Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[SvennoJ]

Weekly update. Reported case are going down rapidly, most countries are past the Omicron wave.


In total 13.3 million new cases were reported last week (down from 17.4 million) to a total of 421,956,726
Also another 72,143 more deaths were reported (down from 76,627) to a total of 5,892,208

Europe seems to have been hit the hardest with Omicron, declining now finally.

The continents

Europe reported 6.79 million new cases (down from 9.11 million) and 24,180 more deaths (slightly up from 23,782)
Asia reported 4.81 million new cases (down from 4.15 million) and 13,202 more deaths (down from 15,193)
South America reported 1.29 million new cases (down from 1.68 million) and 10,922 more deaths (down from 11,875)
North America reported 1.10 million new cases (down from 2.09 million) and 20,637 more deaths (down from 22,434)
Oceania reported 164K new cases (down from 198K) and 413 deaths (460 last week)
Africa reported 110K new cases (down from 147K) and 2,789 more deaths (2,883 last week)

Corners of the world

USA reported 796K new cases (down from 1.73 million) and 16,294 more deaths (down from 17,476)
Brazil reported 773K new cases (down from 972K) and 5,879 more deaths (down from 6,163)
Japan reported 576K new cases (down from 659K) and 1,281 more deaths (878 last week)
South Korea reported 517K new cases (up from 305K) and 271 deaths (176 last week)
India reported 218K new cases (down from 504K) and 3,250 more deaths (down from 6,869)
Iran reported 152K new cases (down from 241K) and 1,170 more deaths (756 last week)
Australia reported 137K new cases (down from 178K) and 353 deaths (409 last week)
Canada reported 53.4K new cases (down from 70.4K) and 624 deaths (833 last week)
South Africa reported 17.2K new cases (down from 18.8k) and 1,447 more deaths (up from 1,085)

Europe in detail
Germany and Russia have peaked, it looks like everyone should be on the way back down now.