Slovenia's Total COVID-19 Case Growth Per Million Population is Now the Highest

Eleven countries recorded record growth in total COVID-19 cases per 1 million population on Thursday, August 24, 2023. The top five countries were Slovenia, Denmark, Latvia, Switzerland, and Lithuania. Worldometer recorded an average growth rate of 0.02 percent for these countries. This average is higher than the previous week's 0 percent. The highest record this week occurred in Slovenia, with growth of 646,960.

In Slovenia, as of today, the total number of COVID-19 cases is recorded at 1.34 million. Case growth over the past week has begun to decline, growing by only 0 percent. The addition of cases in this region was previously quite high, reaching approximately 0.01 percent 30 days ago.

Denmark is second with 545,500. Currently, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country is recorded at 3.18 million. This region previously recorded its peak daily increase in COVID-19 cases on Thursday, February 3, 2022, with 52,009 cases that day. Case growth over the past week has begun to decline, with a growth rate of 0.01 percent.

Latvia follows with a total of 529,140 COVID-19 cases per 1 million inhabitants. With a total of 978,320 cases, the average daily increase in COVID-19 in this region over the past week was 3.43 cases. Previously, the peak increase in cases in this country occurred on Sunday, February 20, 2022, reaching 11,992 cases per day.

Globally, COVID-19 pandemic statistics have reached 689.27 million cases. The highest number of reported COVID-19 cases occurred in the United States (107.87 million cases), India (45 million cases), France (40.14 million cases), Germany (38.43 million cases), and Brazil (37.76 million cases).