Vanuatu, Bhutan, South Korea, New Zealand, and Taiwan recorded the highest growth in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population on Sunday, April 3, 2022. Worldometer recorded an average growth of 2.61 percent for the top five countries. This average is lower than the previous week's 4.27 percent. The highest growth this week was recorded in Vanuatu at 4.49 percent.
In Vanuatu, as of today, a total of 3,881 COVID-19 cases have been recorded. The growth in cases over the past week has decreased, showing only a 53.52 percent increase. The situation in this region previously showed significantly higher numbers; 30 days ago, the increase was over 21,460 percent.
Bhutan is second with 3.14 percent growth. A total of 30,053 COVID-19 cases have been recorded in the country. The region previously recorded its peak daily increase in COVID-19 cases on Thursday, March 31, 2022, with 1,138 new cases that day. The growth in cases over the past week has decreased to 19.83 percent.
South Korea recorded a 1.97 percent increase in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million inhabitants. The total number of cases in the country is 13.64 million. The average daily increase over the past week was 268,300 cases. Previously, the peak daily increase in this country occurred on Thursday, March 17, 2022, reaching 621,330 cases per day.
New Zealand recorded a 1.73 percent increase in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million inhabitants. The total number of cases in the country is 684,370. The average daily increase over the past week was 12,180 cases. Previously, the peak daily increase in this country occurred on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, reaching 46,431 cases per day.
Taiwan follows with a 1.72 percent increase in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million inhabitants. With a total of 24,033 cases, the average daily increase in COVID-19 cases over the past week was 151.86. Compared to previous daily increases, today's increase is the highest ever recorded.
Globally, COVID-19 pandemic statistics have reached 485.21 million cases. The highest number of COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States (81.82 million cases), India (43.03 million cases), Brazil (29.99 million cases), France (25.9 million cases), and Germany (21.59 million cases).