Situation in the Region of the Americas
20 October 2021 15:00 (EST) - Reported in the last 24 hours
106,748
Additional cases
2,892
Additional deaths
12%
Relative ▲ in cases
13%
Relative ▲ in deaths
* Starting the week of 11 October 2021, the PAHO COVID-19 data updates for Saturdays and Sundays will be published separately. Normal and complete situation reports will continue to be published during the remainder of the workweek – Tuesday-Friday – at the regularly scheduled time, with the exception of any official holidays observed by PAHO in Washington, DC.
COVID-19 highlights
Washington, D.C., October 20, 2021 (PAHO) -- While overall vaccination coverage has reached 41% in Latin America and the Caribbean, surveillance will remain key to identifying new risks and responding to local infection hotspots, the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa F. Etienne said. PAHO is working with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to implement a new PCR test protocol to simultaneously detect COVID-19 and influenza from the same sample, Dr. Etienne said. Read more
COVID-19 data of the Region of the Americas
PAHO COVID-19 Daily UpdateDaily reported COVID-19 data Geographic distribution of cases and deaths COVID-19 Epidemiological Situation and TrendsSubregional and Country Epidemiological Curves COVID-19 Doubling time for cases and deaths Effective Reproductive Number (Rt) Analysis Case definitions for COVID-19 surveillance COVID-19 Emergency Medical Temas (EMT) Response
PAHO Response Strategy and Donor Appeal
While much progress has been achieved over the past year, the Region of the Americas has stubbornly remained the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. PAHO launched its COVID-19 Response Strategy and Donor Appeal 2021 to continue supporting Latin American and Caribbean countries and territories in their fight against COVID-19. This document outlines PAHO’s regional strategy for the year 2021 to sustain and scale-up the response to COVID‑19 pandemic in the Americas, suppress the community transmission of the virus and mitigate the longer-term health impact of the pandemic.
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