Some countries are reporting more new coronavirus infections compared with the previous two weeks. Global data trends show that the pandemic isn’t over yet. DW sums up the current situation in three charts.
By DW
Feb 11, 2022
What’s the current global trend?
The goal for all countries is to make it to the blue section of the chart and stay there. Countries and territories in this section have reported no new cases for four weeks in a row.
Currently, that is the case for two out of 188 countries and territories.
How has the COVID-19 trend evolved over the past weeks?
The situation improved further: 66 countries have reported more cases in the past two weeks compared with the previous 14 days.
What is the current COVID-19 trend in my country?
Based on the newly reported case numbers – which can reflect local outbreaks as well as nationwide spread – in the past 28 days, countries and territories classify as follows:
More than twice as many new cases:
- Asia: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Georgia, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Syria, Timor Leste, Palestinian territories
- Africa: Libya
- Americas: Chile, El Salvador Europe: Belarus, Netherlands, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine
- Oceania: New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
More new cases:
- Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Cyprus, Iraq, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, Yemen
- Africa: Comoros, Egypt, Madagascar
- Americas: Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominica, Guatemala, Nicaragua
- Europe: Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, United Kingdom
About the same number of new cases (no change or plus/minus 2%):
- Asia: Maldives, Vietnam
- Americas: Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Fewer new cases:
- Asia: Israel, Laos, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan
- Africa: Algeria, Botswana, Cameroon, Eswatini, Gabon, Gambia, Lesotho, Liberia, Somalia, South Africa, Tunisia
- Americas: Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Canada, Cuba, Ecuador, Haiti, Honduras, México, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
- Europe: Albania, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, France, Vatican, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, North Macedonia, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
Less than half as many new cases:
- Asia: India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Qatar
- Africa: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Americas: Argentina, Bahamas, Bolivia, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Panamá, Perú, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Suriname, United States of America
- Europe: Andorra, Montenegro Oceania: Australia, Fiji, Samoa
Zero new cases:
- Oceania: Marshall Islands, Vanuatu
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