COVID-19 Situation Report, n.76 (20 May 2022)
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2022-05-21Metadata
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Abstract
Following an outbreak of a novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China, rapid community, regional and international spread occurred with exponential growth in cases and deaths. On 30 January 2020, the Director-General (DG) of the WHO declared the COVID-19 outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005). The first case in the Americas was confirmed in the USA on 20 January 2020, followed by Brazil on 26 February 2020. Since then, COVID-19 has spread to all 56 countries and territories in the Americas. SITUATION IN NUMBERS IN THE AMERICAS as of 20 May 2022: 56
Countries, territories, and areas affected;
155,638,517
Confirmed cases;
2,739,362
Deaths;
1,849,426,821
Vaccine doses administered.
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