World Vitals / Archived pandemic data
Maintain an archived COVID-19 data section for historical comparison and pandemic preparedness context.
COVID-19 pages should be archival-first and avoid implying real-time surveillance where official reporting has changed.
The primary charts now come from normalized database observations. Snapshot cards remain useful for latest values, but time series and paired relationships get chart types that match the question.
Database charts
These charts use normalized observations from the World Vitals database. Time-series charts show change; scatter plots show paired relationships where the data actually supports comparison.
World Health Organization
WHO GHO global both-sex observations show the long rise and the recent reversal.
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World Bank
A second life-expectancy series helps cross-check WHO and World Bank health baselines.
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World Health Organization
WHO GHO shows a sustained decline in deaths before age five per 1,000 live births.
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World Bank
The trend is one of the strongest global health stories in the database.
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World Bank
Health spending as a share of GDP is a system-pressure measure, not a direct health outcome.
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World Bank WDI
Each dot is one global year where GDP per person overlaps life expectancy.
Each dot is one paired year. Hover or focus a dot for both values and the year it represents.
World Bank WDI
Each dot is one global year linking infrastructure access to under-five mortality.
Each dot is one paired year. Hover or focus a dot for both values and the year it represents.
World Bank WDI
Paired annual observations show whether basic water and sanitation progress are moving together.
Each dot is one paired year. Hover or focus a dot for both values and the year it represents.
World Bank WDI
This relationship helps avoid treating expenditure as an automatic outcome measure.
Each dot is one paired year. Hover or focus a dot for both values and the year it represents.
WHO Disease Outbreak News
These records come from the daily World Vitals WHO Disease Outbreak News ingestion. They are source notices, not modelled case estimates.
Between 1 January and 5 October 2026, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia reported eight laboratory-confirmed cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection, including one death. Cases were detected across six locations: Al Jouf (1), Arar (...
WHO sourceOn 2 October 2026, WHO became aware through media reports of the death of an employee of the Irkutsk Antiplague Research Institute (APRI) of Siberia and the Far East, the Russian Federation. According to these reports, the individual died on 2 October followin...
WHO sourceSince the beginning of 2025 and as of 21 December 2025, a total of 19 cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS- CoV), including four deaths have been reported to WHO globally. Of the 19 cases, 17 were reported by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia...
WHO sourceFrom 1 January to 2 November 2025, a total of 20 412 suspected diphtheria cases, including 1 252 deaths (an average case fatality ratio [CFR] - 6 %) have been reported across eight Member States in the WHO African Region (Algeria, Chad, Guinea, Mali, Mauritani...
WHO sourceMetric snapshots
Snapshot and live-rate cards are kept separate from historical charts so they do not pretend to show a trend.
WHO Global Health Estimates identify ischaemic heart disease as the leading cause of death.
World Health Organization / 2021Active World Vitals watch page for the MV Hondius Andes hantavirus cluster.
World Health Organization / 2026World Bank world under-5 mortality estimate, deaths per 1,000 live births.
World Bank / 2024Related topics
Track mortality indicators and active public-health watches with cautious source-first language.
Respiratory disease surveillanceTrack influenza surveillance, symptoms, positivity, and seasonal signals from health authorities.
Outbreak monitoringTrack mpox outbreaks with WHO and Africa CDC source visibility.