Twenty-three countries recorded record growth in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population on Thursday, December 30, 2021. The top five countries were Denmark, Greece, Ireland, France, and Zambia. Worldometer recorded an average growth rate of 1.12 percent for these countries. This average is higher than the previous week's 0.47 percent. The highest record this week occurred in Denmark with a growth of 3.03 percent.
In Denmark, as of today, the total number of COVID-19 cases is recorded at 749,490. The growth in cases over the past week has begun to decline, growing by only 14.73 percent. The situation in this region previously saw significantly higher increases; 30 days ago, the growth was over 1472.87 percent.
Greece is second with 2.61 percent. The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country is recorded at 1.13 million. Today marks the peak of COVID-19 case increases in this region. According to data published on Worldometer, the number of COVID-19 cases in Greece increased by 28,828 in a single day. The growth in cases over the past week has begun to decline, with a growth rate of 8.07 percent.
Ireland follows with a total death rate per 1 million inhabitants of 2.24 percent. With a total of 747,890 cases, the daily increase in COVID-19 in this region averaged 9258.57 cases over the past week. This is the highest daily increase compared to previous days.
Globally, COVID-19 pandemic statistics have reached 282.75 million cases. The highest number of reported COVID-19 cases occurred in the United States (54.66 million cases), India (34.82 million cases), Brazil (22.26 million cases), the United Kingdom (12.56 million cases), and Russia (10.46 million cases).