Universal mask use could save nearly 250,000 lives globally. View reported mask use by WHO region, including countries with the highest and lowest reported rates.
Infographics
June 18, 2020
Wear a mask whenever you are in public to help curb the spread of COVID-19, and encourage others to do the same. Widespread mask use may temper or even help prevent a second wave of the pandemic.
Blog
January 8, 2021
This week, IHME has decided not to release new projections due to significant delays in death reporting during and following the holidays.
January 8, 2021
IHME’s COVID-19 projections show that a fast vaccine rollout has the potential to save many lives globally. A fast vaccine rollout will also accelerate our return to normalcy. To date, delays in vaccination have occurred in many countries, including the US. Intensified efforts to ensure faster delivery are critical to slow the course of the pandemic in the coming months. Some countries such as Israel have achieved dramatic gains in vaccination coverage in a short period demonstrating that rapid scale-up is possible.
November 24, 2020
Analysis by IHME comparing the risk of dying from COVID-19 by race and ethnicity confirms that Hispanic, Latino, and Black Americans are more likely to die from COVID-19 than non-Hispanic whites.
Videos
October 8, 2020
El director de IHME y principal modelador de COVID-19, el Dr. Christopher J.L. Murray, explica qué es la inmunidad colectiva y por qué es poco probable que las comunidades hayan alcanzado la inmunidad colectiva, y ciertamente no se ha alcanzado en los Estados Unidos ni en Europa.
October 2, 2020
Disha Patel, IHME Software Development Manager, explains how to use our COVID-19 model's "scenarios" feature, which helps policymakers understand how different policy decisions could affect the course of the pandemic.
October 1, 2020
Herd immunity is not an effective strategy for addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. IHME Director and lead COVID-19 modeler Dr. Christopher Murray busts myths about the strategy and provides insights on more effective solutions to the global crisis.