Coronavirus disease

(COVID-19)
Situation Report – 132
Data as received by WHO from national authorities by 10:00 CEST, 31 May 2020

Highlights
Today we celebrate World No Tobacco Day. Smoking kills 8 million people worldwide each year
and is associated with increased severity of disease and death in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

People living with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are more vulnerable to becoming
severely ill or dying from COVID-19. The pandemic has also caused NCD service disruption
according to preliminary results of a rapid assessment, and WHO encourages governments to
‘build back better’.

The President of Costa Rica and WHO Director-General Dr Tedros launched the COVID-19
Technology Access Pool, a policy initiative aimed at making vaccines, tests, treatments and
other health technologies to fight COVID-19 accessible to all. The initiative has five priority
areas.

Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, has released a statement
analysing the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and emphasizing that recovery must lead to a
different economy, an economy of well-being.

The WHO Regional Office for Africa has urged caution as countries ease lockdowns. WHO
Regional Director Dr Moeti stressed that “Ending a lockdown is not an event, but a process…”

Situation in numbers (by WHO Region)

Total (new cases in last 24 hours)

Globally 5 934 936 cases (117 551) 367 166 deaths (4 461)
Africa 100 610 cases (3 708) 2 554 deaths (72)
Americas 2 743 793 cases (66 293) 157 702 deaths (3 094)
Eastern Mediterranean 505 001 cases (15 080) 12 353 deaths (275)
Europe 2 142 547 cases (20 197) 180 085 deaths (732)
South-East Asia 260 579 cases (11 054) 7 431 deaths (274)
Western Pacific 181 665 cases (1 219) 7 028 deaths (14)
Surveillance
Figure 1. Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases reported in the last seven days by country, territory or area, 25 May to 31 May**

**See Annex 1 for data, table and figure notes.

Figure 2. Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, by date of report and WHO region, 30 December 2019 through 31 May 2020**

**See Annex 1 for data, table and figure notes.

Table 1. Countries, territories or areas with reported laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths, by WHO region. Data as of
10 AM CEST, 31 May 2020**
Reporting Country/ Territory/Area Total confirmed Total confirmed Total deaths Total new deaths Transmission Days since last
cases new cases classificationi reported case
Africa
South Africa 30 967 1 727 643 32 Community transmission 0
Nigeria 9 855 553 273 12 Community transmission 0
Algeria 9 267 133 646 8 Community transmission 0
Ghana 7 768 152 35 1 Community transmission 0
Cameroon 5 659 223 185 8 Community transmission 0
Guinea 3 706 50 23 1 Community transmission 0
Senegal 3 535 106 42 1 Community transmission 0
Democratic Republic of the Congo 2 965 133 68 0 Community transmission 0
Côte d’Ivoire 2 799 49 33 1 Community transmission 0
Gabon 2 613 0 15 0 Community transmission 1
Kenya 1 888 143 63 1 Community transmission 0
Guinea-Bissau 1 256 0 8 0 Community transmission 1
Mali 1 250 24 76 3 Community transmission 0
Ethiopia 1 063 95 8 0 Clusters of cases 0
Zambia 1 057 0 7 0 Community transmission 3
Equatorial Guinea 1 043 0 12 0 Community transmission 7
South Sudan 994 0 10 0 Clusters of cases 2
Niger 956 1 64 0 Community transmission 0
Central African Republic 874 0 1 0 Clusters of cases 1
Burkina Faso 853 6 53 0 Community transmission 0
Sierra Leone 852 23 46 1 Community transmission 0
Reporting Country/ Territory/Area Total confirmed Total confirmed Total deaths Total new deaths Transmission Days since last
cases new cases classificationi reported case
Chad 759 0 65 0 Community transmission 1
Madagascar 758 60 6 1 Clusters of cases 0
Congo 587 0 19 0 Community transmission 1
United Republic of Tanzania 509 0 21 0 Community transmission 23
Mauritania 483 60 21 1 Clusters of cases 0
Uganda 446 36 0 0 Sporadic cases 0
Togo 428 0 13 0 Community transmission 1
Cabo Verde 421 16 4 0 Clusters of cases 0
Rwanda 359 4 1 1 Sporadic cases 0
Mauritius 335 0 10 0 Clusters of cases 1
São Tomé and Príncipe 295 0 10 0 Clusters of cases 4
Eswatini 283 4 2 0 Clusters of cases 0
Liberia 280 7 27 0 Community transmission 0
Malawi 279 6 4 0 Clusters of cases 0
Mozambique 244 10 2 0 Clusters of cases 0
Benin 232 14 3 0 Community transmission 0
Zimbabwe 174 25 4 0 Sporadic cases 0
Angola 84 3 4 0 Clusters of cases 0
Comoros 43 0 2 0 Community transmission 6
Burundi 42 0 1 0 Clusters of cases 13
Eritrea 39 0 0 0 Sporadic cases 42
Botswana 35 0 1 0 Clusters of cases 6
Gambia 25 0 1 0 Sporadic cases 8
Reporting Country/ Territory/Area Total confirmed Total confirmed Total deaths Total new deaths Transmission Days since last
cases new cases classificationi reported case
Namibia 23 0 0 0 Sporadic cases 1
Seychelles 11 0 0 0 Clusters of cases 54
Lesotho 2 0 0 0 Sporadic cases 8
Territoriesii
Mayotte 1 743 44 21 0 Clusters of cases 0
Réunion 471 1 1 0 Clusters of cases 0
Americas
United States of America 1 716 078 21 214 101 567 1 263 Community transmission 0
Brazil 465 166 26 928 27 878 1 124 Community transmission 0
Peru 148 285 6 506 4 230 131 Community transmission 0
Chile 94 858 4 220 997 53 Community transmission 0
Canada 89 741 885 6 996 78 Community transmission 0
Mexico 84 627 3 227 9 415 371 Community transmission 0
Ecuador 38 571 0 3 334 0 Community transmission 1
Colombia 26 688 1 322 853 31 Community transmission 0
Dominican Republic 16 908 377 498 10 Community transmission 0
Argentina 14 702 0 510 0 Community transmission 1
Panama 12 531 400 326 6 Community transmission 0
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 8 731 344 300 7 Community transmission 0
Honduras 4 886 134 199 3 Community transmission 0
Guatemala 4 607 259 90 10 Community transmission 0
El Salvador 2 395 117 44 2 Community transmission 0
Cuba 2 025 20 83 1 Clusters of cases 0
Haiti 1 584 141 35 0 Community transmission 0
Reporting Country/ Territory/Area Total confirmed Total confirmed Total deaths Total new deaths Transmission Days since last
cases new cases classificationi reported case
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1 370 43 14 3 Community transmission 0
Costa Rica 1 022 22 10 0 Clusters of cases 0
Paraguay 964 47 11 0 Community transmission 0
Nicaragua 885 0 35 0 Community transmission 2
Uruguay 816 5 22 0 Clusters of cases 0
Jamaica 575 6 9 0 Clusters of cases 0
Guyana 150 0 11 0 Clusters of cases 1
Trinidad and Tobago 116 0 8 0 Sporadic cases 33
Bahamas 101 0 11 0 Clusters of cases 1
Barbados 92 0 7 0 Clusters of cases 6
Antigua and Barbuda 25 0 3 0 Clusters of cases 27
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 25 0 0 0 Sporadic cases 2
Grenada 23 0 0 0 Clusters of cases 4
Belize 18 0 2 0 Sporadic cases 46
Saint Lucia 18 0 0 0 Sporadic cases 26
Dominica 16 0 0 0 Clusters of cases 50
Saint Kitts and Nevis 15 0 0 0 Sporadic cases 40
Suriname 12 0 1 0 Sporadic cases 2
Territoriesii
Puerto Rico 3 718 71 133 1 Community transmission 0
French Guiana 436 0 1 0 Clusters of cases 1
Martinique 200 3 14 0 Clusters of cases 0
Guadeloupe 162 0 14 0 Clusters of cases 1
Cayman Islands 141 1 1 0 Clusters of cases 0
Reporting Country/ Territory/Area Total confirmed Total confirmed Total deaths Total new deaths Transmission Days since last
cases new cases classificationi reported case
Bermuda 140 0 9 0 Clusters of cases 1
Aruba 101 0 3 0 Sporadic cases 25
Sint Maarten 78 0 15 0 Sporadic cases 17
United States Virgin Islands 69 0 6 0 Clusters of cases 20
Saint Martin 41 1 3 0 Sporadic cases 0
Curaçao 20 0 1 0 Sporadic cases 2
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 13 0 0 0 Clusters of cases 35
Turks and Caicos Islands 12 0 1 0 Sporadic cases 33
Montserrat 11 0 1 0 Sporadic cases 47
British Virgin Islands 8 0 1 0 Sporadic cases 15
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 7 0 0 0 No cases 5
Saint Barthélemy 6 0 0 0 Sporadic cases 61
Anguilla 3 0 0 0 Sporadic cases 57
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1 0 0 0 Sporadic cases 53
Eastern Mediterranean
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 148 950 2 282 7 734 57 Community transmission 0
Saudi Arabia 83 384 1 618 480 22 Clusters of cases 0
Pakistan 69 496 3 039 1 483 88 Clusters of cases 0
Qatar 55 262 2 355 36 0 Community transmission 0
United Arab Emirates 33 896 726 262 2 Pending 0
Kuwait 26 192 1 008 205 11 Clusters of cases 0
Egypt 23 449 1 367 913 34 Clusters of cases 0
Afghanistan 15 094 651 250 2 Clusters of cases 0
Bahrain 10 793 344 17 2 Clusters of cases 0
Reporting Country/ Territory/Area Total confirmed Total confirmed Total deaths Total new deaths Transmission Days since last
cases new cases classificationi reported case
Oman 10 423 603 42 1 Clusters of cases 0
Morocco 7 780 66 204 2 Clusters of cases 0
Iraq 6 179 306 195 10 Clusters of cases 0
Sudan 4 800 279 262 29 Community transmission 0
Djibouti 3 194 280 22 2 Clusters of cases 0
Somalia 1 916 88 73 1 Sporadic cases 0
Lebanon 1 191 19 26 0 Clusters of cases 0
Tunisia 1 076 5 48 0 Community transmission 0
Jordan 734 4 9 0 Clusters of cases 0
Yemen 314 27 78 12 Pending 0
Libya 130 12 5 0 Clusters of cases 0
Syrian Arab Republic 122 0 4 0 Community transmission 2
Territoriesii
occupied Palestinian territory 626 1 5 0 Clusters of cases 0
Europe
Russian Federation 405 843 9 268 4 693 138 Clusters of cases 0
The United Kingdom 272 830 1 604 38 376 215 Community transmission 0
Spain 239 600 664 29 043 4 Community transmission 0
Italy 232 664 416 33 340 111 Community transmission 0
Germany 181 482 286 8 500 11 Community transmission 0
Turkey 163 103 983 4 515 26 Community transmission 0
France 148 436 1 779 28 717 57 Community transmission 0
Belgium 58 186 125 9 453 10 Community transmission 0
Netherlands 46 257 131 5 951 20 Community transmission 0
Reporting Country/ Territory/Area Total confirmed Total confirmed Total deaths Total new deaths Transmission Days since last
cases new cases classificationi reported case
Belarus 41 658 894 229 5 Community transmission 0
Sweden 37 113 637 4 395 45 Community transmission 0
Portugal 32 203 257 1 396 13 Community transmission 0
Switzerland 30 762 17 1 656 0 Community transmission 0
Ireland 24 929 53 1 651 6 Community transmission 0
Ukraine 23 672 468 708 12 Community transmission 0
Poland 23 571 416 1 061 10 Community transmission 0
Romania 19 133 151 1 253 13 Community transmission 0
Israel 17 012 203 284 3 Pending 0
Austria 16 638 44 668 0 Community transmission 0
Denmark 11 633 40 571 3 Community transmission 0
Serbia 11 381 27 242 0 Pending 0
Kazakhstan 10 858 476 38 1 Clusters of cases 0
Armenia 9 282 355 131 4 Community transmission 0
Czechia 9 230 34 319 0 Clusters of cases 0
Norway 8 411 0 236 0 Clusters of cases 1
Republic of Moldova 8 098 202 294 5 Community transmission 0
Finland 6 826 50 316 2 Pending 0
Azerbaijan 5 246 257 61 3 Clusters of cases 0
Luxembourg 4 016 4 110 0 Clusters of cases 0
Hungary 3 867 26 524 7 Community transmission 0
Tajikistan 3 807 121 47 0 Pending 0
Uzbekistan 3 554 41 14 0 Clusters of cases 0
Greece 2 915 6 175 0 Clusters of cases 0
Reporting Country/ Territory/Area Total confirmed Total confirmed Total deaths Total new deaths Transmission Days since last
cases new cases classificationi reported case
Bulgaria 2 513 14 140 1 Clusters of cases 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 493 9 152 0 Community transmission 0
Croatia 2 246 1 103 0 Community transmission 0
North Macedonia 2 164 34 131 5 Clusters of cases 0
Estonia 1 865 6 67 0 Pending 0
Iceland 1 806 1 10 0 Community transmission 0
Kyrgyzstan 1 748 26 16 0 Clusters of cases 0
Lithuania 1 670 8 70 2 Community transmission 0
Slovakia 1 521 1 28 0 Clusters of cases 0
Slovenia 1 473 0 108 0 Clusters of cases 2
Albania 1 136 14 33 0 Clusters of cases 0
Latvia 1 065 1 24 0 Clusters of cases 0
Cyprus 943 2 17 0 Clusters of cases 0
Georgia 783 26 12 0 Community transmission 0
Andorra 764 0 51 0 Community transmission 2
San Marino 687 0 42 0 Community transmission 2
Malta 616 0 7 0 Sporadic cases 2
Montenegro 324 0 9 0 Clusters of cases 25
Monaco 98 0 1 0 Sporadic cases 7
Liechtenstein 83 0 1 0 Pending 35
Holy See 12 0 0 0 Sporadic cases 24
Territoriesii
Kosovo[1] 1 064 16 30 0 Community transmission 0
Isle of Man 336 0 24 0 Pending 9
Reporting Country/ Territory/Area Total confirmed Total confirmed Total deaths Total new deaths Transmission Days since last
cases new cases classificationi reported case
Jersey 308 0 29 0 Community transmission 2
Guernsey 252 0 13 0 Community transmission 28
Faroe Islands 187 0 0 0 Pending 37
Gibraltar 161 3 0 0 Clusters of cases 0
Greenland 13 0 0 0 Pending 2
South-East Asia
India 182 143 8 380 5 164 193 Clusters of cases 0
Bangladesh 44 608 1 764 610 28 Clusters of cases 0
Indonesia 25 773 557 1 573 53 Community transmission 0

Thailand 3 081 4 57 0 Clusters of cases 0

Maldives 1 672 81 5 0 Clusters of cases 0
Sri Lanka 1 620 62 10 0 Clusters of cases 0
Nepal 1 401 189 6 0 Sporadic cases 0
Myanmar 224 17 6 0 Clusters of cases 0
Bhutan 33 0 0 0 Sporadic cases 1
Timor-Leste 24 0 0 0 Clusters of cases 37
Western Pacific
China 84 570 5 4 645 0 Clusters of cases 0
Singapore 34 366 506 23 0 Clusters of cases 0
Philippines 17 224 590 950 8 Community transmission 0
Japan 16 851 47 891 5 Clusters of cases 0
Republic of Korea 11 468 27 270 1 Clusters of cases 0
Malaysia 7 762 30 115 0 Clusters of cases 0
 Reporting Country/ Territory/Area Total confirmed Total confirmed Total deaths Total new deaths Transmission Days since last
cases new cases classificationi reported case
Australia 7 185 12 103 0 Clusters of cases 0
New Zealand 1 154 0 22 0 Clusters of cases 9
Viet Nam 328 1 0 0 Clusters of cases 0
Mongolia 179 0 0 0 Sporadic cases 1
Brunei Darussalam 141 0 2 0 Clusters of cases 23
Cambodia 125 0 0 0 Sporadic cases 1
Lao People's Democratic Republic 19 0 0 0 Sporadic cases 48
Fiji 18 0 0 0 Sporadic cases 40
Papua New Guinea 8 0 0 0 Sporadic cases 38
Territoriesii

Guam 166 1 5 0 Clusters of cases 0

French Polynesia 60 0 0 0 Sporadic cases 25

Northern Mariana Islands

(Commonwealth of the) 22 0 2 0 Pending 9
New Caledonia 19 0 0 0 Sporadic cases 2
Subtotal for all regions 5 934 195 117 551 367 153 4 461
Other* 741 0 13 0 Not applicable -
Grand total 5 934 936 117 551 367 166 4 461

**See Annex 1 for data, table and figure notes.

Technical guidance and other resources
– To view all technical guidance documents regarding COVID-19, please go to this
webpage.
– Updates from WHO regional offices
– WHO AFRO – WHO PAHO
– WHO EMRO – WHO SEARO
– WHO EURO – WHO WPRO

– Research and Development

– Online courses on COVID-19 and in additional national languages
– The Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP) outlining the support the
international community can provide to all countries to prepare and respond to the
virus
– WHO Health Emergency dashboard
– Weekly COVID-19 Operations Updates

Recommendations and advice for the public

– Protect yourself
– Questions and answers
– Travel advice
– EPI-WIN: tailored information for individuals, organizations and communities

Case definitions
WHO periodically updates the Global Surveillance for human infection with
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) document which includes surveillance definitions.

Definition of COVID-19 death

COVID-19 death is defined for surveillance purposes as a death resulting from a
clinically compatible illness in a probable or confirmed COVID-19 case, unless there is
a clear alternative cause of death that cannot be related to COVID-19 disease (e.g.
trauma). There should be no period of complete recovery between the illness and
death.

Further guidance for certification and classification (coding) of COVID-19 as cause of

death is available here.
Annex 1: Data, table and figure notes

Caution must be taken when interpreting all data presented. Differences are to be
expected between information products published by WHO, national public health
authorities, and other sources using different inclusion criteria and different data cut-
off times. While steps are taken to ensure accuracy and reliability, all data are
subject to continuous verification and change. Case detection, definitions, testing
strategies, reporting practice, and lag times differ between countries/territories/areas.
These factors, amongst others, influence the counts presented, with variable
underestimation of true case and death counts, and variable delays to reflecting
these data at global level.

The designations employed, and the presentation of these materials do not imply the
expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of WHO concerning the legal
status of any country, territory or area or of its authorities, or concerning the
delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted and dashed lines on maps represent
approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement. Countries,
territories and areas are arranged under the administering WHO region.

The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers’ products does not

imply that they are endorsed or recommended by WHO in preference to others of a
similar nature that are not mentioned. Errors and omissions excepted, the names of
proprietary products are distinguished by initial capital letters.

[1]
All references to Kosovo should be understood to be in the context of the United
Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999). In the map, number of cases of
Serbia and Kosovo (UNSCR 1244, 1999) have been aggregated for visualization
purposes.

Counts reflect laboratory-confirmed cases and deaths, based on WHO case

definitions, unless stated otherwise (see Country, territory, or area-specific updates
and errata), and include both domestic and repatriated cases.

Other*: includes cases reported from international conveyances.

Due to the recent trend of countries conducting data reconciliation exercises which
remove large numbers of cases or deaths from their total counts, WHO will now
display such data as negative numbers in the “new cases” / “new deaths” columns
as appropriate. This will aid readers in identifying when such adjustments occur.
When additional details become available that allow the subtractions to be suitably
apportioned to previous days, graphics will be updated accordingly. Prior situation
reports will not be edited; see covid19.who.int for the most up-to-date data.

Additional table notes

i
Transmission classification is based on a process of country/territory/area self-
reporting. Classifications are reviewed on a weekly basis, may be revised as new
information becomes available, and are based on the highest category reported.
Differing degrees of transmission may be present within countries/territories/areas .
Categories:

• No cases: with no confirmed cases

• Sporadic cases: with one or more cases, imported or locally detected.
• Clusters of cases: experiencing cases, clustered in time, geographic location
and/or by common exposures.
• Community transmission: experiencing larger outbreaks of local transmission
defined through an assessment of factors including, but not limited to: large
numbers of cases not linkable to transmission chains; large numbers of cases
from sentinel lab surveillance; and/or multiple unrelated clusters in several areas
of the country/territory/area.
• Pending: transmission classification has not been reported to WHO.

ii “Territories” include territories, areas, overseas dependencies and other jurisdictions

of similar status.

Country, territory, or area-specific updates and errata

No new updates/errata. For previous information, see the log of major changes
and errata in WHO daily aggregate case and death count data.