The number of new Covid-19 cases continues to increase across the world for the third consecutive week. 3.2 million new infections were recorded between 24 and 30 November, up 10% on the previous week. This rise was seen across all regions, with the exception of North America, where the number of cases fell by 12%.
After falling for a month, Covid-19 pandemic figures are again rising slightly in most regions of the world, but remain at a low level. The weekly proxy indicator for GDP is relatively stable or even on a slightly downward trend in the United States, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium and Japan.
The growth in the number of new Covid-19 cases continued for the fourth consecutive week in Europe. According to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University, European countries have recorded 59% (1.92 million out of a global total of 3.25 million) of new Covid-19 infections diagnosed in the last seven days (chart 1) [...]
The weekly number of new cases of Covid-19 in Europe has continued to increase, for the third consecutive week, with 1.7 million new infections between 29 September and 5 October, an increase of 17% compared to the previous week. The number of people frequenting shops and leisure facilities is very slightly above its pre-pandemic level in Belgium, while it has recently gone back to slightly below this level in Italy [...]
The downward trend in the number of new COVID-19 cases has continued worldwide for the seventh consecutive week. 3.6 million cases were reported between 6 and 12 September, down 16% from the previous week (Chart 1). Overall, the situation is continuing to improve noticeably in South America (-33%), North America (-20%) and Asia (-18%), but it has stabilised in Europe after falling for eight weeks. In Africa, the number of cases fell again (-12%) after rising slightly during the previous week [...]
The downward trend in the number of new Covid-19 cases continues worldwide. For the first time since the end of June, the number of infections has fallen below the symbolic 5 million weekly mark (seven-day moving average). Thus, 4 million new cases were recorded between 1 and 7 September, a 15% drop compared to the previous week (Chart 1) [...]
The global number of new Covid-19 cases has continued to decrease for the third consecutive week. 5.5 million new cases were recorded between 18 and 24 August, down 6% on the previous week. This drop was seen across all regions, with Africa down 21%, North and South America down 18%, Europe down 8% and Asia down 5% (chart 1) [...]
Between 5 and 12 July, 6.2 million new cases of Covid-19 were reported around the world, a 15% increase compared with the previous week and the fourth consecutive week of rising infections. Case numbers rose in all regions. Europe saw the largest increase (figure 1): infections rose by 20% to 3 million, representing 48% of the global total.
The number of new Covid-19 cases reported worldwide fell for the third consecutive week. For the first time since January 2022, the number of new cases for the week has fallen below the symbolic level of 10 million on average for a moving seven-day period. Some 8 million new cases were recorded between 7 and 14 April, a fall of 21% on the previous week (Chart 1) [...]
The Covid-19 pandemic slowed worldwide for the second consecutive week, with a significant 14% decline in the number of new cases reported between 31 March and 6 April compared to the previous week. New fact to notice: this improvement benefitted all regions (chart 1): South America and Africa (-27%), Asia (-20%), Europe (-11%) and North America (-5%). Meanwhile, vaccination campaigns continue to progress. To date, 11 [...]
After a week of stabilisation, global Covid-19 case numbers have started to fall again. 11 million new cases were recorded between 24 and 30 March, a 9% drop on the previous week. In more general terms, the number of new cases has continued to fall in North and South America, whilst Asia saw its first fall in case numbers after two months of near-continuous increases. In Europe, by contrast, the situation was stable for the second week in a row.
After a week of rises, figures for the Covid-19 pandemic have stabilised worldwide, albeit at a high level. 12 million new cases were recorded around the world in the week of 17-23 March, a figure similar to that in the previous week. However, the picture is uneven around the world.
Sixteen million new Covid-19 cases were confirmed during the week of 9-15 February, a 20% decline from the previous week. All regions reported declines, with new cases down 44% in North America, 34% in Africa, 26% in South America, 14% in Europe, and nearly 12% in Asia.
In the week of 2-8 February 2022, 19.9 million confirmed new cases of Covid-19 were reported worldwide, 14% less than the previous week. This is the second consecutive week of decline. All regions contributed to this decline: North America (-38%), Africa (-24%), South America (-17%) and Asia and Europe (nearly -5% each).
According to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University, more than 22 million new cases were recorded around the world between 27 January and 2 February, a fall of 3% on the previous week. Nearly 61.3% of the world’s population has now received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. The last two weeks have brought an increase in visits to retail and recreation facilities in Spain, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and the USA [...]
The number of new daily cases of Covid-19 has continued to rise in most parts of the world. Over the same period, several individual countries saw falls (Chart 4, black line): United Kingdom (-11%), USA (-9%), Argentina, Spain (both -5%), and Italy (-3%). Meanwhile, Japan (109%), Brazil (70%) and Germany (58%) stood out for their soaring case numbers. At the same time, vaccination doses hit the symbolic 10 billion mark.
On a weekly basis, the highest number of new cases in a single country was in the USA, followed by France and India, which stands out with a 117% surge in cases of). Visits to retail and leisure facilities remain on a downward trend in Spain and Italy, and although the most recent figures in Germany, Belgium, France, the US and the UK show an increase, the trend remains downward. In Japan, mobility now is falling fairly sharply after previously showing positive momentum for several months.
Some 3.82 million new cases of Covid-19 were recorded around the world in the week of 18-24 November, an 11% increase on the previous week. Europe and North America saw the biggest weekly increases, at 16% and 13.4% respectively, with Europe accounting for 61% of the world’s new cases, or 2.32 million new infections. In other regions, falls in infection numbers were reported in Asia, South America and Africa.
The curve of new Covid-19 cases is holding to an upward trajectory in most regions of the world. As to retail and leisure footfall, it is still trending downwards in Germany and Italy, at a much faster pace than in France, Spain or the UK. Belgium stands apart because its retail and leisure footfall has been relatively stable during the recent period. This is also the case for the United States, while in Japan, the trend has begun to decline again after several months of positive momentum [...]
Having been in decline for around two months, the number of Covid-19 cases is rising worldwide. Three million new cases were reported between 27 October and 2 November, up 3.2% relative to the previous week. This concerns all parts of the world an in particular Europe, where the number of cases is climbing fast (+11.8%) (Chart 1): 1.54 million new cases out of a global total of 3 million have been recorded in Europe (51% of the total) [...]
Portugal’s vaccination campaign seems to be paying off. It is the country that has vaccinated the most people in Europe – and one of the most advanced in the world – with nearly 85% of the population fully vaccinated at the end of September. The number of Covid-19 cases has fallen sharply after a surge in June-July due to the spread of the Delta variant [...]
New cases of Covid-19 have been rising again in Korea, with more than 300 cases per day on average since mid-November (349 on Nov 24). The number of new infections had remained stable (under 100 new cases per day) since mid-September. The government reinforced social distancing measures twice (on Nov 19 and 24), raising the level of alert to 2 (on a scale of 5) in the Seoul area, the main seat of recent infections [...]
In early June, the World Health Organization declared Latin America as the new epicentre of the Covid-19 pandemic. Only Chile has managed so far to “bend” the curve of new cases. Peru also seemed on track but its decline was interrupted and its curve has since flattened. Both countries have faced however high death tolls relative to the size of their population [...]
Over the past decennia, hospital capacity has been gradually reduced in most OECD countries, as major health care innovations have resulted in a gradual shift towards more extra-muros care. Nevertheless, countries with the oldest populations such as Japan and Germany have maintained a large hospital capacity. In Germany, the number of acute beds is two to three times larger than in some other major countries such as France, the UK, and Italy [...]
