American Samoa, Romania, Qatar, Russia, and Saudi Arabia recorded the highest growth in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. Worldometer recorded an average growth of 0.15 percent for the top five countries. This average is lower than the previous week's 0.18 percent. American Samoa recorded the highest growth this week at 0.37 percent.
In American Samoa, as of today, the total number of COVID-19 cases is recorded at 16,735. The growth in cases over the last week has decreased to 0.37 percent. Thirty days ago, the region experienced significantly higher growth, reaching 0.77 percent.
Romania is second with 0.24 percent. Currently, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country is recorded at 3.37 million. The region previously recorded its peak daily increase in COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, with 40,018 cases. The growth in cases over the last week has decreased to 0.24 percent.
The next highest percentage of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population is Qatar with 0.07 percent. The total number of cases in the country is 498,520. The average daily increase in this region over the last week was 329.29 cases. The peak daily increase in this country occurred on Thursday, January 13, 2022, reaching 4,206 cases.
Russia follows with 0.04 percent of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population. With a total of 22.6 million cases, the average daily increase in COVID-19 cases in this region over the last week was 11,430 cases. The peak daily increase in this country occurred on Saturday, February 12, 2022, reaching 203,950 cases.
Saudi Arabia follows with 0.03 percent of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population. The total number of cases in the country is 832,710. The average daily increase in this region over the last week was 159.71 cases. The peak daily increase in this country occurred on Thursday, January 20, 2022, reaching 5,928 cases.
Globally, COVID-19 pandemic statistics have reached 678.57 million cases. The highest number of COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States with 106.1 million cases, India with 44.71 million cases, France with 39.76 million cases, Germany with 38.33 million cases, and Brazil with 37.2 million cases.