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

Burundi, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Latvia, and Afghanistan recorded the highest growth in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population on Tuesday, August 23, 2022. Worldometer recorded an average growth of 0.35 percent for the top five countries. This average is higher than the previous week's 0.22 percent. Burundi recorded the highest growth this week at 0.52 percent.

In Burundi, as of today, a total of 48,808 COVID-19 cases have been recorded. The growth in cases over the last week has decreased to 1.68 percent. Thirty days ago, the addition of cases in this region was significantly higher, at approximately 11.31 percent.

Hong Kong is second with 0.45 percent. A total of 1.46 million COVID-19 cases have been recorded in the country. The region previously recorded its peak daily increase in COVID-19 cases on Thursday, March 17, 2022, reaching 241,430 cases. The growth in cases over the last week has decreased to 3.02 percent.

Taiwan recorded a percentage of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million inhabitants of 0.34 percent. The total number of cases in the country is 5.06 million. The average daily increase in this region over the last week was 22,060 cases. The peak increase in cases in this country occurred on Saturday, May 28, 2022, reaching 94,796 cases per day.

Latvia recorded a percentage of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million inhabitants of 0.23 percent. The total number of cases in the country is 891,730. The average daily increase in this region over the last week was 1,230.86 cases. The peak increase in cases in this country occurred on Sunday, February 20, 2022, reaching 11,992 cases per day.

The next highest percentage of total COVID-19 cases per 1 million inhabitants is Afghanistan at 0.21 percent. The total number of cases in the country is 191,040. The average daily increase in this region over the last week was 228.29 cases. The peak increase in cases in this country occurred on Friday, February 11, 2022, reaching 898 cases per day.

Globally, COVID-19 pandemic statistics have reached 596.58 million cases. The highest number of COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States (95.45 million), India (44.36 million), France (34.36 million), Brazil (34.29 million), and Germany (31.81 million).