Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 28 December 2021

Publication language
English
Pages
10pp
Date published
28 Dec 2021
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
COVID-19, Health
Organisations
World Health Organization (WHO)

During the week 20-26 December, following a gradual increase since October, the global number of new COVID-19 cases increased by 11% as compared to the previous week; while the number of new deaths remained similar to numbers reported during the previous week. This corresponds to just under 5 million new cases and over 44 000 new deaths. As of 26 December, over 278 million cases and just under 5.4 million deaths have been reported globally.