Afghanistan's Total COVID-19 Cases per Million Population Show the Highest Growth Rate

Afghanistan, Romania, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Croatia (Hrvatska) recorded the highest growth in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Worldometer recorded an average growth of 0.03 percent for these top five countries. This average is lower than the previous week's 0.05 percent. Afghanistan recorded the highest growth this week at 0.06 percent.

In Afghanistan, as of today, a total of 221,430 COVID-19 cases have been recorded. The growth in cases over the past week has decreased to 0.44 percent. Thirty days ago, the region experienced significantly higher growth, reaching 3.07 percent.

Romania is second with 0.05 percent. Currently, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country stands at 3.4 million. The region previously recorded its peak daily increase in COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, with 40,018 new cases. The growth in cases over the past week has decreased to 0.05 percent.

The next highest percentage of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population is the Philippines with 0.03 percent. The total number of cases in the country is 4.14 million. The average daily increase in this region over the past week was 1,666.71 cases. The peak daily increase in the country occurred on Sunday, January 16, 2022, reaching 38,867 cases.

Hong Kong recorded 0.01 percent of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population. The total number of cases in the country is 2.9 million. The average daily increase in this region over the past week was 499.71 cases. The peak daily increase in the country occurred on Thursday, March 17, 2022, reaching 241,430 cases.

Croatia (Hrvatska) follows with 0.01 percent of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population. With a total of 1.27 million cases, the average daily increase in COVID-19 cases in this region over the past week was 23.29 cases. The peak daily increase in the country occurred on Thursday, January 27, 2022, reaching 11,812 cases.

Globally, COVID-19 pandemic statistics have reached 684.64 million cases. The highest number of COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States (107.09 million), India (44.99 million), France (40.08 million), Germany (38.43 million), and Brazil (37.58 million).