COVID-19: Pandemic trends in three charts

COVID-19: Pandemic trends in three charts

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Only a few countries are reporting more new coronavirus infections compared with the previous two weeks. DW sums up the global data on the current situation in three charts.

By DW

Mar 25, 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 three out of 188 countries and territories.

Data visualization: COVID-19 global new case numbers trend - calendar week 12, 2022

How has the COVID-19 trend evolved over the past weeks?

The situation slightly deteriorated: 48 countries have reported more cases in the past two weeks compared with 14 days earlier.

Data visualization: COVID-19 global new case numbers trend - until calendar week 12, 2022

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:

Data visualization: COVID-19 global new case numbers trend - map calendar week 12, 2022

More than twice as many new cases:

  • Asia: Laos
  • Africa: Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone
  • Americas: Grenada Europe: Malta, Monaco
  • Oceania: Samoa, Vanuatu

More new cases:

  • Asia: Bhutan, Cyprus, Israel, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam
  • Africa: Angola, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Lesotho, Mali, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Sudan
  • Americas: Cuba, Honduras
  • Europe: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, United Kingdom
  • Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, Solomon Islands

About the same number of new cases (no change or plus/minus 2%):

  • Asia: Thailand
  • Europe: Czech Republic, Ukraine

Fewer new cases:

  • Asia: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Japan, Jordan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  • Africa: Botswana, Burundi, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, South Africa, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • Americas: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panamá, Perú, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of América, Uruguay
  • Europe: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary, Iceland, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden
  • Oceania: Fiji, Papua New Guinea

Less than half as many new cases:

  • Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Timor Leste, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Palestinian territories
  • Africa: Algeria, Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mozambique, Senegal, Somalia
  • Americas: Belize, Colombia, Guyana, México, Paraguay, Saint Lucia, Venezuela
  • Europe: Denmark, Estonia, Norway, Russia

Zero new cases:

  • Asia: Tajikistan
  • Europe: Vatican
  • Oceania: Marshall Islands

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