The World Health Organization’s (WHO) weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19, released June 1, 2022, reported that the number of new weekly cases has continued to decline since a peak in January 2022 globally.
During the week of May 23 until 29, 2022, over 3.3 million cases were reported, an 11% decrease as compared to the previous week.
The number of new weekly deaths also continues to decline, with over 9 600 fatalities reported, representing a 3% decrease as compared to the previous week.
At the regional level, the number of new weekly cases increased in the American Region (+9%) and in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (+1%), while it decreased in the remaining four WHO regions.
The number of new weekly deaths increased in the Western Pacific Region (+18%), in the African Region (+15%), and in the Region of the Americas (+13%), while decreasing trends were observed in the remaining three regions.
At the country level, the highest number of new weekly cases were reported from the United States of America (736 298 new cases; +3%), China (576 367 new cases; +6%), Australia (294 128 new cases; -18%), Japan (203 365 new cases; -18%), and Germany (183 844 new cases; -38%).
The highest number of new weekly deaths were reported from the United States of America (2 461 new deaths; +25%), Brazil (826 new deaths; +16%), Italy (624 new deaths; -15%), the Russian Federation (605 new deaths; -11%), and China (578 new deaths; +82%)
As of May 29, 2022, over 526 million confirmed cases and over six million deaths have been reported globally.
