Burundi, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Montenegro, and Vanuatu recorded the highest growth in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population on Sunday, August 14, 2022. Worldometer recorded an average growth of 0.35 percent for the top five countries. This average is lower than the previous week's 0.52 percent. The highest growth this week was recorded in Burundi at 0.5 percent.
In Burundi, as of today, a total of 48,002 COVID-19 cases have been recorded. The growth in cases over the past week has decreased to 2.11 percent. Thirty days ago, the addition of cases in this region was significantly higher, reaching 11.48 percent.
Taiwan is second with 0.44 percent. The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country is recorded at 4.87 million. This region previously recorded its peak daily increase in COVID-19 cases on Saturday, May 28, 2022, reaching 94,796 cases. The growth in cases over the past week has decreased to 3.2 percent.
Hong Kong recorded a percentage of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million inhabitants of 0.38 percent. The total number of cases in the country is 1.41 million. The average daily increase in this region over the past week was 4,338.43 cases. Previously, the peak increase in cases in this country occurred on Thursday, March 17, 2022, with a record of 241,430 cases per day.
Montenegro follows with a percentage of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million inhabitants of 0.24 percent. With a total of 269,210 cases, the average daily increase in COVID-19 cases in this region over the past week was 703 cases. Previously, the peak increase in cases in this country occurred on Friday, January 7, 2022, with a record of 2,960 cases per day.
Vanuatu follows with a percentage of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million inhabitants of 0.2 percent. The total number of cases in the country is 11,746. The average daily increase in this region over the past week was 0 cases. Previously, the peak increase in cases in this country occurred on Thursday, June 9, 2022, with a record of 808 cases per day.
Globally, COVID-19 pandemic statistics have reached 589.62 million cases. The highest number of COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States (94.64 million cases), India (44.24 million cases), France (34.19 million cases), Brazil (34.15 million cases), and Germany (31.54 million cases).