Globally, during the week of 21 through 27 February 2022, the number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths has continued to decline by 16% and 10% respectively, as compared to the previous week (Figure 1). Across the six WHO regions, over 10 million new cases and over 60 000 new deaths were reported (Table 1). As of 27 February 2022, over 433 million confirmed cases and over 5.9 million deaths have been reported globally.

At the regional level, while the Western Pacific Region reported an increase (+32%) in the number of new weekly cases, all other regions reported decreases: the Eastern Mediterranean Region (-34%), the Region of the Americas (-30%), the African Region (-25%), the European Region (-24%), and the South-East Asia Region (-16%). The number of new weekly deaths increased in the Western Pacific (+22%) and the Eastern Mediterranean (+4%) Regions, while decreases were reported by the African Region (-59%), South-East Asia Region (-18%), Europe Region (-13%), and the Region of the Americas (-8%).

The highest numbers of new cases were reported from Germany (1 119 632 new cases; -8%), the Republic of Korea (1 032 008 new cases; +69%), the Russian Federation (920 697 new cases; -26%), Turkey (541 259 new cases; -10%), and Brazil (519 785 new cases; -33%).

The highest number of new deaths were reported from the United States of America (13 663 new deaths; 0%), the Russian Federation (5427 new deaths; +3%), Brazil (4361 new deaths; -26%), Mexico (2027 new deaths; +39%), and Turkey (1838 new deaths; -4%)

Sources:

World Health Organisation (WHO), 27^th February 2022