Taiwan, Poland, Mexico, Russia, and Slovenia recorded the highest growth in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population on Thursday, March 16, 2023. Worldometer recorded an average growth of 0.06 percent for these top five countries. This average is higher than the previous week's 0.05 percent. Taiwan recorded the highest growth this week at 0.1 percent.
Taiwan's total COVID-19 cases reached 10.2 million as of today. The growth in cases over the past week has decreased to 0.62 percent. Thirty days ago, the region experienced significantly higher growth, reaching approximately 3.82 percent.
Poland is second with 0.06 percent growth. The country currently has a total of 6.46 million COVID-19 cases. Poland recorded its peak daily increase in COVID-19 cases on Friday, January 28, 2022, with 57,659 new cases. Weekly growth has since decreased to 0.32 percent.
Mexico follows with 0.06 percent growth in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population. The total number of cases in Mexico is 7.5 million. The average daily increase over the past week was 2,413.29 cases. The peak daily increase occurred on Thursday, January 20, 2022, reaching 60,552 cases.
Russia follows with 0.05 percent growth in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population. The total number of cases in the country is 22.45 million. The average daily increase over the past week was 11,310 cases. The peak daily increase occurred on Saturday, February 12, 2022, reaching 203,950 cases.
Slovenia follows with 0.04 percent growth in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population. With a total of 1.33 million cases, the average daily increase over the past week was 418.29 cases. The peak daily increase occurred on Thursday, February 3, 2022, reaching 23,332 cases.
Globally, COVID-19 pandemic statistics have reached 677.04 million cases. The highest number of COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States (105.67 million), India (44.69 million), France (39.67 million), Germany (38.28 million), and Brazil (37.09 million).