China's (PRC) Total COVID-19 Cases per Million Population Reach Highest Level

China (PRC), Macau, Burundi, Hong Kong, and Japan recorded the highest growth in total Covid-19 cases per 1 million population on Tuesday, January 10, 2023. Worldometer recorded an average growth of 1.17 percent for the top five countries. This average is higher than the previous week's 1 percent. The highest growth this week was recorded in China (PRC) at 2.66 percent.

In China (PRC), as of today, the total number of Covid-19 cases is recorded at 503,300. The growth in cases over the past week has decreased, growing only by 13.15 percent. Thirty days ago, the addition of cases in this region was significantly higher, at around 38.62 percent.

Macau is second with 1.59 percent. Currently, the total number of Covid-19 cases in the country is recorded at 3,334. This region previously recorded its peak daily increase in Covid-19 cases on Friday, December 30, 2022, with an addition of 458 cases that day. The growth in cases over the past week has decreased to 23.8 percent.

Burundi follows with a percentage of total Covid-19 cases per 1 million inhabitants of 0.85 percent. With a total of 52,162 cases, the daily addition of Covid-19 cases in this region averaged 0 cases over the past week. Previously, the peak increase in cases in this country occurred on Thursday, January 6, 2022, with a record of 4,710 cases per day.

The next highest percentage of total Covid-19 cases per 1 million inhabitants is Hong Kong at 0.42 percent. The total number of cases in this country is 2.78 million. The daily increase in this region averaged 17,278 cases over the past week. Previously, the peak increase in cases in this country occurred on Thursday, March 17, 2022, with a record of 241,430 cases per day.

Japan follows with a percentage of total Covid-19 cases per 1 million inhabitants of 0.31 percent. With a total of 30.57 million cases, the daily addition of Covid-19 cases in this region averaged 167,730 cases over the past week. Previously, the peak increase in cases in this country occurred on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, with a record of 274,460 cases per day.

Globally, Covid-19 pandemic statistics have reached 664.03 million cases. The highest number of Covid-19 cases were reported in the United States (103.09 million cases), India (44.68 million cases), France (39.41 million cases), Germany (37.51 million cases), and Brazil (36.5 million cases).