COVID-19: Latest Developments

Last updated: 2 August 2021

The charts on this page track the spread of COVID-19 and its impact on the world’s economies and asset markets in real time. Most include daily data, which we are updating every working day. More comprehensive analysis of monthly and quarterly indicators is available to clients elsewhere on our website, including in our monthly Chart Books. This page also contains links to our latest analysis.

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Global Daily New Infections (7D MA)

Global Daily New Deaths (7D MA)

Total Coronavirus First and Second Vaccine Doses Administered as % of Total Population (Latest)

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Emerging Markets Economics Update

A closer look at the Delta variant’s threat to recoveries

The spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19 poses a much bigger risk to economic recoveries in emerging markets than in developed markets. India, South Africa, and South East Asia have suffered already or are suffering. And limited vaccine coverage in much of Latin America, other parts of Asia and...

20 Jul 2021

Global Economics Update

Five lessons from reopening so far

In this Update we identify five things that we have learned from reopening so far. Some we anticipated, including the rapid rebound in activity once restrictions were removed and an easing of trade growth as output in advanced economies resumed. But others have been more surprising, particularly the extent of...

20 Jul 2021

Global Economics Update

Delta variant is a much bigger threat to EMs than DMs

The apparent success of vaccines at preventing severe illness and death from the Delta coronavirus variant should mean that it does not pose a major threat to recoveries in most advanced economies. However, the rapid spread of the Delta variant poses a more significant threat to recoveries in large parts...

14 Jul 2021

The impact in different regions and countries

Daily New Infections (7d MA)

Daily New Infections Per Million (7d MA)

Daily New Deaths (7d MA)

Daily New Deaths Per Million (7d MA)

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