Only few countries are reporting more new coronavirus infections compared with the previous two weeks. Global data trends show that the pandemic situation is improving. DW sums up the current situation in three charts.
By DW
Feb 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 two out of 188 countries and territories.
How has the COVID-19 trend evolved over the past weeks?
The situation improved further: 26 countries have reported more cases in the past two weeks compared with 14 days earlier.
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: Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
- Africa: Zimbabwe
- Oceania: New Zealand
More new cases:
- Asia: Bhutan, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor Leste
- Africa: Benin
- Americas: El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua Europe: Belarus, Iceland, Latvia, Russia
- Oceania: Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu
About the same number of new cases (no change or plus/minus 2%):
- Asia: Sri Lanka
- Africa: Ghana
- Americas: Chile, Guatemala, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Europe: Slovakia
Fewer new cases:
- Asia: Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, Mongolia, Oman, Turkey
- Africa: Burkina Faso, Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Eswatini, Guinea Bissau, Lesotho, Libya, Mauritius, Namibia, Niger, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Zambia
- Americas: Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, México, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay
- Europe: Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Romania, Switzerland, Ukraine
- Oceania: Australia, Samoa, Solomon Islands
Less than half as many new cases:
- Asia: Afghanistan, Armenia, Bangladesh, India, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Palestinian territories, Yemen
- Africa: Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tunisia, Uganda
- Americas: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama, Paraguay, Perú, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, United States of América, Venezuela
- Europe: Albania, Andorra, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Kosovo, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
- Oceania: Fiji
Zero new cases:
- Europe: Vatican
- Oceania: Marshall Islands
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