Only few countries are reporting more new coronavirus infections compared with the previous two weeks. Global data trends show that the pandemic situation is improving. DW sums up the current situation in three charts.
By DW
Mar 4, 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 improved further: 24 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: Brunei Darussalam, China, South Korea, Vietnam
- Africa: Ivory Coast, Zimbabwe
- Oceania: New Zealand
More new cases:
- Asia: Bhutan, Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand
- Africa: Ghana, Lesotho, South Sudan, Sudan
- Americas: Nicaragua
- Europe: Iceland
- Oceania: Australia, Fiji, Vanuatu
About the same number of new cases (no change or plus/minus 2%):
- Americas: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Fewer new cases:
- Asia: Cyprus, Japan, Laos, Sri Lanka, Syria, Turkey
- Africa: Angola, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Eswatini, Guinea Bissau, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia
- Americas: Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago
- Europe: Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Russia, San Marino, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom
- Oceania: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
Less than half as many new cases:
- Asia: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Georgia, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Timor Leste, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Palestinian territories, Yemen
- Africa: Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia
- Americas: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, México, Panama, Paraguay, Perú, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Suriname, United States of América, Uruguay, Venezuela
- Europe: Albania, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Kosovo, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine
Zero new cases:
- Africa: Mauritius
- Europe: Vatican
- Oceania: Marshall Islands, Samoa
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