The Percentage change in confirmed COVID-19 cases over the last seven days relative to the previous seven days, 21 - 27 November 2022 as indicated by the World Health Organisation (WHO) indicates a rising trend in Latin America with a number of countries showing a possibilty of increase.
Europe which was on the high radar so far is showing a declining trend so is East Asia.
Globally, the number of new weekly cases remained stable (+2%) during the week of 21 to 27 November 2022 as compared to the previous week, with just under 2.7 million new cases reported.
The number of new weekly deaths decreased by 5% as compared to the previous week, with over 8400 new fatalities reported. As of 27 November 2022, over 637 million confirmed cases and over 6.6 million have been reported globally.
At the regional level, the number of newly reported weekly cases decreased across four of the six WHO regions: the African Region (-18%), the Eastern Mediterranean Region (-17%), the European Region (-14%), and the South-East Asia Region (-8%); while case numbers increased in two WHO regions: the Region of the Americas (+19%) and the Western Pacific Region (+8%). The number of newly reported weekly deaths decreased across three regions: the African Region (-79%), the European Region (-35%), and the Eastern Mediterranean Region (-20%); while death numbers increased in three WHO regions: the Region of the Americas (+21%), the Western Pacific Region (+9%), and the South-East Asia Region (+5%).
At the country level, the highest numbers of new weekly cases were reported from Japan (698 772 new cases; +18%), the Republic of Korea (378 751 new cases; +4%), the United States of America (296 882 new cases; +8%), France (230 871 new cases; -1%), and Italy (161 454 new cases; -27%). The highest numbers of new weekly deaths were reported from the United States of America (2611 new deaths; +16%), Japan (1000 new deaths; +42%), Brazil (535 new deaths; +113%), Italy (419 new deaths; -22%), and China (395 new deaths; -17%).
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 1–4. Additionally, data from previous weeks are continuously updated to retrospectively incorporate changes in reported COVID-19 cases and deaths made by countries.
[Source World Health Organisation COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update
Edition 120 published 30 November 2022]