流感的大流行新型肺炎现已造成全球超过961，000人死亡。
超过3110万人遍布全球被诊断出患有新冠肺炎病，该病由新型呼吸道病毒，根据约翰·霍普金斯大学系统科学与工程中心汇编的数据。通过临床手段或实验室测试进行诊断的标准因国家而异。然而，由于检测短缺、许多未报告的病例以及怀疑一些国家政府隐瞒或淡化疫情范围，实际数字被认为要高得多。
自从1997年发现第一例病例以来中国12月，病毒已经迅速传播到除南极洲以外的所有大陆。
美国是受影响最严重的国家，有超过680万确诊病例至少199，552人死亡。
根据约翰霍普金斯大学的数据，加州是美国病例最多的州，确诊病例超过78.6万人。加州其次是德克萨斯州和佛罗里达州，分别有超过713，000例和超过683，000例。
世界卫生组织正在追踪近170种新冠肺炎候选疫苗，其中至少有6种处于关键的第三阶段试验。
9月21日，晚上10:24
世卫组织称，全球病例增加了200万，但死亡人数下降
根据世界卫生组织的数据，上周全球新增新冠肺炎病例增加了200万，这是自大流行开始以来一周内的最高增幅。
然而，该组织报告称，在同一时间跨度内，全球范围内的死亡人数下降了10%。
2020年9月21日星期一，秘鲁利马，卫生工作者推出了一组约80名COVID患者，他们已经出院，正在从为利马泛美运动会建造的前运动员村出院，该运动员村被用作临时医院，治疗数百名新冠肺炎患者。(美联社照片/马丁·梅希亚)
美洲报告的死亡人数下降了22%，而欧洲报告的死亡人数上升了27%。
非洲是报告新发病例和死亡人数均下降的唯一地区。
世卫组织表示，东南亚占本周报告的新病例的35%，占所有死亡病例的25%。
9月21日，下午6:34
3个州的冠状病毒病例呈上升趋势
根据健康数据，截至上周，美国新的冠状病毒病例一直在增加。
根据COVID跟踪项目收集的州卫生数据，9月13日，该国新病例的七天平均增长率为13%。数据显示，三个州新增病例大幅增加。
数据显示，自9月3日以来，威斯康星州的新冠状病毒病例增加了156.3%。数据显示，自9月10日以来，犹他州七天平均新增冠状病毒病例激增117.6%。数据显示，自9月14日以来，爱达荷州新冠状病毒病例的七天平均值上升了17%。
美国广播公司新闻记者阿里耶·米特罗普洛斯对此报道有所贡献。
9月21日，下午3:37
世卫组织:目标是到2021年底分发20亿剂疫苗
这些国家不包括美国、中国和俄罗斯，占世界人口的64%。世卫组织领导人表示，他们的目标是到2021年底通过COVAX发放20亿剂疫苗，这将为世界78亿人口中的25.6%接种一剂疫苗。
“不能保证任何正在开发的疫苗都会起作用，”世卫组织总干事特德罗斯·阿德哈诺·格布雷耶苏斯博士在日内瓦说，但他补充说，“我们必须改变天地”，以确保公平获得诊断、治疗和疫苗。
世卫组织表示，高收入国家政府承诺在2020年10月9日前提供储备剂量的预付款。
一旦获得许可和批准，疫苗的分配将遵循世卫组织周一发布的分配框架，遵循公平和平等获得的原则，确保任何参与经济体都不会落后。
“疫苗竞赛是一场合作而不是竞赛，”特德罗斯说，“这符合每个国家的最佳利益，我们要么一起沉，要么一起游。”
Coronavirus live updates: Cases on the rise in 3 states
A pandemic of thenovel coronavirushas now killed more than 961,000 people worldwide.
Over 31.1 million peopleacross the globehave been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused bythe new respiratory virus, according todata compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The criteria for diagnosis -- through clinical means or a lab test -- has varied from country-to-country. Still, the actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some national governments are hiding or downplaying the scope of their outbreaks.
Since the first cases were detected inChinain December, the virus has rapidly spread to every continent except Antarctica.
The United States is the worst-affected country, with more than 6.8 million diagnosed cases andat least 199,552 deaths.
California has the most cases of any U.S. state, with more than 786,000 people diagnosed, according to Johns Hopkins data. California is followed by Texas and Florida, with over 713,000 cases and over 683,000 cases, respectively.
Nearly 170 vaccine candidates for COVID-19 are being tracked by the World Health Organization, at least six of which are in crucial phase three trials.
Sep 21, 10:24 pm
Worldwide cases up by 2 million but deaths down, says WHO
The number of new global COVID-19 cases increased by 2 million in the last week, the highest one-week jump since the pandemic began, according the the World Health Organization.
However fatalities decreased by 10% worldwide over the same time span, the organization reported.
Health workers wheel out a group of about 80 COVID patients who have been discharged and are being released from the former Athletes Village built for Lima's Panamerican Games, which is used as a temporary hospital treating hundreds of COVID-19 patients in Lima, Peru, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
The Americas reported a 22% decrease in deaths, while Europe reported a 27% increase.
Africa is the only region to report declines in both new cases and deaths.
Southeast Asia accounted for 35% of the week's new cases reported and 25% of all deaths, the WHO said.
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Sep 21, 6:34 pm
Coronavirus cases on the rise in 3states
As of last week, new coronavirus cases in the U.S. have been increasing, according to health data.
On Sept. 13, the seven-day average for new cases in the country jumped by 13%, according to state health data collected by the COVID Tracking Project. Three states saw major increase in new cases, according to the data.
Since Sept. 3, new coronavirus cases in Wisconsin have increased by 156.3%, the data showed.The seven-day average of new coronavirus cases has in Utah surged by 117.6% since Sept. 10, according to the data. Theseven-day average of new coronavirus cases in Idaho jumped by 17% since Sept. 14, the data showed.
ABC News' Arielle Mitropoulos contributed to this report.
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Sep 21, 3:37 pm
WHO: Aims to distribute 2 billion vaccinedosesby the end of 2021
The nations, which do not include the U.S., China and Russia, represent 64% of the world’s population. WHO leaders said their target is to issue 2 billion vaccine doses through COVAX by the end of 2021, which would vaccinate around 25.6% of the world's 7.8 billion population,under a one-dose regimen.
undefinedMORE: World Health Organization announces distribution plan for COVID-19 vaccine
"There's no guarantee that any vaccine in development will work," WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in Geneva, but he added, "we must move heaven and earth" to ensure equitable access to diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines.
Higher income governments are committed to provide an upfront payment to reserve doses by Oct. 9, 2020, WHO said.
The allocation of vaccines, once licensed and approved, will be guided by an Allocation Framework released Monday by WHO following the principle of fair and equitable access, ensuring no participating economy will be left behind.
"The race for vaccines is a collaboration not a contest," Tedros said, "It's in every country's best interest, we sink or we swim together."
