Trailing seven day average number of COVID 19 deaths select countries worldwide 2020

The seven-day average number of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. decreased significantly from April to July 2020, but it remained higher than in other countries. Seven-day rolling averages are used to adjust for administrative delays in the reporting of deaths by authorities, commonly over weekends.

The challenges of tracking and reporting the disease

The U.S. confirmed its first coronavirus case in mid-January 2020 – the virus was detected in a passenger who arrived in Seattle from China. Since that first case, around 945 people have died every day from COVID-19 in the United States as of August 23, 2020. In total, the U.S. has recorded more coronavirus deaths than any other country worldwide. Accurately tracking the number of COVID-19 deaths has proved complicated, with countries having different rules for what deaths to include in their official figures. Some nations have even changed which deaths they can attribute to the disease during the pandemic.

Young people urged to act responsibly

Between January and May 2020, case fatality rates among COVID-19 patients in the United States increased with age, highlighting the particular risks faced by the elderly. However, COVID-19 is not only a disease that affects older adults. Surges in the number of new cases throughout July 2020 were blamed on young people. The World Health Organization has urged young people not to become complacent, reminding them to maintain social distancing guidelines and take precautions to protect themselves and others.

Average number of deaths from COVID-19 over the last seven days in select countries worldwide from March 1 to October 27, 2020

Characteristic	Brazil	Mexico	Russia	India	Indonesia	Italy	France	United States	United Kingdom
1-Mar	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
2-Mar	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
3-Mar	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0
4-Mar	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0
5-Mar	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	2	0
6-Mar	0	0	0	0	0	19	1	2	0
7-Mar	0	0	0	0	0	25	1	2	0
8-Mar	0	0	0	0	0	29	1	2	0
9-Mar	0	0	0	0	0	47	2	3	0
10-Mar	0	0	0	0	0	59	4	3	0
11-Mar	0	0	0	0	0	79	4	3	1
12-Mar	0	0	0	0	0	103	6	3	1
13-Mar	0	0	0	0	0	124	8	4	1
14-Mar	0	0	0	0	1	153	10	5	1
15-Mar	0	0	0	0	1	173	12	6	4
16-Mar	0	0	0	0	1	206	15	7	6
17-Mar	0	0	0	0	1	242	17	8	9
18-Mar	0	0	0	0	1	268	20	11	11
19-Mar	1	0	0	0	1	307	28	17	16
20-Mar	1	0	0	0	3	342	44	16	22
21-Mar	2	0	0	0	3	395	53	30	26
22-Mar	3	0	0	0	5	484	67	40	32
23-Mar	4	0	0	1	6	524	78	57	35
24-Mar	5	1	0	1	6	560	102	72	43
25-Mar	6	1	0	1	7	616	132	99	61
26-Mar	8	1	0	1	8	647	155	129	84
27-Mar	10	1	0	2	8	680	189	164	103
28-Mar	12	1	1	2	9	729	221	207	140
29-Mar	14	2	1	3	9	742	250	264	173
30-Mar	16	3	1	3	9	758	276	291	198
31-Mar	18	3	1	3	10	788	309	369	241
1-Apr	22	3	2	4	12	801	346	468	277
2-Apr	26	5	3	5	14	807	386	584	346
3-Apr	32	6	4	6	13	822	401	680	414
4-Apr	38	7	4	7	13	792	645	779	478
5-Apr	45	9	5	7	13	763	749	901	544
6-Apr	50	11	5	11	12	730	782	1,020	600
7-Apr	56	14	5	12	12	705	841	1,117	627
8-Apr	67	16	6	16	12	671	972	1,259	727
9-Apr	80	20	6	17	12	645	977	1,383	779
10-Apr	92	21	7	20	16	623	1,101	1,520	844
11-Apr	100	25	9	24	18	596	956	1,660	899
12-Apr	99	28	9	28	19	587	896	1,730	912
13-Apr	105	29	12	28	25	573	902	1,780	920
14-Apr	111	30	14	32	27	563	865	1,809	942
15-Apr	124	38	16	33	34	563	772	1,880	938
16-Apr	134	39	19	35	33	568	900	2,310	917
17-Apr	140	42	22	34	31	556	816	2,371	905
18-Apr	155	45	26	34	31	557	783	2,611	876
19-Apr	175	54	30	33	30	537	784	2,615	913
20-Apr	177	56	33	34	30	537	761	2,653	881
21-Apr	178	54	37	36	27	521	757	2,699	859
22-Apr	173	64	41	38	22	511	724	2,715	880
23-Apr	167	74	45	38	24	491	596	2,257	875
24-Apr	198	83	46	40	22	482	562	2,383	825
25-Apr	218	96	49	42	24	460	509	1,995	839
26-Apr	238	94	53	45	26	451	470	2,040	797
27-Apr	249	95	55	47	23	426	448	2,028	787
28-Apr	281	103	56	49	25	409	433	1,958	752
29-Apr	325	102	59	52	22	387	409	1,899	715
30-Apr	366	109	66	56	21	371	392	2,026	704
1-May	370	113	74	61	21	345	360	1,863	697
2-May	380	107	79	63	16	324	336	2,007	653
3-May	391	108	77	68	16	332	307	1,885	620
4-May	403	115	76	72	15	320	291	1,829	604
5-May	397	120	80	91	14	300	273	1,813	597
6-May	415	134	83	98	14	279	267	1,818	562
7-May	439	139	81	101	16	286	246	1,781	545
8-May	464	157	79	106	20	284	230	1,809	520
9-May	510	170	79	109	20	281	234	1,730	503
10-May	554	185	86	115	18	241	221	1,773	459
11-May	585	187	91	119	18	239	212	1,692	453
12-May	600	186	93	104	18	237	206	1,679	441
13-May	640	203	95	103	19	228	209	1,616	425
14-May	659	217	96	109	19	203	181	1,529	397
15-May	692	217	97	109	16	201	205	1,462	382
16-May	703	230	99	110	19	201	189	1,484	349
17-May	715	242	101	109	19	195	190	1,423	368
18-May	714	245	102	118	25	193	190	1,433	347
19-May	753	251	102	124	29	181	179	1,381	341
20-May	796	249	103	127	31	180	147	1,362	325
21-May	816	267	109	127	31	175	151	1,329	308
22-May	865	290	113	133	34	160	113	1,257	296
23-May	890	317	119	138	36	144	105	1,206	288
24-May	911	305	122	142	37	139	98	1,190	261
25-May	935	317	130	142	32	125	94	1,165	305
26-May	954	329	130	143	29	124	76	1,124	299
27-May	934	353	139	148	28	112	73	999	247
28-May	963	358	142	157	33	106	66	1,000	260
29-May	958	362	149	160	31	94	64	988	270
30-May	976	347	161	179	28	88	61	976	268
31-May	974	371	167	185	32	86	63	956	258
1-Jun	950	362	165	196	34	90	62	952	213
2-Jun	923	362	175	204	36	85	57	990	210
3-Jun	955	358	176	211	35	82	59	1,038	227
4-Jun	993	447	178	221	32	76	61	962	203
5-Jun	1,038	500	177	235	32	78	58	942	172
6-Jun	1,021	536	165	239	36	78	57	901	170
7-Jun	1,014	533	167	252	33	72	53	860	169
8-Jun	1,020	538	167	249	34	69	50	876	168
9-Jun	1,028	555	159	267	35	70	54	837	162
10-Jun	1,030	573	158	276	37	73	51	832	154
11-Jun	1,019	518	163	290	37	73	43	821	142
12-Jun	985	486	164	307	40	68	40	801	134
13-Jun	972	468	170	320	40	64	38	789	116
14-Jun	970	480	158	324	41	65	37	805	111
15-Jun	982	492	156	341	40	64	36	745	107
16-Jun	975	504	160	348	45	58	32	731	104
17-Jun	976	523	163	594	44	52	36	708	93
18-Jun	976	532	160	591	45	48	37	685	86
19-Jun	976	543	180	582	48	50	37	659	84
20-Jun	1,018	564	180	581	46	48	35	635	78
21-Jun	1,037	558	168	580	48	44	34	612	73
22-Jun	1,041	669	166	597	47	41	33	606	73
23-Jun	1,045	715	159	587	43	41	32	611	71
24-Jun	1,058	724	154	368	43	39	25	609	67
25-Jun	1,046	752	148	380	42	32	22	609	64
26-Jun	1,032	759	116	390	40	28	21	855	69
27-Jun	1,001	769	116	391	44	25	23	847	68
28-Jun	1,013	800	138	406	42	20	21	831	63
29-Jun	1,001	689	137	397	41	19	20	833	63
30-Jun	1,006	648	137	412	44	17	21	820	64
1-Jul	993	627	137	418	49	18	18	883	58
2-Jul	972	595	146	420	52	21	19	869	60
3-Jul	988	590	154	416	52	20	18	618	51
4-Jul	1,030	581	154	424	50	18	16	628	47
5-Jul	1,028	569	151	453	53	20	16	591	46
6-Jul	1,035	570	155	460	60	18	16	592	45
7-Jul	1,025	571	161	467	62	18	15	595	43
8-Jul	1,021	606	168	463	62	19	13	581	43
9-Jul	1,047	612	162	471	61	18	15	607	38
10-Jul	1,043	620	166	484	61	15	15	650	36
11-Jul	1,032	621	165	495	62	15	16	666	34
12-Jul	1,029	623	168	487	64	13	16	734	32
13-Jul	1,033	624	168	497	62	13	16	751	30
14-Jul	1,049	619	163	510	59	14	16	757	30
15-Jul	1,056	616	160	524	57	12	14	712	29
16-Jul	1,057	587	158	541	63	12	22	730	24
17-Jul	1,072	578	156	571	65	13	23	724	23
18-Jul	1,065	588	158	593	70	13	21	738	22
19-Jul	1,043	594	149	592	69	14	21	758	21
20-Jul	1,055	597	144	618	77	13	21	761	21
21-Jul	1,041	577	141	622	83	13	19	757	21
22-Jul	1,051	582	138	632	87	13	19	800	19
23-Jul	1,058	612	139	707	95	12	7	824	17
24-Jul	1,056	619	136	714	100	11	6	841	15
25-Jul	1,055	619	132	726	101	10	6	897	16
26-Jul	1,097	641	135	750	100	9	6	906	17
27-Jul	1,074	642	132	753	91	9	6	914	17
28-Jul	1,071	648	132	763	86	8	6	1,015	16
29-Jul	1,007	639	132	780	83	7	8	1,027	15
30-Jul	1,052	596	133	730	74	7	9	1,075	17
31-Jul	1,026	585	130	735	69	6	10	1,118	16
1-Aug	1,034	578	131	736	67	6	10	1,110	14
2-Aug	1,016	585	124	757	68	6	10	1,141	14
3-Aug	1,014	581	123	766	65	7	10	1,132	14
4-Aug	1,007	570	122	788	66	8	12	1,056	13
5-Aug	1,040	570	121	800	70	7	10	1,079	13
6-Aug	1,017	620	123	819	68	7	10	1,078	10
7-Aug	1,033	645	115	834	66	8	8	1,148	13
8-Aug	1,014	660	109	858	66	7	8	1,149	12
9-Aug	988	648	114	859	66	8	8	1,140	10
10-Aug	992	650	115	893	70	7	8	1,154	10
11-Aug	1,012	713	122	903	66	6	7	1,151	13
12-Aug	1,030	723	111	899	62	6	8	1,104	12
13-Aug	992	710	104	905	64	6	9	1,110	13
14-Aug	996	682	111	922	64	6	11	1,001	13
15-Aug	993	657	110	931	61	6	12	1,013	13
16-Aug	965	648	109	943	59	27	12	1,008	13
17-Aug	972	637	108	934	61	27	12	1,016	13
18-Aug	969	574	97	934	63	27	13	1,005	10
19-Aug	980	549	106	971	65	27	14	1,041	10
20-Aug	986	545	104	976	63	27	14	1,021	10
21-Aug	977	545	102	973	64	27	13	1,021	8
22-Aug	976	529	99	965	68	28	14	994	7
23-Aug	1,003	530	99	961	75	5	15	983	9
24-Aug	985	532	100	946	76	6	15	965	9
25-Aug	968	540	101	942	79	6	14	969	9
26-Aug	956	525	99	937	83	6	13	952	10
27-Aug	938	514	99	944	85	7	11	934	10
28-Aug	906	498	101	954	92	6	14	938	11
29-Aug	878	505	104	965	96	6	13	910	12
30-Aug	887	509	102	970	95	6	13	917	11
31-Aug	869	525	101	990	95	6	13	895	10
1-Sep	867	516	104	977	94	6	15	903	10
2-Sep	859	542	104	983	92	7	17	886	8
3-Sep	874	534	104	986	96	6	20	861	7
4-Sep	852	534	103	992	98	6	16	853	7
5-Sep	860	529	105	1,002	95	7	13	856	7
6-Sep	820	534	105	1,018	97	9	14	823	7
7-Sep	832	486	104	1,025	97	9	14	839	7
8-Sep	797	481	99	1,078	102	10	13	801	8
9-Sep	695	463	99	1,080	104	10	15	713	12
10-Sep	680	468	106	1,098	103	11	15	724	11
11-Sep	701	474	105	1,114	101	11	18	713	12
12-Sep	696	476	102	1,130	102	11	30	750	11
13-Sep	715	436	104	1,137	101	10	30	738	11
14-Sep	711	466	108	1,154	100	10	31	734	11
15-Sep	721	467	109	1,143	102	10	32	760	12
16-Sep	808	456	113	1,168	105	10	34	894	11
17-Sep	795	412	109	1,162	109	10	36	855	13
18-Sep	773	361	114	1,157	109	10	40	835	14
19-Sep	771	374	119	1,164	113	10	51	796	17
20-Sep	760	379	122	1,167	114	13	52	794	19
21-Sep	753	382	120	1,166	119	14	53	776	21
22-Sep	752	378	122	1,166	119	14	55	764	22
23-Sep	713	381	123	1,136	125	15	60	696	23
24-Sep	696	424	126	1,136	125	16	59	730	25
25-Sep	696	466	127	1,131	126	18	59	740	28
26-Sep	678	434	123	1,109	126	19	59	741	29
27-Sep	696	426	127	1,107	123	18	61	748	30
28-Sep	692	420	129	1,094	119	18	63	750	30
29-Sep	684	415	128	1,055	114	18	67	741	30
30-Sep	688	402	128	1,068	109	20	68	742	35
1-Oct	711	385	132	1,076	109	19	71	717	40
2-Oct	696	377	135	1,069	107	20	73	714	43
3-Oct	693	378	146	1,066	108	20	71	706	47
4-Oct	654	377	147	1,040	107	21	71	700	49
5-Oct	659	380	148	1,020	109	22	72	720	52
6-Oct	660	381	156	1,036	111	22	70	732	53
7-Oct	653	364	160	1,008	110	22	67	702	53
8-Oct	611	348	163	978	105	24	70	696	53
9-Oct	611	717	166	960	103	24	72	709	56
10-Oct	607	716	169	939	101	24	68	724	59
11-Oct	602	680	172	936	101	25	69	712	63
12-Oct	591	651	177	924	99	26	71	711	68
13-Oct	573	668	178	898	97	29	75	699	72
14-Oct	501	672	186	862	93	31	81	713	82
15-Oct	503	688	191	820	98	33	85	724	91
16-Oct	500	313	205	810	98	41	86	704	100
17-Oct	511	314	209	797	96	45	96	687	107
18-Oct	497	345	221	814	95	48	101	702	117
19-Oct	488	361	227	780	95	54	107	700	117
20-Oct	498	342	235	763	97	59	114	721	122
21-Oct	548	353	238	761	101	66	136	738	136
22-Oct	522	360	250	764	100	78	144	761	143
23-Oct	491	373	250	735	99	85	155	763	151
24-Oct	465	373	257	708	104	90	172	771	163
25-Oct	461	383	260	643	111	105	179	801	167
26-Oct	461	394	266	629	113	114	183	794	179
27-Oct	460	405	318	615	113	123	199	800	182