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
Apr 15, 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 four out of 188 countries and territories.
How has the COVID-19 trend evolved over the past weeks?
The situation improved further: 39 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: Bhutan, Taiwan
- Africa: Mali, Namibia, Niger
- Americas: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados
More new cases:
- Asia: China, Iran, Japan, Uzbekistan
- Africa: Cameroon, Chad, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Guinea, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Zambia
- Américas: Bahamas, Canadá, El Salvador, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, México, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of América, Venezuela
- Europe: France, Malta, San Marino
- Oceania: Samoa
About the same number of new cases (no change or plus/minus 2%):
- Asia: Yemen
- Africa: Burundi, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, South África
- Americas: Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Europe: Ukraine
Fewer new cases:
- Asia: Afghanistan, Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cyprus, India, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Palestinian territories
- Africa: Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, South Sudan, Sudan
- Americas: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Panamá, Peru
- Europe: Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Luxembourg, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, United Kingdom
- Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
Less than half as many new cases:
- Asia: Azerbaijan, Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Georgia, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Syria, Vietnam
- Africa: Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Congo, Gambia, Lesotho, Libya, Mauritius, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe
- Americas: Argentina, Belize, Chile, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay
- Europe: Austria, Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland
- Oceania: Fiji, Papua New Guinea
Zero new cases:
- Asia: Tajikistan
- Africa: Benin, Central African Republic
- Oceania: Marshall Islands
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