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22 June 2023
| Emergency Situational Updates
Overview
Globally, over 1.2 million new cases and over 7100 deaths were reported in the last 28 days (22 May to 18 June 2023). The African region has reported a slight increase in deaths but a decrease in cases, while the other five WHO regions have reported decreases in both cases and deaths. As of 18 June 2023, over 768 million confirmed cases and over 6.9 million deaths have been reported globally. Reported cases are not an accurate representation of infection rates due to the reductions in testing and reporting globally. During this 28-day period, only 56% (133 of 234) of countries and territories reported at least one case – a proportion that has been consistently declining since mid-2022.
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COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological UpdateEdition 148 published 22 June 2023
In this edition:
| Emergency Situational Updates
Overview
Globally, over 1.2 million new cases and over 7100 deaths were reported in the last 28 days (22 May to 18 June 2023). The African region has reported a slight increase in deaths but a decrease in cases, while the other five WHO regions have reported decreases in both cases and deaths. As of 18 June 2023, over 768 million confirmed cases and over 6.9 million deaths have been reported globally. Reported cases are not an accurate representation of infection rates due to the reductions in testing and reporting globally. During this 28-day period, only 56% (133 of 234) of countries and territories reported at least one case – a proportion that has been consistently declining since mid-2022.
In this edition, we include:
- The COVID-19 epidemiological update at the global and the regional levels
- An update on hospitalizations and ICU admissions
- An update on the SARS-CoV-2 variants of interest (VOI) and variants under monitoring (VUM)
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COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological UpdateEdition 148 published 22 June 2023
In this edition:
- Global overview
- Hospitalizations and ICU admissions
- SARS-CoV-2 variants of interest and variants under monitoring
- WHO regional overviews
Global overview
Data as of 18 June 2023
Globally, over 1.2 million new cases and over 7100 deaths were reported in the last 28 days (22 May to 18 June 2023) (Figure 1, Table 1). The African region has reported a slight increase in deaths but a decease in cases, while the other five WHO regions have reported decreases in both cases and deaths. As of 18 June 2023, over 768 million confirmed cases and over 6.9 million deaths have been reported globally.
Reported cases are not an accurate representation of infection rates due to the reductions in testing and reporting globally. During this 28-day period, only 56% (133 of 234)i of countries and territories reported at east one case – a proportion that has been consistently declining since mid-2022. Additionally, data from previous weeks are continuously being updated to incorporate retrospective changes in reported COVID-19 cases and deaths made by countries. Data presented in this report are therefore incomplete and should be interpreted in light of these limitations.
Some countries continue to report high burdens of COVID-19, including increases in newly reported cases and, more importantly, increases in hospitalizations and deaths – the latter of which are considered more reliable indicators given the reductions in testing.
We present changes in epidemiological trends using a 28-day interval. Disaggregated data are still accessible on the WHO COVID-19 dashboard, where the full dataset is available for download. Global and national data on SARS-CoV-2 PCR percent positivity is available on WHO’s integrated dashboard provided by the Global InfluenzaProgramme. ...