Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[SvennoJ]

Weekly update. The rise in cases has peaked, however many countries have not yet peaked and numbers are lower due to testing less. Deaths are rising faster now the residual decline in Delta wave deaths is getting overtaken by new Omicron deaths.

In total 21.1 million new cases were reported (down from 23.4 million) to a total of 391,316,273
Also another 75,811 more deaths were reported (up from 64,527) to a total of 5,743,438

Europe remains high while deaths slowly keep climbing, the USA seems to have come off relatively easy although not all states have peaked yet.

The continents

Europe reported 11.0 million new cases (slightly up from 10.8 million) and 22,943 more deaths (up from 20,781)
Asia reported 4.63 million new cases (slightly down from 4.80 million) and 14,242 more deaths (up from 10,499)
North America reported 2.73 million new cases (down from 4.51 million) and 24,003 more deaths (up from 22,260)
South America reported 2.24 million new cases (down from 2.70 million) and 11,380 more deaths (up from 8,973)
Africa reported 216K new cases (down from 256K) and 2,671 more deaths (slightly up from 2,430)
Oceania reported 209K new cases (down from 402K) and 572 deaths (620 last week)

Corners of the world

USA reported 2.23 million new cases (down from 3.88 million) and 18,869 more deaths (slightly up from 18,018)
India reported 1.22 million new cases (down from 1.95 million) and 7,924 more deaths (up from 4,307)
Brazil reported 1.18 million new cases (slightly down from 1.28 million) and 5,121 more deaths (up from 3,301)
Japan reported 586K new cases (up from 404K) and 397 deaths (173 last week)
Iran reported 210K new cases (up from 68.6K) and 325 deaths (184 last week)
Australia reported 194K new cases (down from 394K) and 537 deaths (547 last week)
South Korea reported 141K new cases (up from 74.3K) and 158 deaths (177 last week)
Canada reported 96K new cases (down from 125K) and 1,025 more deaths (slightly down from 1,144)
South Africa reported 20.6K new cases (slightly down from 21.9K) and 982 deaths (835 last week)

(Australia had a big correction this week, -22,767 cases last Sunday affecting both Australia's and Oceania's totals)

Despite reported cases in South Africa peaking 7 weeks ago, deaths are still slowly rising.

Europe in detail

Russia, Germany, Netherlands and Ukraine are still rising (and more Eastern European countries), more to the West has peaked and is declining.

Cases are still record high, weekly deaths are approaching last winter's wave numbers which were at 77K in the week ending Jan 1st 2021. That wave peaked at 100K deaths in the week ending Januari 29th, which has been the deadliest week so far. With measures already relaxing in many countries while others are yet to peak, plus deaths lagging 3+ weeks behind, Omicron can still become the deadliest wave despite being a lot milder :/

Global vaccination rate is now 51.12% (-1.23%)
A correction in Asia drove the vaccination rate down

South America 68.15% (+1.17%)
Europe 63.57% (+0.53%)
North America 60.56% (+0.43%)
Asia 59.75% (-0.76%)
Oceania 59.7% (+0.32%)
Africa 10.92% (+0.40%)

Last edited by SvennoJ - on 05 February 2022