GET continents

disease.sh:covid-19-api-disease.sh

Summary: Get COVID-19 statistics for all continents
Operation ID: getAllContinents
Auth: none

Returns an array of COVID-19 statistics for all continents. Each continent object aggregates data from its constituent countries, providing a regional view of the pandemic. The response includes total cases, deaths, recoveries, and per-capita metrics for each continent, plus a `countries` array listing which nations are included in each continent's totals. This is useful for regional analysis and comparing pandemic impact across different parts of the world.

Original spec description

Returns an array of COVID-19 data for all continents.

Usage Tips

- Use `sort=cases` to rank continents by total impact - The `countries` array shows which nations are aggregated into each continent total - Includes geographic center coordinates in `continentInfo` for mapping - Combine with `yesterday=true` for day-over-day continental comparisons - Available continents: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia/Oceania

Parameters (4)

allowNull (string, query, optional)

Allow null values in response

Constraints: {'enum': ['true', 'false']}

sort (string, query, optional)

Sort results by a specific field

Constraints: {'enum': ['cases', 'deaths', 'recovered', 'active', 'critical', 'tests']}

twoDaysAgo (string, query, optional)

Include data from two days ago

Constraints: {'enum': ['true', 'false', '1', '0']}

yesterday (string, query, optional)

Include yesterday's data

Constraints: {'enum': ['true', 'false', '1', '0']}

Examples (3)

TitleTypeURLAction
Get all continent data curl https://disease.sh/v3/covid-19/continents
Get continent data sorted by total cases curl https://disease.sh/v3/covid-19/continents?sort=cases
Get continent data sorted by deaths curl https://disease.sh/v3/covid-19/continents?sort=deaths

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:18:27.363297 200 94ms
2026-03-23 10:13:17.813815 502 87ms
2026-03-23 09:13:29.089630 200 100ms

Response Changes

WhenOldNew
2026-03-23 10:13:17.813815 391d9b992f31 33c27ae5ac2d
2026-03-23 10:18:27.363297 33c27ae5ac2d b0c797a498e0