas, y con todos los países de las subregiones de América del Norte, América Central y América del Sur (con excepción de Uruguay) reportando ... -
Vaccine-preventable diseases (diphtheria, measles, poliovirus) in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: implications for the Region of the Americas
(Washington; D.C., PAHO, 2020-10-29)After more than eight months of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the Region of the Americas, with all of the countries in the North America, Central America, and South America (with the exception of Uruguay) subregions ... -
Epidemiological Update: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (15 October 2020)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2020-10-15)All 54 countries and territories in the Region of the Americas have reported COVID-19 cases and deaths. Since the 18 September 2020 PAHO/WHO Epidemiological Update on COVID-19 and as of 13 October 2020, 3,018,295 additional ... -
Epidemiological Alert: Recurring waves and outbreaks of COVID-19 (9 October 2020)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2020-10-09)Since the confirmation of the first COVID-19 cases and until 5 October 2020, a total of 35,109,317 COVID-19 cases have been reported globally, including 1,035,341 deaths. The Region of the Americas accounts for 49% of the ...
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