[2], and the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 dashboard shows that between 31 December 2019 and 9 December 2020
, 67,965,261 cases of COVID-19 have been reported, including 1,557,616 deaths — a 2.2 percent case fatality ratio. Within the same time frame, Africa has recorded 2,288,856 cases with 54,524 deaths — a 2.3 percent fatality rate. For a continent of 1.3 billion people, Africa has recorded a sixth of the total cases captured in the United States, despite a higher fatality rate. This is also approximately a third of cases in Brazil, who has a 2.7 percent fatality rate. Meanwhile, North and South America have a 2.6 percent case fatality ratio. While the economies in Europe, America and Asia have somewhat held up well, COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on even those with stronger health systems. Conversely, while African economies have shrunk, cases have remained within the global threshold, a departure from predicted infection rates.