WHO: Number of new weekly cases increased by 2% globally
Baku, November 17, AZERTAC
Globally, the number of new weekly cases increased by 2% during the week of 7 to 13 November 2022 as compared to the previous week, with over 2.3 million new cases reported, according to WHO.
The true number of incident cases is an underestimate due to a decline in testing globally. The number of new weekly deaths decreased by 30% as compared to the previous week, with over 7400 fatalities reported. As of 13 November 2022, over 632 million confirmed cases and over 6.5 million deaths have been reported globally.
At the regional level, the number of newly reported weekly cases decreased across three of the six WHO regions: the European Region (-21%), the Eastern Mediterranean Region (-12%) and the African Region (-8%); while case numbers increased in the Western Pacific Region (+18%), the South-East Asia Region (+15%) and the Region of the Americas (+12%). The number of new weekly deaths decreased across four regions: the African Region (-86%), the South-East Asia Region (-80%), the European Region (-41%) and the Region of the Americas (-10%); while the number of deaths increased in the Western Pacific Region (+14%) and the Eastern Mediterranean Region (+7%).
At the country level, the highest numbers of new weekly cases were reported from Japan (503 766 new cases; +25), the Republic of Korea (355 990 new cases; +19%), the United States of America (281 955 new cases; +6%), Germany (184 987 new cases; -25%), and China (171 745 new cases; -22%). The highest numbers of new weekly deaths were reported from the United States of America (2323 new deaths; -6%), Japan (552 new deaths; +41%), the Russian Federation (436 new deaths; -10%), China (410 new deaths; -24%), and France (390 new deaths; -10%).
Current trends in reported COVID-19 cases should be interpreted with caution as several countries have been progressively changing COVID-19 testing strategies, resulting in lower overall numbers of tests performed and consequently lower numbers of cases detected. COVID-19 prevalence surveys conducted in a number of countries have found that the number of reported COVID-19 cases is an underestimate of the actual number of cases in the population. 1,2,3,4 Additionally, data from previous weeks are continuously updated to retrospectively incorporate changes in reported COVID-19 cases and deaths made by countries.
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