GET /continents/{continent}

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

Summary: Get COVID-19 statistics for a specific continent
Operation ID: getContinent
Auth: none

Returns COVID-19 statistics for a specific continent by name. This provides the same regional aggregate data as /continents but for a single continent. The response includes total metrics, per-capita calculations, and a complete list of countries included in that continent's aggregation. Use this when you need focused data on one region rather than all continents.

Original spec description

Returns COVID-19 data for a specific continent.

Usage Tips

- Valid continent names: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia/Oceania - URL-encode spaces: /continents/North%20America or /continents/Europe - The `strict` parameter enables exact name matching - The `countries` array lists all nations aggregated in the continent's totals - Use `yesterday=true` to see day-over-day changes for the continent

Parameters (5)

allowNull (string, query, optional)

Allow null values in response

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

continent (string, path, required)

Continent name

Constraints: {'enum': ['Africa', 'Asia', 'Australia/Oceania', 'Europe', 'North America', 'South America']}

strict (string, query, optional)

Strict search for continent name

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

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 COVID-19 data for North America curl https://disease.sh/v3/covid-19/continents/North%20America
Get COVID-19 data for Europe curl https://disease.sh/v3/covid-19/continents/Europe
Get COVID-19 data for Asia curl https://disease.sh/v3/covid-19/continents/Asia

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:30:58.533495 200 128ms
2026-03-23 10:21:32.927676 200 99ms
2026-03-23 09:30:20.716041 200 1189ms

Response Changes

WhenOldNew
2026-03-23 10:21:32.927676 6863d6273845 3d116337464b
2026-03-23 10:30:58.533495 3d116337464b ad875a08435a