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COVID-19WeeklyEpidemiologicalUpdate

Edition156published17August2023

Inthisedition:

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Globaloverview

HospitalizationsandICUadmissions

SARS-CoV-2variantsofinterestandvariantsundermonitoring

WHOregionaloverviews

Globaloverview

Dataasof13August2023

Inthelast28-dayperiod(17Julyto13August2023),over1.4millionnewCOVID-19casesandover2300deathswerereportedfromWHO’ssixregionsi,anincreaseof63%andadecreaseof56%,respectively,comparedtotheprevious28days(Figure1,Table1).Asof13August2023,over769millionconfirmedcasesandover6.9milliondeathshavebeenreportedglobally.WhilefourWHOregionshavereporteddecreasesinthenumberofbothcasesanddeaths,theWesternPacificRegionhasreportedanincreaseincasesandadecreaseindeaths.

EvenbeforethediscontinuationofthePublicHealthEmergencyofInternationalConcernforCOVID-19,andinthecontextofongoingintegrationofCOVID-19datawithotherrespiratorydiseasedata,manycountriesareshiftingawayfromCOVID-19-specificreportingtowardsintegratedrespiratorydiseasesurveillance.InthecontextofhighvariabilityinthetimelinessofCOVID-19reportsproducedbyMemberStatesintheAmericas,asofAugust2023PAHO/WHOhaspauseditsspecificCOVID-19EpidemiologicalUpdate.SubsequentCOVID-19

surveillancewillcontinuethroughtheInfluenzaadOtherRespiratoryVirusesbulletinanddashboardsavailable

here:

/en/topics/influenza-and-other-respiratory-viruses

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InthisWEUedition,wehaveincludedallavailabledatafromtheRegionoftheAmericassincethestartofthepandemicupto6August2023intheglobalfigures.However,28-daycomparisonsforthisRegionanditsMemberStatesarenotpresentedasthedataforthereportingperiodwasincomplete.

AscountriesdiscontinueCOVID-19-specificreportingandintegraterespiratorydiseasesurveillance,WHOwillcontinuetouseallavailablesourcestocontinuemonitoringtheCOVID-19epidemiologicalsituation.COVID-19continuestobeamajorthreatandWHOurgesMemberStatestomaintain,notdismantle,theirestablishedCOVID-19infrastructure.Itiscrucialtosustainearlywarning,surveillanceandreporting,varianttracking,earlyclinicalcareprovision,administrationofvaccineboosterstohigh-riskgroups,improvementsinventilation,andregularcommunication.

Currently,reportedcasesdonotaccuratelyrepresentinfectionratesduetothereductionintestingandreportingglobally.Duringthis28-dayperiod,44%(104of234)ofcountriesreportedatleastonecasetoWHO–aproportionthathasbeendecliningsincemid-2022.Itisimportanttonotethatthisstatisticdoesnotreflecttheactualnumberofcountrieswherecasesexist.Additionally,datafrompreviousweeksarecontinuouslybeingupdatedtoincorporateretrospectivechangesinreportedCOVID-19casesanddeathsmadebycountries.Datapresentedinthisreportarethereforeincompleteandshouldbeinterpretedinlightoftheselimitations.SomecountriescontinuetoreporthighburdensofCOVID-19,includingincreasesinnewlyreportedcasesand,more

iNote:TheRegionsoftheAmericashasnotreportedCOVID-19specificdatasince6August,whichwillimpacttheinterpretationoftheGlobal

overview.

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Wepresentchangesinepidemiologicaltrendsusinga28-dayinterval.Disaggregateddataarestillaccessibleonthe

WHOCOVID-19dashboard

,wherethefulldatasetisavailablefordownload.GlobalandnationaldataonSARS-CoV-2PCRpercentpositivityareavailableon

WHO’sintegrateddashboardprovidedbytheGlobal

InfluenzaProgramme

.RecentdatashowthattheSARS-CoV-2PCRpercentpositivityratefromreportingcountriesaveragesapproximately8%.

Figure1.COVID-19casesreportedbyWHORegion,andglobaldeathsby28-dayintervals,asof13August2023(A);

30Januaryto13August2023(B)**§

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Attheregionallevel,thenumberofnewlyreportedcaseswithina28-dayperiodhasdecreasedacrossfourofthefiveWHOregions:theAfricanRegion(-80%),theSouth-EastAsiaRegion(-51%),theEuropeanRegion(-18%),andtheEasternMediterraneanRegion(-16%);whilecasenumbersincreasedintheWesternPacificRegion(+97%).Thenumberofnewlyreporteddeathswithina28-dayperiodhasdecreasedacrossfivereportingregions:theAfricanRegion(-78%),theSouth-EastAsiaRegion(-62%),theEuropeanRegion(-57%),theWesternPacificRegion(-46%),andtheEasternMediterraneanRegion(-15%).

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WesternPacific

Atthecountrylevel,thehighestnumbersofnewcasesreportedwithinthe28-dayperiodwerefromtheRepublicofKorea(1209194newcases;+140%),Australia(30402newcases;-52%),Singapore(18806newcases;-40%),Italy(18419newcases;+10%)andtheUnitedKingdom(16938newcases;+60%).Thehighestnumbersofnew28-daydeathswerereportedfromtheRepublicofKorea(340newdeaths;+91%),Australia(201newdeaths;-77%),theRussianFederation(182newdeaths;-54%),thePhilippines(162newdeaths;+5300%)andItaly(159newdeaths;-28%).

Table1.NewlyreportedandcumulativeCOVID-19confirmedcasesanddeaths,byWHORegion,asof13August2023**

WHORegion

Newcasesinlast28days(%)

Changeinnewcasesinlast28days*

Cumulativecases(%)

Newdeathsinlast28days(%)

Changeinnewdeaths inlast28days*

Cumulativedeaths(%)

206288782(27%)

1289940(91%)

416001(6%)

863(36%)

97%

-46%

Europe

275849815(36%)

2246573(32%)

80436(6%)

741(31%)

-18%

-57%

Americas§

44370(3%)

NA￥

193210684(25%)

659

(28%)

NA

2958886(43%)

South-EastAsia

5075(<1%)

-51%

61200084(8%)

75

(3%)

-62%

806639(12%)

Eastern

Mediterranean

1497(<1%)

-16%

23386319(3%)

23

(1%)

-15%

351379(5%)

Africa

1220(<1%)

-80%

9546776(1%)

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(<1%)

-78%

175420(3%)

Global

769483224(100%)

6954911(100%)

1422538(100%)

2366(100%)

-56%

63%

*Percentchangeinthenumberofnewlyconfirmedcases/deathsinthepast28days,comparedto28daysprior.Datafrompreviousweeksare

updatedcontinuouslywithadjustmentsreceivedfromcountries.

§ThedatafromtheRegionoftheAmericasareuntil6August2023andshouldnotbeinterpretedasadecliningtrend.￥NArepresentsnotavailable

**SeeAnnex1:Data,table,andfigurenotes

ThelatestdataandotherupdatesonCOVID-19,pleasesee:

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WHOCOVID-19Dashboard

WHOMonthlyOperationalUpdate

andpasteditionsoftheWeeklyEpidemiologicalUpdateonCOVID-19

WHOCOVID-19detailedsurveillancedatadashboard

WHOCOVID-19policybriefs

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Figure2.PercentagechangeinconfirmedCOVID-19casesoverthelast28daysrelativetotheprevious28days,asof13August2023**§

**SeeAnnex1:Data,table,andfigurenotes

§ThedatafromtheRegionoftheAmericasareuntil6August2023.

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Figure3.PercentagechangeinconfirmedCOVID-19deathsoverthelast28daysrelativetotheprevious28days,asof13August2023**§

**SeeAnnex1:Data,table,andfigurenotes

§ThedatafromtheRegionoftheAmericasareuntil6August2023.

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HospitalizationsandICUadmissions

Atthegloballevel,duringtheanalysed28-dayperiod(10Julyto6August2023),26of234countriesreportedtoWHOatotalof43193newhospitalizations,and23of234countriesreportedtoWHOatotalof654newintensivecareunit(ICU)admissions(Figure4).Thisrepresentsa3%and55%decreaseinhospitalizationsandICUadmissions,respectively,comparedtotheprevious28days(12Juneto9July2023).NotethattheabsenceofreporteddatafromothercountriestotheWHOdoesnotimplythattherearenoCOVID-19relatedhospitalizationsinthosecountries.Thepresentedhospitalizationdataarepreliminaryandmightchangeasnewdatabecomeavailable.Furthermore,hospitalizationdataaresubjecttoreportingdelays.ThesedataalsolikelyincludebothhospitalizationswithincidentalcasesofSARS-CoV-2infectionandthoseduetoCOVID-19disease.

Globally,duringthepast28days,ofthe26(11%)countriesthatreporteddatatoWHOonnewhospitalizationsatleastonce(Figure5),theEuropeanRegionhadthehighestproportionofcountriesreporting(15countries;25%),followedbytheSouth-EastAsiaRegion(twocountries;20%),theWesternPacificRegion(threecountries;9%),theRegionoftheAmericas(fourcountries;7%),theEasternMediterraneanRegion(onecountry;5%),andtheAfricanRegion(onecountry;2%).Theproportionofcountriesthatconsistentlyiireportednewhospitalizationsfortheperiodwas7%(17countries)(Table2).

Amongthe17outof234countriesconsistentlyreportingnewhospitalizationstoWHO,six(35%)countriesregisteredanincreaseof20%orgreaterinhospitalizationsduringthepast28dayscomparedtotheprevious28-dayperiod:Bangladesh(1615vs210;669%),Kyrgyzstan(10vsfour;+150%),Greece(1322vs816;+62%),Malta(152vs105;45%),theUnitedStatesofAmerica(32322vs24488;+32%)andMexico(863vs679;+27%).ThehighestnumbersofnewhospitalizationswerereportedfromtheUnitedStatesofAmerica(32322vs24488;+32%),Malaysia(2881vs3833;-25%),andBangladesh(1615vs210;+669%).

Globally,inthepast28days,23(10%)countriesreporteddatatoWHOonnewICUadmissionsatleastonce(Figure5).Amongthem,theEuropeanRegionhadthehighestproportionofreportingcountries(14countries;23%),followedbytheWesternPacificRegion(fivecountries;14%),theSouth-EastAsiaRegion(onecountry;10%),andtheRegionoftheAmericas(threecountries;5%).TheAfricanRegionandtheEasternMediterraneanRegiondidnotreportICUadmissiondataduringtheperiod.TheproportionofcountriesthatconsistentlyreportednewICUadmissionsfortheperiodwas5%(12countries)(Table2).

Amongthe12countriesconsistentlyreportingnewICUadmissionstoWHO,two(17%)countriesshowedanincreaseof20%orgreaterinnewICUadmissionsduringthepast28dayscomparedtotheprevious28-dayperiod:Latvia(sixvstwo;+200%)andGreece(26vs20;+30%).ThehighestnumbersofnewICUadmissionswerereportedfromBrazil(385vs714;-46%),Australia(94vs171;-45%),andItaly(57vs77;-26%).

ii“Consistently”asusedherereferstocountriesthatsubmitteddatafornewhospitalizationsandintensivecareunitadmissionsforthe

eightconsecutiveweeks(forthereportingandcomparisonperiod).

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Table2.NewhospitalizationsandICUadmissionsinthelast28days(withpercentchange)byWHORegion,10Julyto6August2023comparedto12Juneto9July2023

Region

Newhospitalizationsfromcountriesthat

reportedconsistentlyinthelasttwo28-day

periods

NewICUadmissionsfromcountriesthat

reportedconsistentlyinthelasttwo28-day

periods

Numberof

countries*(percentage)

Numberofnewhospitalizations

Percentchange

Numberof

countries*(percentage)

NumberofnewICU

admissions

Percentchange

Africa

1/50(2%)

10

-62%

0/50(<1%)

NA**

NA

Americas

3/56(5%)

34287

26%

2/56(4%)

397

-46%

EasternMediterranean

0/22(<1%)

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0/22(<1%)

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European

9/61(15%)

3453

-16%

6/61(10%)

111

-13%

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2/10(20%)

1754

120%

1/10(10%)

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-74%

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2/35(6%)

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-28%

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42415

17%

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633

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*Tobeabletocomparetwoperiods,onlythecountriesreportedconsistentlyinboththelastandprevious28daysperiodsareincludedinthetable**NArepresentsnotavailable

Figure4.COVID-19cases,deaths,hospitalizations,andICUadmissionsreportedweeklytoWHO,asof6August2023

Note:Recentweeksaresubjecttoreportingdelaysanddatamightnotbecomplete,notetointerpretthedatawithcaution.Casesincludedingrey

barsinthegraphareonlyfromcountriesreportinghospitalizationsorICUadmissions,respectively.

Source:

WHODetailedSurveillanceDashboard

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Figure5.WeeklyproportionofcountriesreportingnewhospitalizationsandICUadmissions,epidemiologicalweek1of2020toweek31of2023

Note:Recentweeksaresubjecttoreportingdelaysandshouldnotbeinterpretedasadecliningtrend.

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SARS-CoV-2variantsofinterestandvariantsundermonitoring

Geographicspreadandprevalence

Globally,from17Julyto13August2023(28days),9052SARS-CoV-2sequencesweresharedthroughGISAID.

WHOiscurrentlytrackingseveralSARS-CoV-2variants,including:

?Threevariantsofinterest(VOIs);XBB.1.5,XBB.1.16andEG.5.

?Sevenvariantsundermonitoring(VUMs)andtheirdescentlineages;BA.2.75,BA.2.86,CH.1.1,XBB,XBB.1.9.1,XBB.1.9.2andXBB.2.3.

On17August2023,WHOdesignatedanewSARS-CoV-2variant,thathasbeenassignedthescientificname(Pango-lineagedesignation)BA.2.86asaVUMduetothelargenumber(>30)ofspikegenemutationsitcarries.Currently,thereareonlyfourknownsequencesofthisvariantreportedfromtwocountriesintheEuropeanRegionandonecountryintheRegionoftheAmericaswithnoknownassociatedepidemiologicalconnections.ThepotentialimpactoftheBA.2.86mutationsarepresentlyunknownandundergoingcarefulassessment(Table3).WHOcontinuestocallforbettersurveillance,sequencingandreportingofCOVID-19asthisviruscontinuestocirculateandevolve.

Globally,XBB.1.16andEG.5arethemostprevalentVOIsreportedsincetheiremergencefrom101and50countries,respectively.Inepidemiologicalweek30(24to30July2023),bothXBB.1.16andEG.5accountedfor21.1%ofsequenceswithEG.5comprisingofa2-foldincreaseincomparisontoaprevalenceof10.2%inepidemiologicalweek26(26Juneto2July2023)(Table3).Additionalinformationcanbefoundinthe

InitialRiskEvaluation

thatwasfinalizedon9August2023.

XBB.1.5,reportedfromatotalof121countriesglobally,continuestoshowadecliningtrend.XBB.1.5accountedfor11.0%ofsequencesinweek30comparedto14.5%inweek26(Table3).

Table3showsthenumberofcountriesreportingtheVOIsandVUMsandtheirprevalencefromweek26toweek30.Duringthelastfiveweeks,theVOIandtheVUMsthathaveshownincreasingtrendsarehighlightedinorange,thosethathaveremainedstablearehighlightedinblue,whilethosewithdecreasingtrendsarehighlightedingreen.

AmongtheVUMs,XBB.1.9.2showedadecliningprevalencetrend,goingfrom7.1%inweek26to5.2%inweek30;whilstotherVUMshaveshownstabletrendsduringthesamereportingperiod(Table3).

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Table3.Weeklyprevalence(%)ofSARS-CoV-2VOIsandVUMs,week26toweek30of2023

Lineage

Countries§

Sequences§

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VOIs

XBB.1.5*

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46752

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42886

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68382

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102

55183

15.3

13.5

12.5

11.6

14.7

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86

25989

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70

9437

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Unassigned

94

152253

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4.8

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Other+

209

6768445

10.8

11.2

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10.6

10.9

§Numberofcountriesandsequencesaresincetheemergenceofthevariants

*Includesdescendantlineages,exceptthoseindividuallyspecifiedelsewhereinthetable.Forexample,XBB*doesnotincludeXBB.1.5,XBB.1.16,EG.5,XBB.1.9.1,XBB.1.9.2,andXBB.2.3

+”O(jiān)ther”representsothercirculatinglineagesexcludingtheVOI,VUMs,BA.1*,BA.2*,BA.3*,BA.4*,BA.5*.Duetodelaysinorretrospectiveassignmentofvariants,cautionshouldbetakenwheninterpretingtheprevalenceofthe“Other”category.

?PrevalenceforBA.2.86cannotbecalculatedduetotheverysmallnumbersofsequencesatthistime.

Additionalresources

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TrackingSARS-CoV-2Variants

WHOstatementonupdatedtrackingsystemonSARS-CoV-2variantsofconcernandvariantsofinterest

WHOXBB.1.5UpdatedRiskAssessment,20June2023

WHOXBB.1.16UpdatedRiskAssessment,5June2023

WHOEG.5InitialRiskEvaluation,9August2023

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WHOregionaloverviews

Datafor17Julyto13August2023

AfricanRegion

TheAfricanRegionreportedover1200newcases,an80%decreaseascomparedtotheprevious28-dayperiod.Two(4%)ofthe50countriesforwhichdataareavailablereportedincreasesinnewcasesof20%orgreater,withthehighestproportionalincreasesobservedinEthiopia(45vs26newcases;+73%)andTogo(sixvsfournewcases;+50%).ThehighestnumbersofnewcaseswerereportedfromMauritius(433newcases;34.0newcasesper100000;-35%),Zambia(278newcases;1.5newcasesper100000;-91%),andBurundi(142newcases;1.2newcasesper100000;-21%).

Thenumberofnew28-daydeathsintheRegiondecreasedby78%ascomparedtotheprevious28-dayperiod,withfivenewdeathsreported.ThenewdeathswerereportedfromBotswana(twonewdeaths;<1newdeathper100000;+100%),Zimbabwe(twonewdeaths;<1newdeathper100000;-78%),andZambia(onenewdeath;<1newdeathper100000;-87%).

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TheEasternMediterraneanRegionreportednearly1500newcases,a16%decreaseascomparedtotheprevious28-dayperiod.Nocountryhasreportedincreasesinnewcasesof20%orgreatercomparedtotheprevious28-dayperiod.ThehighestnumbersofnewcaseswerereportedfromAfghanistan(859newcases;2.2newcasesper100000;+4%),theIslamicRepublicofIran(510newcases;<1newcaseper100000;+14%),andMorocco(96newcases;<1newcaseper100000;-29%).

Thenumberofnew28-daydeathsintheRegiondecreasedby15%ascomparedtotheprevious28-dayperiod,with23newdeathsreported.ThenewdeathswerereportedfromtheIslamicRepublicofIran(15newdeaths;<1newdeathper100000;+15%)andAfghanistan(eightnewdeaths;<1newdeathper100000;-20%).

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EuropeanRegion

TheEuropeanRegionreportedover80000newcases,a18%decreaseascomparedtotheprevious28-dayperiod.Twelve(19%)ofthe61countriesforwhichdataareavailablereportedincreasesinnewcasesof20%orgreater,withthehighestproportionalincreasesobservedinIceland(88vs29newcases;+203%),Georgia(4039vs1701newcases;+137%),andSanMarino(43vs20newcases;+115%).ThehighestnumbersofnewcaseswerereportedfromItaly(18419newcases;30.9newcasesper100000;+10%),theUnitedKingdom(16938newcases;25.0newcasesper100000;+60%),andtheRussianFederation(12488newcases;8.6newcasesper100000;-40%).

Thenumberofnew28-daydeathsintheRegiondecreasedby57%ascomparedtotheprevious28-dayperiod,with741newdeathsreported.ThehighestnumbersofnewdeathswerereportedfromtheRussianFederation(182newdeaths;<1newdeathper100000;-55%),Italy(159newdeaths;<1newdeathper100000;-28%),andPortugal(112newdeaths;1.1newdeath

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South-EastAsiaRegion

TheSouth-EastAsiaRegionreportedover5000newcases,a51%decreaseascomparedtotheprevious28-dayperiod.Two(20%)ofthe10countriesforwhichdataareavailablereportedincreasesinnewcasesof20%orgreater,withthehighestproportionalincreasesobservedinNepal(32vs12newcases;+166%),andtheMaldives(sevenvsfournewcases;1.3newcasesper100000;+75%).ThehighestnumbersofnewcaseswerereportedfromThailand(1533newcases;2.2newcasesper100000;-64%),Bangladesh(1420newcases;<1newcaseper100000;-32%),andIndia(1396newcases;<1newcaseper100000;similartothepreviousperiod).

Thenumberofnew28-daydeathsintheRegiondecreasedby62%ascomparedtotheprevious28-dayperiod,with75newdeathsreported.ThehighestnumbersofnewdeathswerereportedfromThailand(34newdeaths;<1newdeathper100000;-71%),Indonesia(21newdeaths;<1newdeathper100000;-59%),andBangladesh(12newdeaths;<1newdeathper100000;+71%).

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WesternPacificRegion

TheWesternPacificRegionreportedover1.2millionnewcases,a97%

increaseascomparedtotheprevious28-dayperiod.Five(14%)ofthe35

countriesforwhichdataareavailablereportedincreasesinnewcasesof20%

orgreater,withthehighestproportionalincreasesobservedintheFederated

StatesofMicronesia(64vssevennewcases;+814%),Niue(sevenvstwonew

cases;+250%)andtheRepublicofKorea(1209194vs501931newcases;

+140%).ThehighestnumbersofnewcaseswerereportedfromtheRepublic

ofKorea(1209194newcases;2358.5newcasesper100000;+140%),

Australia(30402newcases;119.2newcasesper100000;-52%),and

Singapore(18806newcases;321.5newcasesper100000;-40%).

Thenumberofnew28-daydeathsintheRegiondecreasedby46%as

comparedtotheprevious28-dayperiod,with863newdeathsreported.The

highestnumbersofnewdeathswerereportedfromtheRepublicofKorea

(340newdeaths;<1newdeathper100000;+91%),Australia(201new

deaths;<1newdeathper100000;-78%),andthePhilippines(162new

deaths;<1newdeathper100000;+5300%).

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Annex1.Data,table,andfigurenotes

Datapresentedarebasedonofficiallaboratory-confirmedCOVID-19casesanddeathsreportedtoWHObycountry/territories/areas,largelybaseduponWHO

casedefinitions

and

surveillanceguidance

.Whilestepsaretakentoensureaccuracyandreliability,alldataaresubjecttocontinuousverificationandchange,andcautionmustbetakenwheninterpretingthesedataasseveralfactorsinfluencethecountspresented,withvariableunderestimationoftruecaseanddeathincidences,andvariabledelaystoreflectingthesedataatthegloballevel.Casedetection,inclusioncriteria,testingstrategies,reportingpractices,anddatacut-offandlagtimesdifferbetweencountries/territories/areas.Asmallnumberofcountries/territories/areasreportcombinedprobableandlaboratory-confirmedcases.DifferencesaretobeexpectedbetweeninformationproductspublishedbyWHO,nationalpublichealthauthorities,andothersources.

Arecordofhistoricdataadjustmentmadeisavailableuponrequestbyemailing

epi-data-support@

.Pleasespecifythecountriesofinterest,timeperiod,andpurposeoftherequest/intendedusage.Priorsituationreportswillnotbeedited;see

forthemostup-to-datedata.COVID-19confirmedcasesanddeathsreportedinthelastsevendaysbycountries,territories,andareas,andWHORegion(reportedinpreviousissues)aren