This article documents the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, in August 2021. The first human cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
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No new countries or territories confirmed their first cases during August 2021.
By the end of August, only the following countries and territories have not reported any cases of SARS-CoV-2 infections:
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Two previously reported cases have also been reclassified, giving a net increase of three.