Source: WHO public API V_MPX_VALIDATED_DAILY (https://xmart-api-public.who.int/MPX/V_MPX_VALIDATED_DAILY)
Method: for 31 Aug 2024, take the latest cumulative row for each ISO3 country with DATE<=2024-08-31 and sum TOTAL_CONF_CASES / TOTAL_CONF_DEATHS.
Global totals as of 2024-08-31 (confirmed):
TOTAL_CONF_CASES,105,956
TOTAL_CONF_DEATHS,231

Top 10 countries by TOTAL_CONF_CASES as of 2024-08-31:
COUNTRY,ISO3,TOTAL_CONF_CASES,TOTAL_CONF_DEATHS
United States of America,USA,33960,63
Brazil,BRA,12734,16
Spain,ESP,8240,3
Democratic Republic of the Congo,COD,4860,23
France,FRA,4307,0
Colombia,COL,4270,0
Mexico,MEX,4152,34
The United Kingdom,GBR,4058,0
Peru,PER,3950,23
Germany,DEU,3909,0

Top 10 countries in WHO Region of the Americas (AMRO) by TOTAL_CONF_CASES as of 2024-08-31:
COUNTRY,TOTAL_CONF_CASES,TOTAL_CONF_DEATHS
United States of America,33960,63
Brazil,12734,16
Colombia,4270,0
Mexico,4152,34
Peru,3950,23
Canada,1797,0
Chile,1462,3
Argentina,1181,2
Ecuador,610,3
Guatemala,406,1

Global monthly new confirmed cases from NEW_CONF_CASES:
July 2024,2197
August 2024,2310
Percent increase August vs July,5.14%