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 22, 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 remains unchanged: 38 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: Taiwan
- Africa: Liberia, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone
- Americas: Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
More new cases:
- Asia: Bhutan, China, India, Saudi Arabia
- Africa: Burundi, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Guinea, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Zambia
- Americas: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Canadá, Jamaica, Panama, Perú, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of América
- Europe: Andorra, San Marino
- Oceania: Marshall Islands, Samoa
About the same number of new cases (no change or plus/minus 2%):
- Asia: Japan, Uzbekistan
- Africa: Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, Mauritania, Sao Tome and Principe
- Americas: El Salvador
- Europe: Ukraine
Fewer new cases:
- Asia: Afghanistan, Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Timor Leste, United Arab Emirates, Palestinian territories, Yemen
- Africa: Angola, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda
- Americas: Belize, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela
- Europe: Albania, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
- Oceania: Australia, New Zealand
Less than half as many new cases:
- Asia: Azerbaijan, Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Cyprus, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Maldives, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Vietnam
- Africa: Algeria, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Libya, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Togo, Zimbabwe
- Americas: Argentina, Bolivia, Dominica, Ecuador, Honduras, México, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay
- Europe: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, United Kingdom
- Oceania: Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
Zero new cases:
- Asia: Tajikistan
- Africa: Benin, Central African Republic
- Oceania: Marshall Islands
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