COVID-19 impact as at 31 January 2021

Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Dashboard

As COVID-19 continues its march across the globe with new strains emerging from the United Kingdom, South Africa and now Brazil, the continuing health burden remains critical. With 102.5 million confirmed cases worldwide, 2.2M deaths (of which the United States accounts for 439,000 followed by Brazil with 224,000) the vaccination program combined with public health measures (use of face masks, social distancing, use of hand sanitisers and on-site deep cleaning) remains the best course of action to bring the pandemic under control and ultimately end it.