![]() ![]() Some countries may exclude certain categories of infections and deaths that others include (for example, probable infections) or have different criteria as to what may be counted as a COVID-19 infection or death. Countries may miss infections and deaths for any number of reasons, such as delays in processing testing data, lag in reporting, lack of testing, etc. The counts are based on the best available information accessible to Reuters at any given time. ![]() Is this data a complete count of every COVID-19 infection and death in all countries? If probable infections and deaths are not reported by a country, we only use confirmed infections and deaths. Total infections and deaths for each country include both confirmed and probable infections and deaths where that data is available. In other cases, we may defer to global health agencies such as the World Health Organisation or the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for missing historical data when the primary source does not make historical data available. In cases where the national count lags behind state figures, we may use those local figures to arrive at the total. We also occasionally get information from news conferences, press releases and verified tweets and social media posts by government officials. The figures largely come from official country, state, county and territory government and public health department websites. We also review that data for irregularities and correct it whenever better data becomes available. Reuters collates and checks coronavirus infection and death counts from countries and territories around the world each day. ![]()
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