TABLE 1.
Global COVID-19 cases and deaths.
| Month* | 2020 | 2021 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Deaths | Percentage of deaths | Cases | Deaths | Percentage of deaths | |
| January | ** | ** | ** | 89.6 | 1.99 | 2.22 |
| February | 0.047 | 0.001 | 2.70 | 105.6 | 2.39 | 2.26 |
| March | 0.11 | 0.036 | 3.36 | 116.2 | 2.67 | 2.30 |
| April | 1.18 | 0.066 | 5.59 | 134.9 | 3.00 | 2.22 |
| May | 3.96 | 0.285 | 7.20 | 157.1 | 3.39 | 2.16 |
| June | 6.79 | 0.417 | 6.14 | 175.4 | 3.75 | 2.14 |
| July | 12.6 | 0.550 | 4.36 | 186.3 | 4.00 | 2.15 |
| August | 19.6 | 0.763 | 3.89 | 202.3 | 4.28 | 2.11 |
| September | 29.1 | 0.970 | 3.33 | 224.3 | 4.62 | 2.06 |
| October | 37.9 | 1.166 | 3.08 | 237.1 | 4.84 | 2.04 |
| November | 50.9 | 1.311 | 2.58 | 246.7 | 5.00 | 2.03 |
| December | 71.7 | 1.670 | 2.33 | 262.3 | 5.22 | 1.99 |
Raw data: millions. *First of each month. **Numbers too small to be reliable. In early 2022, these data increased further to 324.31, 5.55 and 1.7%, respectively in January, to 411.86, 5.84, and 1.4% in February, to 459.1, 6.07, and 1.3% in March, and to 501.14, 6.2, and 1.2 in April. In going to press on 6 May 2022, data were 513.95, 6.25, and 1.2%, respectively.