Hungary, Switzerland, Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong recorded the highest growth in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population on Thursday, November 10, 2022. Worldometer recorded an average growth of 0.4 percent for these five countries. This average is higher than the previous week's 0.2 percent. Hungary recorded the highest growth this week at 0.56 percent.
In Hungary, as of today, a total of 2.15 million COVID-19 cases have been recorded. The growth in cases over the past week has decreased to 0.56 percent. Thirty days ago, the region experienced significantly higher daily increases, reaching approximately 2.17 percent.
Switzerland is second with 0.49 percent growth. A total of 4.26 million COVID-19 cases have been recorded in the country. The region previously recorded its peak daily increase in COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, reaching 123,390 cases. Weekly growth has since decreased to 1.06 percent.
Japan follows with a 0.38 percent increase in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million inhabitants. With a total of 22.88 million cases, the average daily increase in COVID-19 cases over the past week was 61,340. The peak daily increase in the country occurred on Friday, August 19, 2022, reaching 261,250 cases.
The next highest percentage of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million inhabitants is Taiwan at 0.31 percent. The total number of cases in the country is 7.95 million. The average daily increase over the past week was 26,010 cases. The peak daily increase in the country occurred on Saturday, May 28, 2022, reaching 94,796 cases.
Hong Kong follows with 0.26 percent growth in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million inhabitants. With a total of 1.96 million cases, the average daily increase in COVID-19 cases over the past week was 4,916.57. The peak daily increase in the country occurred on Thursday, March 17, 2022, reaching 241,430 cases.
Globally, COVID-19 pandemic statistics have reached 633.83 million cases. The highest number of COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States (99.7 million), India (44.66 million), France (37.01 million), Germany (35.93 million), and Brazil (34.91 million).