Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[SvennoJ]

Weekly update, coming down from from the Omicron wave. Only South Korea seems to not have peaked yet.

No updates from the Ukraine anymore, understandably. Cases were still high there, huddling together in bomb shelters is the last thing they could use right now. Terrible situation.

In total 11.3 million new cases were reported last week (down from 13.3 million) to a total of 433,301,743
Also another 64,300 deaths were reported (down from 72,143) to a total of 5,956,508


The continents

Europe reported 5.36 million new cases (down from 6.79 million) and 21,343 more deaths (down from 24,180)
Asia reported 3.97 million new cases (down from 4.81 million) and 13,778 more deaths (slightly up from 13,202)
South America reported 990K new cases (down from 1.29 million) and 9,167 more deaths (down from 10,922)
North America reported 730K new cases (down from 1.10 million) and 17,776 more deaths (down from 20,637)
Oceania reported 206K new cases (up from 164K) and 318 deaths (413 last week)
Africa reported 84.9K new cases (down from 110K) and 1,918 more deaths (down from 2,789)

Corners of the world

South Korea reported 909K new cases (up from 517K) and 500 deaths (271 last week)
Brazil reported 607K new cases (down from 773K) and 5,156 more deaths (down from 5,879)
Japan reported 509K new cases (down from 576K) and 1,557 more deaths (slightly up from 1,281)
USA reported 508K new cases (down from 796K) and 13,900 more deaths (down from 16.294)
Australia reported 159K new cases (up from 137K) and 262 deaths (353 last week)
Iran reported 110K new cases (down from 152K) and 1,559 more deaths (up from 1,170)
India reported 103K new cases (down from 218K) and 2,250 more deaths (down from 3,250)
Canada reported 42.9K new cases (down from 53.4K) and 479 deaths (624 last week)
South Africa reported 14.8K new cases (down from 17.1K) and 847 deaths (down from 1,447)

Europe in detail