Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[SvennoJ]

Weekly update. Reported deaths passed the 6 million world wide.

In total 10.4 million new cases were reported last week (down from 11.3 million) to a total of 443,707,325
Also another 52,849 more deaths were reported (down from 64,300) to a total of 6,009,357


The continents

Asia reported 4.48 million new cases (up from 3.97 million) and 13,380 more deaths (13,778 last week)
Europe reported 4.46 million new cases (down from 5.36 million) and 17,801 more deaths (down from 21,343)
South America reported 566K new cases (down from 990K) and 6,192 more deaths (down from 9,167)
North America reported 531K new cases (down from 730K) and 13,954 more deaths (down from 17,776)
Oceania reported 310K new cases (up from 206K) and 292 deaths (318 last week)
Africa reported 55.7K new cases (down from 84.9K) and 1,050 more deaths (down from 1,918)

Cases in Oceania are rising again since New Zealand has fallen to Omicron. Their first big outbreak. The wave is expected to peak at 30K cases a day.

Corners of the world


South Korea reported 1.29 million new cases (up from 909K) and 797 deaths (500 last week)
Japan reported 460K new cases (down from 509K) and 1,594 more deaths (1,557 last week)
USA reported 363K new cases (down from 508K) and 11,286 more deaths (down from 13,900)
Brazil reported 303K new cases (down from 607K) and 3,076 more deaths (down from 5,156)
Australia reported 170K new cases (down from 159K) and 258 deaths (262 last week)
Iran reported 56.3K new cases (down from 110K) and 1,427 more deaths (slightly down from 1,559)
India reported 51.6K new cases (down from 103K) and 1,396 more deaths (down from 2,250)
Canada reported 40.2K new cases (down from 42.9K) and 431 deaths (479 last week)
South Africa reported 11.8K new cases (down from 14.8K) and 372 deaths (847 last week)

Europe in detail

Waiting for Germany to come down while some countries are rising slightly again.