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). […]
Read MoreGlobally, during the week of 7 to 13 February 2022, the number of new COVID-19 cases decreased by 19% as compared to the number reported during the previous week, while the number of new deaths remained similar to that of the previous week (Figure 1). Across the six WHO regions, just over 16 million new […]
Read MoreGlobally, during the week of 24 to 30 January 2022, the number of new COVID-19 cases remained similar to the number reported during the previous week, while the number of new deaths increased by 9% (figure 1). Across the six WHO regions, over 22 million new cases and over 59 000 new deaths were reported […]
Read MoreDuring the week 1 to 7 November 2021, a slight upward trend (1% increase) in new weekly cases was observed, with just over 3.1 million new cases reported (Figure 1). The WHO European Region reported a 7% increase in new weekly cases as compared to the previous week, while other regions reported declines or stable […]
Read MoreGlobally, the numbers of weekly COVID-19 cases and deaths continued to decline. This is a trend that has been observed since August (Figure 1). Over 3.1 million new cases and just over 54 000 new deaths were reported during the week of 27 September to 3 October 2021. Cases this week decreased by 9% as […]
Read MoreGlobally, the number of new cases reported this week remained similar to that of the previous week. With over 4.4 million new cases reported this week (30 August-5 September; Figure 1), the global incidence of COVID-19 cases has remained stable over the past month. In the past week, all regions reported either a decline (Regions […]
Read MoreCurrent 3rd wave statistics in South Africa: Cases -26% Tests -8% Test positivity at 15.9% Hospitalisations -15% Deaths -15% The below graphs show over a 7 day period: Average daily COVID-19 cases per week Average daily test positivity rates per week New COVID-19 hospital admissions per week Average daily COVID-19 deaths per week Sources: Ridhwaan […]
Read MoreThe global number of new cases has been increasing for the last two months, with over 4.4million cases reported in the past week (9 – 15 August 2021) (Figure 1). This increasing trend is largely attributed to increases in the Western Pacific Region and the Region of the Americas which reported 14% and 8% increases […]
Read MoreGauteng – 34.4% of new cases Western Cape – 16.9% of new cases KwaZulu-Natal – 16.4% of new cases each Eastern Cape – 9.3% of new cases each Free State – 5.3% of new cases each Mpumalanga – 5.2% of new cases North-West – 5.2% of new cases each Limpopo – 4.5% of new cases […]
Read MoreThe global number of new cases has been increasing for more than a month, with over 4 million cases reported in the past week (26 July to 1 August 2021) (Figure 1). This increasing trend is largely attributed to substantial increases in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Western Pacific Regions which reported 37% and 33% […]
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